1) The book that I have chosen for this report is The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the Wright brothers' story is the sheer implausibility of their venture in comparison to their history. These men were not college educated and was not high status in regard to their family's monetary wealth. Among their many admirable traits is their passion and dedication to their experiment. Despite the many flight tests conducted and the substantial failures that they endured, the brothers continued to pursue this goal until their dream became reality. A rather lesser admirable quality that they possess is their lack of inclusion of their sister in the effort. Rather than the Wright Brothers, it should be the Wright Siblings or the Wright Family. This is due to the sister being a tremendous aid on their journey to creating flight. Regardless, these entrepreneurs faced adversity and failure numerous times. In these numerous times they had plenty of reason to give up their endeavor to pursue something more tangible. Despite this, they pursued on until flight became a paramount aspect of human culture.
2) A large competency that these men displayed was their dedication. Regardless of the huge feat they were tasked with accomplishing, they remained dedication to this passion. Eventually, the dedication turned a passion project into a fully-functioning worldwide system of flight, allowing for new sciences, travel, socialization as a benefit to all of humanity.
3) A confusing aspect of the book was the variation in emotions experienced by the brothers. These driven people remained almost stoic in their creation process, however the author allowed for life to be breathed into their persons as he gave new interpretations to previous conceptions.
4) Two questions that I would pose to these entrepreneurs is: "How were you so certain that the project would end up working?" and "Did you consider what other opportunities you would be forgoing by pursuing their endeavor?"
5) I believe that the entrepreneurs' opinions of hard work is that it is a necessity to turn dreams into reality. I too share this opinion, although at times I seem to lack motivation.
Hey Brandon,
ReplyDeleteI definitely share your and the authors opinion. Success in entrepreneurship has so much to do with attitude and motivation. If you are ready to put in more hard work and effort than others, your dreams will become reality because hard work pays off. I can also feel your point with the motivation. Sometimes it's just hard to motivate yourself because you don't see the results instantly, but it's always the right way, even though it might be hard
Ohhhh. I almost picked this one, but instead chose Mary Kay. You both have the same determination attitude/perspective regarding the ability to determine if the entire idea is realistic. (Holy Heck what a run on sentence). Their entire story and perspective is just crazy. Great Post!
ReplyDeleteHey Brandon,
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting one too choose because it is a huge part in history and one of the coolest success stories ever! Even if you fail and keep coming up short but continue to try you are a great entrepreneur if you finally get to where you want to be. Great job analyzing the Wright Brothers.