Entrepreneur Journal

Last blog post! That's an exciting thing. As I reflect over the past semester, I am grateful for the things I have learned in this class. It was a much different experience than I had anticipated when I signed up for it. It was not so much about learning about being an entrepreneur, but more so learning about yourself and finding your life plan. I liked learning about how others find balance. It was nice to read how so many people struggle with finding balance in their life and that it is pretty much something that is a work in progress. One of the most poignant things about balance, that stood out to me, was from one of the videos. He talked about how we sometimes visualize balance as a pendulum and if the ball is fairly in the center, than we are balanced. He then went on to explain that there will be times when our pendulum goes to one side or the other, but as long as in the long scheme of things you aren't always on one side, then you are balanced. I felt like that was s...

I can't believe that we have made it to the end of the semester. I was not sure how this class would go, but I am happy to say that I have learned quite a bit. I found that this class really helped me to figure myself out. Although, I am still working on it, this class gave me some tools to use to help me find it out.  I came into this class thinking that I would be a terrible entrepreneur. I think that this class showed me that really any one can do it! I liked reading the book the "Hero's Journey." This book really gave me more confidence that I could start a business if I chose to do so. This book also taught me how to "find" myself. I really enjoyed the activities of learning how to figure out what my natural talents are. This week, I really enjoyed the video with Stan Christensen. He talked about avoiding the wrong job. His first point talks about doing things because its what you think people want you to do. Although he was talking about it in...