1) You read about an entrepreneur: What surprised me most about Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel was that throughout her whole life, she spent a lot of time trying to hide her past and upbringing. I most admired her ambition and ability to create something that she wanted for herself. At one point in the story, her guarantor told her that her business wasn't exactly making profit and that became the turning point at which she really put herself into her work so that it would be successful. It's hard to say because I really admire Gabrielle's personality as a whole, but there were instances in which she wasn't quite on the same page as her employees. For example, if they made a dress and she didn't quite like it, her employees would vent about how she didn't know as much about dress-making technique which was frustrating for them with some of her designs. The biggest adversity in Gabrielle's life was her childhood. She virtually grew up as an orphan ...
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