As I begin...
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 for the Lord." (-Bednar, BYU-I Devotional, Jan. 1999)
What will I consecrate and sacrifice unto the Lord? How will I give Him my "whole soul as a sacrifice" (Omni 1:26)?
As a student I don't have a lot of material possessions that I can give up. However, during this time I am developing talents. These are things that I can consecrate to His service. I can sacrifice my vices and sins in order to become a better instrument in His hands.
As well as becoming a Disciple Leader, one of the goals in this course is to become a successful entrepreneur. I learned what it meant to be an "entrepreneurial hero."
He also talked about Dreaming Big while taking small steps. As soon as I read that, I knew that I was being an inactive, lazy girl when I could be doing something to fix my financial situation. So I started a page for a small business idea and listed only three stepping stones that I needed to step over in order to achieve that goal. Other ideas for betting said business came, but the basic set up will only take three steps. Now I just need to take them.
I am very excited to begin this journey, and hope to make many personal discoveries along the way.
Lessons Learned:
Keep the Lord as my priority
Dream big, but begin with small steps
Life isn't easy
Living life with meaning means acting with a purpose
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 for the Lord." (-Bednar, BYU-I Devotional, Jan. 1999)
What will I consecrate and sacrifice unto the Lord? How will I give Him my "whole soul as a sacrifice" (Omni 1:26)?
As a student I don't have a lot of material possessions that I can give up. However, during this time I am developing talents. These are things that I can consecrate to His service. I can sacrifice my vices and sins in order to become a better instrument in His hands.
As well as becoming a Disciple Leader, one of the goals in this course is to become a successful entrepreneur. I learned what it meant to be an "entrepreneurial hero."
And it is true. Reading that, it stripped away any pretenses I had that I was choosing the "easy path" to wealth, fame, and success. The life I am choosing requires hard work and discipline. But it will also be filled with meaning as I truly "live with intent."
"What does it mean to live life as an entrepreneurial hero? It means to live life as an adventure, as did Sir Lancelot or Harry Potter—or any other mythic or childhood hero for that matter. It means digging deeply for your special talents and gifts, and discovering how to use them in ways that bring you great joy, enrich your life, and serve others—customers, employees, family, stakeholders of all kinds. Sometimes it even means making lots of money—but while remembering that a meaningful life is even more satisfactory and fulfilling than the bottom line. The life of an entrepreneurial hero isn’t easier than a normal life—it’s more difficult."
(-Jeff Sandefer, Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero, emphasis added)
He also talked about Dreaming Big while taking small steps. As soon as I read that, I knew that I was being an inactive, lazy girl when I could be doing something to fix my financial situation. So I started a page for a small business idea and listed only three stepping stones that I needed to step over in order to achieve that goal. Other ideas for betting said business came, but the basic set up will only take three steps. Now I just need to take them.
"...Having the courage to pick yourself up after you’ve been knocked to the ground is what makes life worth living."
(-Jeff Sandefer, Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero)
I am very excited to begin this journey, and hope to make many personal discoveries along the way.
Lessons Learned:
Keep the Lord as my priority
Dream big, but begin with small steps
Life isn't easy
Living life with meaning means acting with a purpose
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