Reading Reflection Wright Borthers

The Wright Brothers, David McCullough

1) You read about an entrepreneur:

• What surprised you the most?
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• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire?
• I admired that Wilbur could not go to college due to a horrible accident that extended his college planned time but still kept his interest in aeronautics. That accident was his destiny because together, they created the first airplane. 
• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire?
• I did not like how Wilour sometimes took to much ownership as the boss and did not give Oliver the liberty he desired as an Entrepreneur. 
• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it?
• These brothers had a bike shop, a paint shop and a newspaper print. They failed multiple times at each business but managed to pull all of them off; which brought their disposable income to buy parts for the planes they modeled. They also experienced failure when crashing the airplanes and figuring the different models that worked best for them.   

2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? 

The Bothers did not give up. They learned from their mistakes and were happy to realize that their mistakes lead them to their success. They kept on pushing even though the dream seemed to be impossible, they kept on dreaming big. 

3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

I did not understand why the US government kept on saying that "The Man was not meant to Fly" and missed the opportunity to adhere to the invention of the "Flying Machine" from the Wright Brothers. I don't know who took that decision. It was unclear but I continued the lecture and as they moved to France, they learned how to deal with different altitudes and turned their seconds of flight into hours. 

4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why?

1. Wilbur, did you think you were going to come back from your accident? 

The book talks a lot about how he came back from his accident with a positive mindset after being through depression. Was that his personal inspiration?  

2. Orville, did you think about the rotation device that changed the path of your aeronautics before? For example, did you skim the idea in your brain? What made you co-relate with the seagulls in the beach? 

What changed the path fro the Wright Brothers was looking at a seagull raise one wing and dip the other, making their flight change direction. I wanted to know if he priorly skimmed it because I know that sometimes I skil through ideas that I think are not that great but end up being perfect. 

5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion?

Never give up, every idea you think of may be the best idea ever if you put enough time, effort and dedication to it. Think positively and effectively.