13A – Reading Reflection No. 1

1) You read about an entrepreneur: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

• What surprised you the most? I was most surprised about Steve Job's interest in LSD. I had already known some-what about him experimenting with it, but I had no idea about how fascinated he was with it. I do understand though, because back then, it was more socially normal to be doing drugs such as LSD as supposed to now.
• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire? I most admired Steve's ability to still continue what he was passionate about, no matter the obstacle. He dropped out of college and then created his company out of his parent's garage. I know I could not be able to do such a thing.
• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire? While reading the book, it mentioned how he went to juvenile detention for creating a fake bomb. It is not acceptable to make light of that type of topic. We have been through so much recently regarding horrific shootings killing innocent students, that him doing something like this, is really disappointing. 
• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it? Yes, from the beginning Steve Jobs had already faced family separation. His mother gave him up for adoption. But, his adopted parents loved him so much. Next, his attendance at Reed College, but felt he should drop out. Then his company first fell to face setbacks and failures. 

2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? Steve Jobs is definitely an entrepreneur, he would always be ready to learn, experiment, and never quit.

3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you. Something confusing to me was the fact that he never let his parents visit him in Reed College. Since my family helps me financially, I would definitely let them come and visit. Especially since they are the ones supporting everything I do. I just thought that was weird of Steve Jobs to do.

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

• How did you find the motivation to keep going, against the odds?
• Did you ever have self-doubt about dropping out of college?
• Were you ever nervous that what you were creating would become a flop and you dropped out of college for nothing?

5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion? I believe his opinion of hard work is that it is necessary to be successful. He has done hard work out of his garage and persisted through other obstacles. I agree, hard work is necessary in order to be successful.