13A- Reading reflection

1. I did my biography on Ray Kroc "Grinding It Out". What surprised my the most was that he was not the original founders of McDonald's. It was a pair of brothers that founded it in California. The one thing I admired about Kroc most was that he always looked for happiness in his work place for himself and the people working for him.What I least admired about him was when I was reading it seemed he had a real temper and raised his voice multiple times through out the book to get his point across. Kroc did face adversities mainly starting with his milkshake company as a sales man.  Later on one huge adversity was the partnership he has with the McDonald brothers and building the California area to make McDonald's a successful business in the west.
2. Kroc was always determined to wake up and solely focus on McDonald's. Always thinking of a new store area or how to project more sales in California. He left all his personal problems out of the office and payed 100% of his time dedicated to the business. He was fully invested into the business and that is was got him the success as the entrepreneur.
3. One part of the text that was confusing to me how in the very beginning was how the operators of the store were compensated since there was little to no income and it was an oral agreement and having faith in Kroc in the future. 
4.  The two questions I would ask Kroc would be: Are you now truly happy with Joni in your life? Throughout half of the book he said he was not happy with his personal life at home and when he finally married Joni her name rarely came up again. And: Being that you were in the milkshake business prior, if you were in a different business do you think you would conquer a business like McDonalds today? -I think if he was in something else he would not be in the position he is in today but for sure have a successful business.
5. Kroc's opinion of hard work would also be having fun at work. He made this a huge point throughout the book and every job he had starting in the very beginning of his career he always had fun doing what he did. I do agree with that opinion since you will be spending most of your time at that specific area and you need to enjoy it to get better results and have a happy environment.