Saturday, November 29, 2014

There were a lot of things that I really enjoyed in the reading. The things that I liked were the following, “The old saying that “money will not buy you happiness” turns out to be supported by all of our latest scientific research. You likely are as happy today as you ever will be. More money, power or sex will have little, if any, effect on your long-term happiness, satisfaction or fulfillment. Despite all of your daily worries, you likely will end your life quite satisfied, though not necessarily fulfilled. The greatest threat to you leading a fulfilling life is a misguided pursuit of happiness that blinds you to the possibility of a more meaningful Hero’s Journey.” The thing I also liked was when it said, Live in a free country that minimizes life-threatening poverty. You will not be happy if someone in the government controls your life. There is a marked difference between people who live in countries controlled by authoritarian regimes and those who live in freedom. While the effects of material wealth are limited, extreme poverty does breed unhappiness. 6 More money does not result in more happiness once you are barely comfortable, but poverty that threatens life itself leads to long-lasting unhappiness. I really liked these. 

Saturday, November 22, 2014

This week's class assignments were really exciting and enjoyed them thoroughly. some of the things I enjoyed were Heart of an Entrepreneur reading and I learned some cool things. I also enjoyed the talk A Challenge to Become by Dallin H Oaks. I really liked when Dallin H Oaks said, "Now is the time for each of us to work toward our personal conversion, toward becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. As we do so, we should remember that our family relationships—even more than our Church callings—are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur. The conversion we must achieve requires us to be a good husband and father or a good wife and mother. Being a successful Church leader is not enough. Exaltation is an eternal family experience, and it is our mortal family experiences that are best suited to prepare us for it." I think this was really cool and I know these are just as important as the things we learn about business.  We need to know what things we have as an priority and know that we just are not entrepreneurs to make money but are entrepreneurs to support our families. It's all very important. 

Saturday, November 15, 2014

There are several things that I really liked in the reading and assignments we had to do this week for this class. The first thing I enjoyed was in A Message to Garcia and it said, frequently report your progress with objective measures. Whenever possible, provide samples of your work. Instead of asking how to accomplish a task, show what you have done so far. If you are off course, you’ll get immediate feedback to put you back on the right path. I really liked that a lot because it shows us that we can get help when we need it and the employer will show us when we got off on the wrong path. The second thing I liked was from the same reading and it said, “Everyone has special God-given gifts. Discover yours and accept challenges that allow you to practice and perfect these skills. Develop a reputation for mastering a discipline and extraordinary opportunities will seek you out. I really enjoyed that because it shows us that we need to discover how we can take our god given abilities and how we can take those and grow them and make them strengths. I think that is highly valuable in today’s business world. 

Saturday, November 1, 2014

I this week in my introduction to entrepreneurship class was really interesting to say the least. Their were a lot of things that I enjoyed. The thing I enjoyed most was when I read the What's a Business for was really powerful. There were several things from that. The first was when it talked about the economy. I think virtue and integrity is vital to the economy because we need honesty people to but rejuvenate the economy by buying things and that money goes back into the economy. If they are dishonesty and steal instead of buying then money does not go back into the economy. That was the main thing that I got out of that. Other things that I got out of it was that those who contribute their skills to the economy are just as important as those that put their money into the economy. I think that is so important to realize that influences the economy so much.  I think these are all so important for entrepreneurs to know why it is important to value the customers of your business and that they are just important towards being an entrepreneur. If there are no customer than you can’t be an entrepreneur.