1) Andrew Carnegie- David Nasaw
-What surprised me the most was: His gain of wealth through the now illegal process of insider trading
-The thing I admired most was: Carnegie's advocacy for world peace
-The thing I least admired was: his use of unethical methods like manipulating deals and shares by printing false certificates
-Carnegie encountered adversity and failure when he bought two British patents on new railway making methods that proved to be useless. He lost a great deal of money from this but learned from the mistake and continued with his steel business.
2) Carnegie's Competencies were: a high aptitude for math and an impeccable memory
3) Confusing part: The concept of insider trading was foreign to me at first and took a bit of personal research to wrap my head around.
4) Two questions:
-When did you feel closest to giving up and why didn't you?
-Once you rose to prominence as a tycoon what drove you towards philanthropy?
I chose these questions mostly out of curiosity for some of the personal fuel behind Carnegie's public decisions
5) Opinion of hard work: I believe Carnegie believes in the idea of well-positioned hard work. as a former accountant and railroad manager, he likely experienced a lot of tough work without particularly large yields but by channeling his talents into the right areas he saw great success. I share this idea, recognizing the need for hard work to get anywhere significant but also working smarter and not harder so your efforts aren't wasted in areas they're not needed
Hello Brandon, great job with this reading reflection! I like the way you set up this post as well. This was actually one of the four books I was thinking about reading. Would you recommend this book? If you’re not sure what to read for the third reflection, I definitely recommend reading Shoe Dog! I thought it was really interesting.
ReplyDeleteHey Brandon, great job with this assignment! You laid everything out really well and did a great job explaining everything. Your answers really helped give an overview of the book and the person it was about. In the biography I wrote about, I also shared the opinion of admiring their hard work, but not their ethical values. Overall great job, and keep it up!
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