For the second book this semester I chose Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
1) What was the general theme or argument of the book? To oversimplify the very nuanced and deep philosophies of the book, my summation is it teaches that happiness and real prosperity comes from doing more of what you enjoy instead of running the rat race and trying to acquire expensive things.
2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003? Much like the multiple interviews we did to ask others their opinions, I realized my version of what my business should be might be very different from what my customers want the business to be. We all have different perspectives and experiences that form our belief systems, desires and happiness triggers.
3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve? I would build an assignment where students listed the twenty best things from their childhood. I would see how many listed nice expensive things like the car their parents had, expensive toys, or how big their house was. I would imagine the results would include more experiences and relationships. We would see if the things that were important to them as a child are the same things that are important to them as an adult.
4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations? I would classify myself as unemotional and a rational thinker. I'm the calm one during crisis situations. What I did not expect was how much emotions play a part in decision making. We may fool ourselves into thinking the decision is based on solely facts but research proves that emotions play a bigger role than I thought.
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