Reading Reflection 1 - Assignment 13

1)

·       - Phil Knight’s luck of creating Blue Ribbon. He essentially cold called the CEO of a popular shoe brand in Japan.

·       - His risk-on attitude. Not afraid of failing and losing everything

·       - How he tells young people they should “go for broke” with their ideas. It is really risky and probably a lot of luck that it worked for Phil.

·       - Yes. The first sample of his shoes took over a year to be delivered. In this time period he had to work extremely hard.

2) A strong knowledge of the industry he was entering into. Phil Knight always loved shoes before he even started his own business.

3) The part that talked about having people do things their own way and simply telling them what you want the end result to be. The theory here is that people will surprise you when they are able to be themselves. I don’t always find this to be the case and somewhat disagree with this point.

4) How much of your success do you contribute to being at the right place at the right time? What regrets do you have now after spending so much time on one thing and having it turn out to be a success? I would ask these questions because I feel they are most applicable to me right now in this stage of my life.

5) I think his opinion of hard work was doing whatever it takes to accomplish your goal. If you know your end goal and know what the best approach is to reaching it, he would say to take that road regardless of the effort it will take and the potential risk you are taking. Yes I share that opinion. Often times we fail to believe in ourselves and listen too much to what others have to say.