Assignment 27A - Reading Reflection No. 3

"Coco Chanel" by Lisa Chaney

1. You read about an entrepreneur:

• What surprised you the most?

Her mother died when she was little and her dad abandoned her so she was raised by nuns.

• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire?

She revolutionized women fashion and one of the starters of modernism in fashion. She believes in her work and vision despite the culture and pressure from the world that is telling her the other way. She is very successful because she revolutionizes something by not being afraid to fail. 

• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire?

She is a very brave individual, but she doesn't really express it much. To some people, she is full of mystery because she is very into herself but maybe that mystery is what people admire her for. They can never expect what will Chanel produce.

• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it?

She was abandoned when she was little which affected her personality. But the thing is she uses her upbringing to inspire her work which made her very extremely passionate in doing what she does. 

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

She thinks beyond the societal system she lived in. She uses her imagination, fight to protect it, and turn it into something.

3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
She is a very sexual person, bisexual to be exact, and she seems to enjoy being in a complex situation, yet her work is about minimalistic.

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

What inspired you?

What books did you read?

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

She has nothing to lose that is why she put all of her into her work. Most successful entrepreneur, just like Chanel, are extreme, that is they either be extremely successful or fail so badly.