13A – Reading Reflection No. 1

1. What surprised me the most about Ray Kroc in his Grinding It Out autobiography is that it wasn't until he was at the age of 52 before his career and success really took off. Most people are winding down and thinking of retirement in the next 10-15 years at this age, really shows his motivation and tenaciousness.  In the text Harvard calls him equivalent to Henry Ford which being a huge admirer of both Harvard and Ford i admirer that Kroc got that name for himself by one of the most prestigious schools in the whole world. I least admirer Krocs salesman choice in starting his first business in selling disposable cups because i'm a huge proponent in not littering and anything disposable means more trash and environmental harm. Kroc spent 52 years of adversity working 16 hours a day and not having the success he aspired to gain.

2. Krocs exhibited competencies in creating the biggest and most profitable market in the fast food game and has gone done in history as one of the best entrepreneurs world. Still today McDonalds still holds the title in the game as the best and i think that its amazing that Krocs work still strives today.

3.When the text refers to Krocs battle with his paper cup company and multimixer company over contracts and right to income confused me some because i didnt know how it was possible a company could claim 60 percent of Krocs income just because he had a older contract with them.

4. I would ask Kroc why he choose to continue to struggle in the salesman game for so many years instead of turning to another line of work. Id also ask him how it felt to turn basically a small little burger shop into something America knows as a staple to them.

5. I believe that Krocs opinion of hard work is striving to succeed no matter how hard it is, how long it takes, or what failures a person might have to go through to come out on top.