Bernard Roth's 'The Achievement Habit'

“The Achievement Habit” by Bernard Roth gives great advice for all of life 's struggles. Bernard Roth is a Professor at Stanford University. In the 1980s, him, Rolf Faste and Doug Wilde put together a creativity workshop. Many students, faculty, and professionals were introduced to this idea. These same ideas are used in his book, “The Achievement Habit”. Roth says that these ideas are helpful for a student to make a positive difference in their life. Everything in life has a meaning, a meaning that people give it. The way someone chooses to look at things is how they will see them in life.

The first chapter in Roth’s book, “The Achievement Habit” talks about how nothing is what people may think it is. The way they look at life all depends on what type of mindset created. Roth talks about this when he says “you give everything it 's meaning”. Some people have a mindset that is down in the dumps. This will get them nowhere in life. Having a bad day? Instead of dwelling on the negative Roth would make you think of all the positive in …show more content…
Just like a positive attitude, they choose to have a positive attitude just like we give everything it 's meaning. They say things like “I 'm such a failure”. But when they say that, Roth jumps in and says “we learn from our greatest mistakes”. Bernard Roth tells the story of his coworker George as an example. Georges son committed suicide after being rejected into today 's society. His son made what seems little to some people and made it bigger than what it was. This is what Roth uses to show us that we give everything it 's meaning. When someone takes something super small and blows it way out of proportion they do the strangest things. Just like George 's son committing suicide over something that seemed super small. This example helps people realize that they decide how they feel about certain things and how they will react to