Reading Reflection No. 1

1. What surprised me most was that he went almost broke trying to keep his companies alive. It made me admire his determination and trust in himself that he could get the job done. What I least admired was they way he treated his employees and how he made them work so hard only to fire them cause a minor mistake that anyone would make in those work conditions. Elon faced a lot of adversity as he almost went bankrupt and lost both companies, but he was able to secure sponsors and money to make sure that he didn’t go under.

2. Elon was very good at seeing the big vision and was able to guide his companies to be the best they can be. He was able to use ideas that people in Detroit didn’t use to have success.

3. It was confusing that he didn’t mourn over the death of his son and that he tried to just work through it. I think that its good to get past problems, but you need to mourn a little and not bottle things up.

4. What made you want to be an engineer? I want to know why he choose engineering and not another line of work.

What his biggest regret is? I want to know if there was something that he could have done but didn’t because something else came up.

5. I think that Elon believes that hard work is the key to success. I think he wants everyone to work as hard as he does so that his visions come true.