My Entrepreneurship Journey

 This week I enjoyed the “Discrediting Your Fears”, worksheet. It made me realize that I still have my childhood fears that are still deeply rooted in my soul. Even though, I have tried to work through them repeatedly with several different therapists and other programs. These fears are “Not being enough at anything”.  “The need to be financially stable in my life.”  These are the two fears that I have always had. I am always combating them.  I even have a sign right next to my front door to remind me that I am enough. The sign says, “Let whatever you do today be enough.” Financially, I have two jobs and my family history business and a couple of other side hustles just to stay afloat right now. Times are hard. Plus, recently I have decided to keep to a very tight budget. This will help me pay off my debts.   I have recently bought a budget planner and am gathering my receipts from everything and filling out the planned religiously. I will explain more abou...

 I was very intrigued by the Case Study of Magdalena Yesil. Magdalena is so inspiring for a woman who is trying to get my start up company of the ground.   What stood out to me the most was that Magdalena did get formal education and then she self-taught herself the rest of her life. She never stopped learning or trying to improve herself. This made her a very sought after person in her field. She found her niche in life and capitalized on it.  I have decided that Magdalena is one of the people I will look up to for the rest of my life. I would love to meet her on the other side of the veil someday and just talk about her life. I will continue to research her life for the rest of my life. I also really enjoyed Sister Sheri Dew’s talk “True Blue, Through and Through” in this week’s readings. While I was reading her talk something hit me hard, you just can’t be honest. You must have integrity and transparency with your honesty.  I took this to mean you cannot be o...

 • Why do you think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams? I think the reason that Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams was because he never gave up on them and was always looking for opportunities on how to fulfill those dreams. He also wrote them down in a journal and told people about them. So, his dreams were always in the forefront of his mind. He also didn’t allow other people to stand in his way of achieving his dreams. He also wasn’t afraid to quit his current job to jump on board another opportunity in order to achieve his dreams. The thing that I took away from this speech was never give up, always look for opportunities and be willing to act on them. Leaps of faith are nearly a requirement to achieve your dreams. • Do you feel that dreaming is important? Why or why not? Dreaming is very important. It gives you that motivation you need to learn and grow as a person. Also, it can be an instrument to help other peop...

  This is a very interesting experience of creating a blog for the first time and having someone else read it besides myself. So, there may be a learning curve and learning how to blog efferently.  At the end of Week One of Introduction to Entrepreneurship BUS110, I am taking some time to reflect on what I learned this week.  I think I have done my life plan backwards and started a Family History Research Business while still in school and before I even got my Entrepreneurship Certificate. But I am also grateful that I did state it early because I am able to use the skills that I have learned and will learn in the rest of my classes in a very real way. I think the principle I have learned this week that resonates with me the most is to find a talent you love and Master it. Then choose another talent and repeat. Life is all about learning and growing. I think this class will help me to make my business better and help me thrive in the Family History field. I am looking for...