The Achievement Habit Chapter Summary

Dr. Bernard Roth is the author of The Achievement Habit. His book talks about improving one’s life using several different techniques. Some of Roth’s techniques to reaching success can be thought as too extreme by many, but as the individual gets to know Dr. Roth they will be quick to learn that he comes off very confident and passionate about his beliefs in order to get the point across to his reader. He uses great forms of ethos, pathos, and logos all throughout his book, but especially in chapter two when he discusses that “Reasons are Bullshit”(Roth 38).
Dr. Roth is a professor and mechanical engineer at Stanford University. Dr. Roth is also a founder of the design school there, at Standford. Dr. Roth shows various forms of ethos in his book, but he also shows it all throughout his teaching career. With this being said, Dr. Roth has obtained several awards for his teaching ability. From the year two-thousand all the way through the year two-thousand and seven, he won over six different titles for his teaching ability. In chapter two of Dr. Roth’s book, some students might disagree with his view on excuses. Emily Kolawole interviewed Dr. Roth on July first of
Roth said in mind, making sure one isn’t making excuses is important to being successful in life. Dr. Roth says in his book “The problem with reasons is that they’re just excuses prettied up” (Roth 39). This quote could quite possibly be offensive to certain people because they actually believe their own excuses are true to their situations. This is how he uses pathos in his book. Even Dr. Roth talks about himself making excuses in chapter two of his book. He fixed this problem for himself by making the task at hand a priority instead of an option. He talks about how this helped make himself successful, “I began to change my attitude toward time overall. I used to be late to most things in my life. Now I am known as the pain in the ass who is always on and expects others to be” (Roth