In the book, “The Achievement Habit” by Bernard Roth, explains many valid reasons as to why things happen, how one could react to a situation, to not make an excuse to get by, and to prioritize. In the first chapter, “Nothing is what you think it is” has many different ways to go about things in life. The meaning of being successful, how to control what happens and how to react to it, playing the game of right and wrong, etc. Followed by chapter two, “Reasons are Bullshit” which explains how human beings create all these excuses to explain why people are late, why they do not do an assignment, etc. Roth writes about his personal experiences to make all understand as to why he began to changing his perspectives about the negatives into positives,
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What Bernard Roth is trying to get across to the audience is, to open up their mind in a way that makes them happier. Not to necessarily observe everything they see, but to analyze themselves and indicated actions. For example, “People are always changing and evolving for both good and bad, and we are all capable of reinvention” (Roth 18), As one gets older, people tend to figure out that human beings are constantly changing throughout the day, everyday; whether it be personalities or how they dress... Another example, “Nothing is what you think it is. You give everything its meaning”( Roth 18). In this quote, Roth is explaining the way you think of things, is the way you will perceive them. When the audience is reading this book, they find a feeling of comfort because they are intrigued to find what the next chapter holds. His intellectual statements such as, “Once you understand that you can choose what meaning and importance to place on something, you can also understand that it is you, not external circumstances, who enter mine the quality of your life” (Roth 20) proves his understanding of importance and prioritization. What is intriguing about this quote is that Roth is explaining how an individual can change the quality of life by understanding what is significant in …show more content…
In chapter one, he explains how he was out in the field for an experiment, and he recorded some evidence to help his research. When some other workers asked to borrow his tape, they took it to the back room and did not give it back to Roth. Roth finally realized that those workers were copying his tape to take credit for the brilliant captures; they betrayed Roth. What Roth got out of that situation is, “I cannot control what the outside world does, I can determine my own experience” (Roth 22). He told this story because it shows that it was just a tape, it is not his entire life, so why be should he stay mad about it? Roth said, “They should 've asked, and they didn’t. Big deal. Why was I about to let this ruin my night? One I cleared my head, I returned to the hotel and ended up having a wonderful time at the banquet that evening” (Roth 22). This also shows that you should not let one little thing ruin your day, or let it sit in your head thinking why someone did this. It happened; it is in the past, now move on because you can not do anything about
What Bernard Roth is trying to get across to the audience is, to open up their mind in a way that makes them happier. Not to necessarily observe everything they see, but to analyze themselves and indicated actions. For example, “People are always changing and evolving for both good and bad, and we are all capable of reinvention” (Roth 18), As one gets older, people tend to figure out that human beings are constantly changing throughout the day, everyday; whether it be personalities or how they dress... Another example, “Nothing is what you think it is. You give everything its meaning”( Roth 18). In this quote, Roth is explaining the way you think of things, is the way you will perceive them. When the audience is reading this book, they find a feeling of comfort because they are intrigued to find what the next chapter holds. His intellectual statements such as, “Once you understand that you can choose what meaning and importance to place on something, you can also understand that it is you, not external circumstances, who enter mine the quality of your life” (Roth 20) proves his understanding of importance and prioritization. What is intriguing about this quote is that Roth is explaining how an individual can change the quality of life by understanding what is significant in …show more content…
In chapter one, he explains how he was out in the field for an experiment, and he recorded some evidence to help his research. When some other workers asked to borrow his tape, they took it to the back room and did not give it back to Roth. Roth finally realized that those workers were copying his tape to take credit for the brilliant captures; they betrayed Roth. What Roth got out of that situation is, “I cannot control what the outside world does, I can determine my own experience” (Roth 22). He told this story because it shows that it was just a tape, it is not his entire life, so why be should he stay mad about it? Roth said, “They should 've asked, and they didn’t. Big deal. Why was I about to let this ruin my night? One I cleared my head, I returned to the hotel and ended up having a wonderful time at the banquet that evening” (Roth 22). This also shows that you should not let one little thing ruin your day, or let it sit in your head thinking why someone did this. It happened; it is in the past, now move on because you can not do anything about