My Entrepreneurial Experience

I had a great week. The lessons this week were very relatable to my current situation. I enjoyed the case study activity. There was some great information shared through the discussion group this week. One person said:  "W ork and family cannot be separated one from the other. We need to work to support our family, and working is an expression of love towards them, providing for them. However, we need to remember that our family needs also to be provided with emotions, love, teachings, that can be provided when we spend time with them." This really touched me. I know there are some areas that I can work better at. It was nice to see that other people had some of the same ideas. The case studies gave me great ways to help support my family and ensure that they are number 1 in my life. I am grateful for that. This week we also read an article called Attitude for Money by Stephen W. Gibson. One of my favorite quotes from this was:   "The possession of excess Money ...

This week was a little rough. Between both of my classes there was a lot of work that needed to be done. And I have been working 50-60 hours a week that last few weeks. So it has been challenging to get everything done in time and manage my workload. But I know that in the long run everything is worth it! The last few weeks we have been working on putting together our Entrepreneur Interview questions and then doing our interview. I chose to interview one of my co-workers. Andrew Woodard is a Senior Project Manager for Team Electric. We are an electrical subcontractor. He is very successful in his position and he is able to bring in a lot of clients/projects and money each year. A few years ago Andrew decided to start his own company. Its kind of a consulting company. He manages several large projects out of state and works with all of the different companies to ensure that the jobs get done. I am still working on putting my paper together, but he has been a great role model for me in...

  When reading The Five Why’s we learn that “for every technical problem, there’s a human problem that caused it. And if you don’t find out what those human problems are your never really going to learn and make progress.”    This is so true, there are so many people who take the “short road” and only do what they must do, but do not think about the ramification that this can cause in other areas. I have found this a lot in past jobs. People not training people the correct way, please not putting processes together and take the steps to ensure something is done properly. You find this all over. In one of the videos we watched, someone said that we need to find the solutions to the problems first. That if we go into our entrepreneur career thinking this, then we can develop the solutions before to help prevent things in the future. One of my favorite quotes of the week was by Elder Holland “Sometimes days will be long and the journey difficult, but entrepren...

President Kim B. Clark of Brigham Young University–Idaho for their commencement on December 14, 2007 gave a great talk about leadership with a small "l". Leadership it role that has shaped the world. Many have taken up its mantle and left their mark on history.   To be that type of great leader you have to   Lead by example   Lead with Vision  Lead with Love. I strive to lead this way today and every day. It is not always easy, but it is something that I work towards every day. I feel like the third principle is the most important. When you show people that you care, it means that you are strive to lift them higher and are doing more for them, than just using them for you own selfish means. Leadership will always be about others and a great leader puts much attention towards that.  I have learned so much in the last 8 weeks. This class has taught me so much about what kind of leader I want to be. I've l...

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.” — Emerson  This week we learned a lot about the 7 habits of highly effective people. It provided a lot of insight into things that I know I need to work on. Such as time management, being proactive  and keeping the end in mind. I am all about now, and what needs to happen right in this point of time.  Habit 1 - Be proactive.   Being proactive means to "actively choose what our response will be in any situation rather than to react blindly. " It was said to be the granddaddy of all of the 7 habits. We need to take care of our life and take the lead.  Habit 2 - Begin with the end in mind. The main idea that was provided said that "beginning with the end in mind means using an image or paradigm of your character at the end of your life as a frame of reference or criterion by which everything is examined. Each part of your ...