Entrepreneur's Journal

 Week 11 Study     I enjoyed this week's study as I am interested in finances. In my opinion, my view on money impacts the way I live. I see money as a tool to help enhance things in my life but not a thing to make my life 100 percent better. I consider myself to be a minimalist and I could go on about that but one of the core things about minimalism is finding joy outside the material things in life. Yes, it is fun to have nice things, but it is more important to make sure you meet your needs. With this in mind, I have gotten rid of a lot of things that do not provide me with joy, and I have found more joy in those around me and in living a simple lifestyle where I can provide enough for myself to meet my basic needs. My point is, we must learn how to find joy OUTSIDE of money.

 Week 10     This week's study really encouraged me to take a look at myself and how I imagine myself pursuing my passions within the next couple of years. I learned about emotional intelligence and the ability to look outside myself to reach my goals. I learned about believing in myself like I believe in others and overcoming those emotional roadblocks.      As mentioned, emotional intelligence was a top lesson from this week. There are going to be times throughout our life where our emotions feel overpowering. However, we must learn to properly express them and validate them without "feeding" that emotion to grow into a habit over time. There are a few things I do to avoid this. I usually validate my feelings and say that it okay to feel that way, I then scan for more emotions that I am feeling (sometimes we express anger but are actually hurt and sad) and remember that there is more than one thing I am feeling. I then take time to calm down and recoup....

 Disciple Leadership      This week's readings and videos focused on being smart in choosing who you work with and how you interact with them. We should be making sure to pick wisely the people we place on our team. One of the videos stated it simply, " we try to do is we try to hire nice people...   somebody that’s got a big ego or got to have things his way to make the job satisfying wrecks it for everyone around him." The classic idea of picking people who lift others up and collaborate well stuck out to me in those words. Now, once we have a team of people we should pay close attention to how we act as coworkers. Are we bringing those with us to "higher ground" as well? In other words, does our example in actions and words help the people around us want to do and be better?      In my field of study, one is rarely working on their own. In video production, a crew works together to accomplish the goals of pre-production, production, and post-pr...

 Week 8 Study Summary     This week was very insightful with the studies I read. Something in particular that resonated with me was the words of Elder Holland. The video and the talk were very powerful to me because he was vulnerable with the audience and that allowed us to better understand the lessons he was conveying. The first main lesson was the lesson of endurance and the second lesson ties in well with endurance, but is enduring with joy and not giving up.     The video that we watched talked about Elder Hollands' early family life and the struggles that come along with being a young father. I'm not a mother yet, but I can definitely empathize with the idea of feeling inadequate. I oftentimes feel inadequate when it comes to school. It feels like such a big thing to take in at once, but I know as I take school step by step I will be able to accomplish everything I need and want to. This applies to becoming an entrepreneur as well, I know that there will b...

 7 Habit Takeaways      This week's readings were focused on the 7 habits of highly effective people. Of the 7 habits we learned about in our readings, the habit that holds the most meaning for me is the first one, which is being proactive. To accomplish the following habits (2-7) we must first have the mindset of a self-starter. In one of the readings, it mentions that being proactive is the opposite of being reactive and that we become more responsible as we become proactive. It is how we respond to things that we cannot control that make the difference in the long run. Proactive people seek the opportunity and chose to control impulses that may have a negative effect in the long run. We so often give in to these natural impulses and end up in sticky, high-stress situations. If we simply take responsibility for our actions and begin working, we can follow the next 6 steps.      These 7 habits will help me fill my life with passion and purpose because...

 "So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur"     In this week's study, I felt inspired to prioritize my relationship with God and keep Him as the focus of my life. I know that may sound weird instead of something like personal finances or family life but I have learned and felt that if I put God first, the rest will fall into place (with an effort of course).  Placing God as the priority of your life improved two main things that I got from this week's readings. The first is the ability to develop self-mastery and the other is to be inspired in the decisions you make (such as networking and making day to day decisions).      I  loved the talk this week about self-mastery. Improving our self-mastery skills will be improved when we involve God in our lives. When we give God our hearts and are vulnerable with Him about our weaknesses, He will provide help. From feelings like anger to impulsivity, we are better able to control them when we involve God in the ...

 Measuring Life     This week's readings and videos had a lot of insight that is applicable to my life aspirations. There was a reading about prioritizing the little things in your life. It touched on the little habits that can prevent us from growth and the little habits that can assist us on our journey of growth. The was a particular quote that I have been referring to the past week to help me develop little habits that can help my growth. The quote says, "The desire to develop spiritual qualities will lead us away from other unrighteous desires." As mentioned, I have referred to this quote a lot this past week. I am trying to develop the spiritual quality of hope, and as I have focused on that I have felt a shift in my thoughts and attitude towards things. I am looking forward to developing more qualities that will assist in my growth.      Another thing I pondered from one of the readings was the difference between receiving an instant reward for your ...