My Entrepreneur Journal

If I were to summarize the greatest lesson I have learned this semester in this class it would be this: That we each have a mission on this earth to complete. And this is so important for each of us to really believe, let it sink in deep, and then to figure it out. When we can figure out why WE are on this earth right now and for what purpose, it not only helps us move on that path, but it gets us ON the right path and helps us feel good in finding our purpose. That feeling of finding your purpose is so important and feels so good. I feel like this class has helped me realize that Entrepreneurship is the path for me. I don't know what that means for me exactly as of right now, but I have great faith and trust in God that He will help me find my way on this path. That He will help me prepare and be ready for the right opportunities as I prepare. And that is why I am quitting school again for at least one semester. I realized this semester a lot of inner work I need to get done. Both...

A question I have really been asking myself lately is if this is really the path for me. The entrepreneur path. I feel like I am very risk averse and cautious and I am not sure I have what it takes. Let alone the education, work experience, and anything else that most entrepreneurs have that I don’t and probably won’t before I were to try. But the thing I can’t ignore is the pull I feel in my heart that this is the right path for me. I don’t know why. I know I have many gifts naturally that could benefit me in business, but it makes me nervous with the time commitment since I do have a lot of kids and still want more. And I just don’t know how it will work out. But then I think, we are living in a man’s world of business still, and what if there are paths we haven’t explored yet that work better for moms/women? What if we have gifts to getting there that haven’t been used in the ways that I could? And that could help me have a good work/life balance but still achieve major success? I m...

This week we read the article "What's a Business For?" and it was very insightful. Some things it points out right at the beginning is how important virtue and integrity are. There are so many instances in the recent path of people being dishonest and screwing up lots of companies around the country due to their selfishness and greed. When people are honest and having integrity and feel a need to be ethical and fair in their choices then everyone gets treated fairly and no illegal activity is taking place, for any reason, at any time. And everyone benefits from that. Plus, when people inflate numbers in their company or do little tricks to make their business appear a certain way, it affects the economy on the way up and on the way down from those lies and exaggerations. The real existence for businesses is to help people progress and to give the good things of life to those around the world and make them accessible to all. The way business is set up can help to spur tho...

I really enjoyed the readings and videos from this week. And that was especially true of the article "Attitude on Money". So what are my attitudes on money? I remember many years ago I was watching a BYUI devotional by my husband's aunt and after hers another professor came on talking about money. I knew my husband had this man as a teacher and really liked him so I listened to it and I think about it often. He talked about how God cares about how we use our money. It is the love of money that is not good. If all we do is just to make money, then that isn't great, but we DO need money to live. So how do I use money in my life? He made another point that I loved. He said that the way we treat money and giving it to those who need it will be the same no matter how much money we have. So if don't have a lot of money and we are looking for ways to help still, when we DO have more money, we will continue to do that. But if we don't care to help those when we have s...