My Entrepreneurship Journey

 I really enjoyed this week’s readings for class about overcoming challenges. I think my biggest challenge in my business right now is time management and taking on more than I should at any given time. I am working on this daily. The next seven weeks are going to be crazy busy because I have three more classes than I normally do (which was not my choice) but I am going for it. The reason I have three more classes for this term than I usually do is that the new registration system kept kicking me out of the last half of this class if I tried to drop the other classes. The support people and I went back and forth for about a month, and I got fed up enough to just take the classes and get them over with. I know this will cause my current schedule to get even more chaotic. So, some things are going to need to be put on the back burner until after this next term is over. I received a comfort blessing for this issue and was told that I will be able to do it if I keep my end goal in mind...

As I read the Summary of 7 Habits, I realized that I probably haven’t even read 7 habits cover to cover before. I have now out it on my reading list.  Which of the 7 habits has the most meaning for you? I think Habit #4 Think Win/Win and Habit #5 Seek first to understand and then to be understood. I think these are the two habits that I resonate with the most.  I have always had the mindset since I was very young that I want to succeed, and I also want everyone else around me to succeed in life. Life should not be a competition. Life is hard enough with everything that goes on in the world today. We do not need to compete with each other to see who succeeds or not. If we lift each other up, we will all be successful.  Seek first to understand and then to be understood also resonates strongly with me. I learned this principle on my mission: If people don’t know that you care about them. They will not care about what you know or what you would like to share with them. Peopl...

 There was a lot of information in this week’s studies and readings to absorb.  I liked in the article, “How Entrepreneurs Craft Strategies That Work”, it was stated that a business plan isn’t needed most of the time. But if you want one to make it very flexible because as an entrepreneur one must roll with the punches from day-to-day operation. If you have a very ridged business plan, then your business could crumble right under your feet.  I also liked the fact that it stated that one should talk to everyone you meet as prospective clients or investors. You never know who will be interested and who will not be. I have learned this principle lately with marketing my book. I talked it up for months before my book was published and I talked about it to everyone who would listen and am still doing that. And I have steadily made at least one sale a week just by opening my mouth. Word of mouth is still the fastest way companies are made or destroyed. I liked how in the video,...

 • What were your key takeaways from "A Hero's Journey" video? Some of the takeaways I had for the video “A Hero’s Journey” were the following: One, to achieve Mastery in any subject or sport or anything at all it will take thousands of hours of practice in one thing to master it and be come an expert in it. This means a person must be committed and disciplined to achieve mastery. Also, Mastery in something does matter because people are willing to pay an arm and a leg an expert’s opinion but not for the opinion of the person on the street. Two, some people take a lifetime to find their calling, their passion in life. But never give up on finding it. I found a passion for Family History at the young age of eight being guided by my parents. It wasn’t until 2019 when I had several breakthroughs in my own family history lines that I realized it was my life’s calling to help other’s and myself with their family history. I was even more ecstatic to find out that I could make...