Analysis: The Tenacity Of Entrepreneur Scott Adams

The Tenacity of Entrepreneur Scott Adams
It is obvious from the personal experience Scott Adams writes about in his essay entitled How to Get a Real Education, that he is the type of person who doesn’t let obstacles get in his way when pursuing a goal. His enticing tenacity is evident in his essay’s two distinct purposes; the first is to persuade the reader that a real education is not necessarily found in the classroom, but many times in practical life experiences. Adams second purpose is to list the seven most important lessons he feels are elements of a real education, especially for more entrepreneurial minded than scholarly students. I am not sure if Mr. Adams’ intention was to have this effect or not, but I noticed his “can-do” attitude …show more content…
Adams went from accomplishing one goal after another, always looking for the next thing to conquer. Throughout his college experience and on into his adult career, optimism and perseverance describe Adams well. As a college student, Adams noticed the campus coffee shop was losing money due to sloppy financial management. In my opinion his unique gift to see problems as challenges to tackle, is what got him an interview, which landed him the job in short order. Instead of taking one more boring useless class, Adams decided to earn three college credits by planning, and implementing an excellent accounting system for the coffee shop. In a “not-so-hostile-take-over” he and his buddies figured out a way to run and manage their dormitory while getting paid to do it! When faced with no place to play soccer, they formed the college soccer club affording Adams and his friends access to campus resources with very little effort. These were just a few of his extracurricular college career accomplishments. Adams went on to finish an MBA at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Scott Adams is also internationally well known for his creation of one of my favorite cartoon characters, Dilbert, and his coworkers. Adams strikes me as very creative in his skill of making something out of nothing. A skill which he learned in practical life lessons not in stuffy classrooms. I agree with him when he says, the lessons he learned on campus outside the classroom were the keys to everything good …show more content…
The first lesson is about making yourself valuable. Embrace the concept of playing to your strengths. Learn to combine your best skills to focus on your goal. Adams says this is how you create unique value in who you are. Very few people can be world class at any one skill, but being good at a unique variety of skills sets you apart and creates value. On failure Adams has a great perspective; failure is not an obstacle but rather a process. I agree that if you can learn from failure you are just learning one more thing that doesn’t work; which puts you closer to your goal of success. The trick Adams says, is to get paid while you are doing the failing and learn the skills that lead to your ultimate