My Hero's Journey

I hope that what you learn, and what you remember from this lecture, is this principle: no one made footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their bum (and who wants to leave those marks in the sands of time?), (paraphrasing Bob Moawad). Entrepreneurship is an opportunity to pursue a career tailor-made to your dreams. If it sounds too good to be true, just wait. You can get reach this goal through careful planning, daily mastery, sacrifice, hard work, and passion. It's not too good to be true, but for many, it's too hard to be true.  Robert Blake expressed this idea in this quote:  Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for? Or in other words, When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. (Leo Burnett) A hand reaching up to grab the stars might be one of the most hopeful and awe-inspiring images that there is.  The idea that there is something out there that we can't...

Ever since my Introduction to Business class, I have been impressed by the business program here at BYU-I. There is a marvelous union of the spiritual and the material as we are taught how to prepare ourselves for our own businesses. When I was looking at the syllabus for this class, at the different papers we would be writing and the books we would be reading, I started to get excited for another great semester. And it has fulfilled all of my expectations. I feel like this business education is valuable for anyone to learn. I have recommended this class to all of my friends, whether they are business majors or not. These are some things that I have learned during the semester that I didn't know at the beginning (an abridged list, of course): 1. The powerful role of Divinity in our business lives. God truly cares about us and how we are influencing the world. 2. Money management strategies. From the "Ministry of Business" and "Launching Leaders," I learned...