This week was really interesting to say the least. There were quite a bit of moving parts and lots of things to learn and read. I actually enjoyed a lot of it. One of the things I enjoyed the most from this week was real N.Eldon Tanner’s talk about gauging self-mastery. He included a poem and it said:

The heights by great men reached and keptWere not attained by sudden flight,But they, while their companions slept,Were toiling upward in the night. There are a few things that I really liked about this poem that was included. First was about how great things were reached and accomplished by working hard. Greatness is not achieved without putting in the time. You cannot attained things by quickly putting them together and hopefully to accomplish great things. The second is the way to do that is to work at greatness while others do not. You will always have a leg up on the competition when you are putting in the work when others don’t. I think these are all things that we need to learn as entrepreneurs and to apply them in our lives.  If we don’t then we will be behind the curve. 

This week for class I have actually learned a whole lot from it. I actually really enjoyed class this week it was really cool. Here are some of the Highlights and quotes that came from reading and watching video’s this week:

·         So many people miss an opportunity of a lifetime because they are worried about the wrong things.

·         The hardest choices we have to make in this life are choosing between many “right” answers.

·         The things that we need to do to find our God given calling is to, Think of what you love to do, ask five people you know the question, “What do I do better than anyone you know, and Think about the last thing you did where you lost track of time.

I think those were are very important things to learn from and to put into our lives. I think if I asked those questions of myself I would not have had to take so long to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. If I knew these things before then finding what I had a passion to do would have been a lot whole easier. I think everyone should know these things. 

I think this week was really interesting to say the least for my introduction to entrepreneurship class this week. The highlight for me was being able to read the start-up of being you and how that really helped me to see what be an entrepreneur is all about. I loved the story about Reed Hastings the founder of Netflix and how had to face insurmountable odds in starting a business.  People laughed at him and saying his dream was impossible but he did l he could to be able to accomplish his dreams. I think about has been a trend in this class about having dreams and aspirations and trying to 0vercome them and I think that is very important to learn in anything we do and not just in starting a business.  I just love that part about this class and how I can learn how to grow and know that no matter what my dream is and no matter what others think that I can be successful in anything I do and I think that is amazing. That I something we all can learn from and that is something that all of us should know. I will be trying to spread that message to as many people that I can. 

I really enjoyed this week of class with all the videos and the article that we had to read. It really was an eye opening experience to say the least. One of the videos I really liked was Frank Levinson’s video about why ethics are important. I found a lot of truth to his statement. It is vitally important that we have ethic people around and people will notice whether you have a company with ethical standards or not. One of the parts I did not agree with was where he mentioned about not have a website for a business. Then I remembered that he gave his talk back in 2001 back then you didn’t need a website but now 13 years later I believe it is a must to have a website to succeed in business. I also liked reading the talk by Sheri Dew titled, True Blue Through and Through. I enjoyed the story told about Joseph F. Smith about when he had a gun pointed to his face and asked if he was Mormon. He said that he was and the person with the gun told him he was the most pleasant person that he has ever met and didn’t kill him. That kinds of goes along with Frank Levinson’s about ethics and being true to yourself. Those are things I need to take in account for myself and to always be honest in all my dealing. Those are the important things that I have learned from the class this week.