Theachievementhabit And Ethos Pathos Logos

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Bernard Roth was a mechanical engineer before he wrote a book to inspire people all over. When Roth me other engineers who had dreams of building up their own companies, but none had any intent of actually doing it that is the observation that struck Roth (theachievementhabit.com). That observation is what made Roth want to teach a class and write a book. In Roth’s book The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life, he shares many of his very own personal stories. Roth tires to help people see hope in an honest and open way. “ Our behavior and relationship can be transformed,” and Roth portrays that through character ethics (ethos), empathy and emotion (pathos), and through logics (logos) (theachievementhabit.com). …show more content…

“ People use reasons to explain their behavior, and they think there is nothing wrong with giving reasons. They really are excuses. So it is a labeling thing”( Kolawole). What Roth is saying is that any time you give reasons for the way you act it is all kind of a big lie. For example if your self-image of yourself is a rebel, then you would pick a “reason” that made you look like a rebel. Your reason is just to prove or support your self-image. Roth states that “ Reasons exist because if people didn't explain their behavior, they would seem unreasonable. So we are faced with a paradox: we need reasons so we appear reasonable, yet when we use reasons we are not taking full responsibility for our behavior” (Roth 41). That is what Roth is saying when reasons are bullshit. We use reasons to cover up our excuses. Using reasons is not useful no matter what the situation is. Although, you do have to use reasons. If you did not use them then you would not be a very reasonable person. Reasons are complicated, but there are times to use them, and not use them. It is better to use reasons as little as possible or mat at all as hard as that may seem to

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