The autobiography that I read was of Ray Kroc the person
that turned McDonalds into the fast food giant that it is today. Kroc was an
amazing business man who drive for success turned him into a legend but
destroyed his personal life as well. The part that surprised me the most about
his story is that it was not until he was 50 that he met the McDonald brothers
and he began working with them. The part that I most admired is that he never
gave up. He constantly looked for opportunities to do business and succeed in
his career. To go from selling milkshake machines and plastic cups to owning
the biggest fast food industry in the world is simply amazing. What I least
admired is that this ruthless mentality led him to back stab his partners and
ruin his marriage. He encountered multiple failures such as working for a bar
that sold liquor illegally and selling bad real-estate but after that he went
to sell milkshake makers and that led him to McDonalds.
Ray Kroc had a great mind for business. He saw opportunities
where others did not. He noticed that drive throughs where becoming spots for
young people to hang out in and this created and unfriendly environment for
families. He also notices that the fast pace of the McDonald restaurants eliminated
this problem and took the opportunity. He then turned the McDonald franchise
into a real-estate business which created the foundation for this industry.
I did not find any part of the reading that was confusing. I
did not understand how someone can care more about his business than his family
but everyone has different priorities and one cannot judge from the outside.
If I could ask any two questions they would be as follows.
The first would be how he lived with himself after he betrayed his partner. The
people that gave him an opportunity to create what he did and then to just cut
them out completely. The second thing would be after everything he accomplished
and everything he lost. Was it worth it?
I think his opinion on hard work must be that it is for fools.
To work smart not hard. Some people go their whole life’s working hard and
never amount to anything. It is about working hard on the right opportunities
and never for someone else’s benefit only your own. I guess I agree with this mentality
it is a bit blunt but it is completely true.
Hi Gonzalo,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post about Ray Kroc, the man that turned McDonalds into the great success that it is today. It seems as though you greatly admire this business mogul but it is understandable how detached he likely was from his family due to his great success. I think i would ask similar questions to the ones you proposed, in such a cut throat environment it is hard to cope with the mistakes one makes.