My Hero's Journey

This week I learned a lot of important lessons, although not all of them were from assignments in this class. In class, I was able to learn a lot about habits, and the importance that they have in our lives. Looking through my blog, I came across this quote: “First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” —Charles Noble. It goes along with a book I have been reading called “Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway.” Susan Jeffers talks quite a bit about the importance of taking control of our lives and our thoughts, usually by repeating something over and over again until it becomes a habit. I think that the 7 Habits that Covey teaches are really important, but I hadn’t reviewed them in quite some time, so I’m getting his book from the library this week. I was also able to finish reading “Mastery”; but more on that in my book report… Other things I experienced this week was a call with entrepreneur Stephen Palmer. I got some great advice from him on how to move past the barriers that I hav...

"Bread and Water"--John 4:14, 6:35 Providing Affordable Fresh Bread to the College Student's Door Industry Knowledge I know how to make bread: white or wheat, cinnamon rolls, soup bowls, pizzas, etc. I'm going to learn how to make gluten-free bread (tricky, right?) so that my friends with gluten problems can also eat it! Personal Networking:  Uncle (he's a baker), small food-business owners: one from my hometown (chocolate store owner), a friend here (has started a couple of online businesses). Day-to-Day Operations Receive orders, process orders, deliver orders. Bake bread. Organize baking times with delivery times for optimal freshness. All this while attending school and maybe having a real part-time job! Raising Money Word of mouth advertisement, (and a booth at the BYU-I Crossroads?). Set up a PayPal account for payments. Africa Week:  From the sales of the last week of every month, all profits go towards the Let Them LOL project for clean wat...

I had the opportunity this week to learn about Warm Fuzzy Cards and make my own Personal Board of Advisers. From the owner of Warm Fuzzy Cards--Erica-- I learned a lot. I learned to be innovative and take correction. But, as someone said on the discussion board, not only take corrections, but make sure that they are still in line with my vision. I shouldn’t take away what makes me unique just because someone else didn’t like it. Erica used feedback to select the best of her cards and start her business, but they were her cards that she had designed unique to her vision, and that is what made her successful. I also enjoyed deciding who to put on my board of advisers. I have always just gone to God or my parents, and it is cool to think of using other people and their perspectives to help me make my decisions. Because I would be using this board for important decisions, it was hard for me to pick out my advisers. The first few came quickly, they were people I admired and who were clos...

The best part of this week’s assignments for me was the Personal Constitution. My first thought was, “Oh my goodness, another self-examining paper? Why?!” I have done a lot of them throughout high school and during my initial college experience. But once I finished it, it was as if my universe was organized into a few pages of computer paper. This paper had my priorities, my plans, my goals, and my daily tasks. I felt overwhelmed looking at everything I would need to do every day and week, but I was also anxious to start. To my great shame, I haven’t printed it off yet. The plan is that once I do, I will post it on my wall, and use it as a daily and weekly planning reference. One thing I failed to put into my constitution was the importance of my physical health. But as I thought about it, I realized that in order to be a “reliable follower of Christ” I will need to be able to act in any situation He puts me in. So part of that attribute is keeping myself healthy and fit, so that I can...