Jenn's Entrepreneurial Journal

This class flew by and I cannot believe it is already over.  I learned so many things to ponder and consider with my life going forward.  I loved the talk by President Monsen "Finishers Wanted", as it really hit home about being a finisher and not just a starter. I loved the quote in the talk about the mark of effort, which read " Vision without effort is daydreaming; effort without vision is drudgery; but vision, coupled with effort, will obtain the prize."  How easy it is to think about getting things done or think of things we want to do but acting on those thoughts is what makes the biggest difference in our lives.  So many insights and learning from this course about what I really want to do next professionally with my life.  It became very clear to me why I love project management and how I want to continue on in the field.  Also, understanding how to have a better mentality when going into a job and realizing that if you are not at a job you love you...

As always I enjoyed the readings from this week's lesson of understanding what it takes on our entrepreneur journey.  With reading the case study about Randy and his personal and professional journey to becoming an entrepreneur it reminded me that I love to be part of a new business, but have never desired to start one on my own.  Because I am extroverted and love working with a team of people in a great office, I have always steered my career towards working for great companies.  Some of my favorite past jobs were when I was passionate about my work and enjoyed the friendship and collaboration of the team I worked with.  Overtime I have learned that is all about your attitude and keeping your chin in up in times of stress and deadlines.  People enjoy being around people who uplift and are happy more than someone who is pessimistic and negative about everything.  Another great reminder for me this week was with gratitude and remembering that if we have in a...

This week had a lot of great content with the book and the articles.  I loved Elder Hollands talk of "Are we all not beggars."  Understanding that each of us can make a difference in this world, even if it is just with one person can go a long way.  I think that often we may affect or help people and not even be aware of it and what we are providing.  Being a loving spouse, a good friend, a great parent alone can make all the difference in this life.  With the article about making this a poverty free world I thought most of the concepts are interesting.  Especially because I sit here thinking well a lot would need to change in this world for this to happen.  When really I should be thinking what can I do to make a difference in others lives with helping the poor and needy.  If everyone in this world took the time to make a difference with just one person in their lives we would live in a very different world. Love and kindness can go along way....

I really enjoyed the readings from this week and the different topics discussed.  The one thing that really hit me was the balance or work and home life.  Just like in the examples of the mini cases this week I feel that having this balance can be a tricky thing.  When I worked at Suntec Concrete for 6 years, I really struggled to balance personal and work life as I was so involved with work and always put that first.  It was over time and some hard trials that I realized I needed a healthier balance so I could take care of me.  Leaving that job was a hard thing but also a wake up call for me that I needed to be able to balance my life better.  I really enjoyed reading the article about people's attitude with money.  It is so true that money does not buy happiness as we have seen from so many examples over time that you have to choose to be happy with or with out money.  Money can provide a sense of accomplishment and security but it is up to us h...