The Achievement Habit : Stop Wishing, Start Doing, And Take Command Of Your Life By Bernard Roth

In the book, The Achievement Habit, by Bernard Roth, chapter two reasons are bullshit, he gives multiple examples on ethos, logos, and pathos. Logos which is the logical appeal, ethos are the ethical appeal, and pathos which is the emotional appeal to the reader. In chapter two, reasons are bullshit the author talks about the reasons people give are pointless. He also states that people should stop giving excuses. That any kind of excuse, besides being sick or a death in the family, should not be accepted. This book by Bernard Roth is intended for the audience of college students. I believe that chapter two is a very important chapter for college students. Most college students use excuses for a lot of things, even things that they don’t need

Roth worked as a mechanical engineer before he was inspired to start teaching a class at Stanford. He was tired of people talking about what they wanted, but not doing the actions. In his class, he made his students do a personal, deeply personal, project. “Now, for the first time, Roth brings his mantra of “doing is everything” to his inspirational and a valuable new book, The Achievement Habit, Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life" (Theachievementhabit.com). Roth uses examples and situations of his life to make the reader analysis their patterns and lifestyle choices; choices that stop them from reaching their goals. He then intrigues the reader by using encounters he has had with his students that also demonstrate our

According to F.M. Alexander, "people not decided their future, they decide their habits, and these habits decide their future". A habit is a learned behavior repeated regularly, requiring small or no reasoning. Habits are created, are not obtained by inheritance, habits can transform themselves in needs. In addition, habits are not unique to people, organizations, to be made up of people, have habits also. There are right, and wrong habits; right habits normally are called as virtues, and wrong habits are called as vices. Undoubtedly, virtues must be constantly reinforced; on the other hand, vices must be rebuilt step by step, and convert them into virtues. In “The Power of Habit”, Charles Duhigg manages to reveal with great clarity how the different phases of the cycle of habits are conformed; how wrong habits can be reconstructed, and transformed to allow the growth of both, individuals and organizations. Through the use of various cases, Duhigg manages to explain how to transform wrong habits by focusing on the phase of the habit that need to be rebuilt. The author explains how people can fail to be slaves to the "customs", and as to regain control, either of their lives or their Organizations.

In the first two chapters of the book The Achievement Habit, Bernard Roth talks about how “nothing is what you think it is” (Roth 14) and “reasons are bullshit” (Roth 37). Bernard Roth has been a professor for many years and in his book, he directs his message to college students and young adults. He introduces a perspective for life and gives other tips along the way in the first chapter. In the next chapter of the book he explains how reasons are prettied up excuses and how one must be confident in their actions. Throughout both chapters Roth tries to persuade young adults to open their mind and look at things with a different viewpoint. Roth uses the rhetorical approach of pathos and ethos very well, but his logical reasoning

There are similarities and differences when analyzing the components of biological and humanistic approaches to personality. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs express important aspects of biological factors that approaches personality.

On the first page of chapter one, after his introductory paragraph, Roth transition quickly into a rather lengthy story about one of his students eventually finding success in a project that originated from Bernard's class. Long story short, Roth is so excited to see his past student’s accomplishment that he hugged him after having not spoken to him in years. This is a clever use of pathos that sparks the readers emotions because they envision this happiness and believe it possible to obtain it through Dr. Roth's teachings (Roth, 1). In all reality that is the best way to promote a product; showing a direct correlation between success and his teachings is exactly what Dr. Roth is trying to get at with this example of individual

What Drives Us? “Are you the type of person that is motivated by money and fame, or are you someone that is motivated by having a larger purpose in life?” There are an infinite number of factors that may push a person to excel in life. For some it may be monetary values and for others emotional satisfaction.

If one was told they could fly without wings or on an airplane, would they believe it? Or if they were promised they could walk on water, would they still try? Probably not, correct? Knowing a person’s creditability is key before you make the decision to put faith in them or to trust them or not. In the novel “The Achievement Habit” written by Bernard Roth, while still showing emotion towards his audience, Roth makes sure to have reliable credentials and logic behind his reasoning.

