My Hero's Journey

I loved the readings for this week. They emphasized the importance of integrity and setting standards for your business.  Sis. Sheri Dew said the following:  ...What DVDs do you watch and web sites do you visit when you’re alone? Are you honest and moral in the dark of night as well as broad daylight? Are you true to those who have trusted you with their love and confidence? Are you living worthy of the kind of man or woman you hope to marry, and of the children whom our Father will entrust to your care? --Sheri Dew. True Blue, Through and Through. BYU-I. 2004 This echoes a saying from head basket ball coach--John Wooden: "The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” To be a successful business person, you must have integrity. Jan Newman said that no matter what, when you are dishonest in business you will be found out. ( https://vimeo.com/27917536 )  Although this integrity may not be very well known in the "real" world, it is d...

So this week I felt like my brain was being stretched. First I came up with my bucket list which was pretty daunting. But I like the goals I have there, and I feel like if I can accomplish them I will have lived a very exciting life where I challenged myself. Of course, if nothing else, I want to be a successful wife, mother, and disciple of Christ… and I’m really excited to go after these other goals as well! I also faced a lot of realities. If I want these goals I need to begin somewhere, and a lot of the articles mentioned friends, mentors, and people who help you get connected to your dream. “Making connections,” “networking,” or even just “making friends” can be stressful for me, but I know that it will be a great benefit to my life. So this week I joined a couple of on-campus societies that will help me develop business skills and mindsets as well as introduce me to people that can help me and whom I can help in return. I really enjoy reading and listening to the stories of othe...

After the readings of this week, and really understanding what it is I will be doing in this class, I am very excited! I have always been a dreamer. When I was sixteen or so, my mom had me write a BHAG. A Big, Hairy, Audacious Dream. At the time my dream was different, but it taught me the principle of dreaming big. Now, my dream is to become a Music Therapist with my own practice. That is why I am studying Entrepreneurship and Music.      This week, I learned from Elder Bednar that learning is essential. But it is important to learn with faith and diligence. That is how we can become faithful and competent students. The main argument he made was that our sacrifice and our consecration to the Lord can help us have the spiritual strength to become great Disciple Leaders. He said, "We are all familiar with many other stories about farmers who offered their best grain, best produce, or finest animals to the bishop as their tithing. And only their best was good enough ...

Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero Make no small plans, for they have no power to stir the blood. —Daniel Burnham It’s not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. —Marcus Aurelius Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. —M. Scott Peck First we make our habits, then our habits make us. —Charles Noble The credit belongs to the man in the arena . . . who if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat. —Teddy Roosevelt We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. —John Locke Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for? —Robert Browning Blake