While watching “The Puzzle of Motivation” by Dan Pink, I was very intrigued. Throughout the entire talk, there were several interesting points that were made. It really interested me when Pink talked about the group that was rewarded. Pink stated that if the contestants were in the top 25% of the fastest times, they would be rewarded five dollars. With this incentive, most would hope to do well, if not better than the person that would not be rewarded. Pink then goes on to point out the results. How much faster did the group that was offered a reward actually do? On average, it took them three and a half minutes longer. This really stood out to me because when offered a reward for a task, normally a person would be more motivated and thus do better. What amazed me even more was that this isn’t just a one time thing. This is has been replicated over and over for nearly 40 years. As Pink says around 04:33, “These contingent motivators -- if you do this, then you get that -- work in some circumstances. But for a lot of tasks, they actually either don 't work or, often, they do harm.” These rewards that are being offered are being used to attempt to sharpen thinking and accelerate creativity, but instead it’s proving to do the opposite. It’s proving to dull thinking and block creativity.

On a cold bitter morning standing in a yard watching people move about. The wind stirring fallen leafs on the ground. People hurrying to where they need to be. A thought pops in the head of the people watching the yard, why did I chose this career. This is a question that everyone thinks about as they examine the career choices. In Roth’s book The Achievement Habits, we read that the road is not always straight but curves and turns intersect it. Of all the different problems in corrections in the state of Colorado. People believe that wages are the biggest problem; I see that the biggest problem is staff shortages.

There is a great deal of good books out there on the topics of self-improvement, but only the occasional book is as blunt and honest as Bernard Roth's The Achievement Habit. Roth provides viable examples of how to not just be successful in life, but to also jumpstart and finish projects or things one has always wanted to accomplish. The Achievement Habit effectively uses ethos, pathos, and logos in chapter two, to show that reasons are bullshit.

When it comes to the topic of addiction, most of us will readily agree that it is a miserable trait to possess. An addiction is a physical and psychological state of being that if not treated correctly could result into harmful wrongdoing. In The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, he recounts a story in which a fatigued housewife named Angie Bachmann lost all of her family’s assets, amounting to a million dollars due to a gambling addiction. Every habit has three components: a cue or a trigger of an automatic behavior to start, a routine the behavior itself, and a reward which is how our brain learns to remember this pattern for the future. According to Duhigg, “you cannot extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it” (63). Duhigg

In the self-improvement book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents an integrated and principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional issues and problems. Covey uses real life examples as well as his own experience to reveal a step-by-step way for living with integrity, honesty, and self-respect. In the book he explains principles that give someone the comfort to adapt to change and the wisdom to take control and full advantage of the opportunities that the business world and personal lives create. This book seems very useful and I found a few habits that I plan to adopt and work at including in my everyday life. They are basic things in everyday life that can make things easier, more

Book Review of "Goal" 1. What is the problem? Alex Rogo was a plant manager at the Barrington Plant of Uniware, a division of UniCo. One day Bill Peach, division vice president visited his plant and found that there were lots of problems with schedule arrangement, quality, cost & inventory control in his plant. These problems had already made the organization lose money. At last Bill gave Alex three months to improve, otherwise, the plant would be closed. Three months?! That was all Alex Rogo was able to think about. Alex had to start to consider what was the goal of the manufacturing organization. What on earth was the GOAL of the manufacturing organization? Was it better customer service? Larger market share? Lower cost? High quality?

I am the kind of person who wants things done yesterday. With school, family, and life in general – it does not work that way. If I even think too much about the classes I still need to complete before I am even eligible to be in my major, I get bogged down. Instantly I get overwhelmed and feel like giving up. This quote has reminded me to slow down. “The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda”. This is telling me that you cannot have ultimate goal without finishing the small tasks it takes to get there