Learning More About Me and Entrepreneurship

 Do you have an idea that could change the world, or at least make their lives better? If so, entrepreneurship might just be for you. That is not all that you need. A lot of what you need to become a entrepreneur can help you be a better person. What are some of those things? • Be willing to fail. This is so that you can learn and grow. • Find something you love and go for it. • Be willing to always have a learning mind. • Find people or steppingstones that can help you move along your path. • What is your calling in life? Figure this out and you will know what you need to do next. • Be a person of integrity. • Don’t compromise on your ethics. • Learn to manage ourselves with the time we have. • “Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges”. (President James E. Faust, “Perseverance”) • Success is gauged by self-mastery. • Develop good habits. o Be proactive. o Begin with the end in mind. o First thin...

  There is a saying from the 1940s, “Accentuate the positive; Eliminate the negative. Latch on to the affirmative; Don’t mess with Mr. In-between”. I think so much in life right now is focusing on the negative. It makes life hard somedays. This quote makes us look for the good among the bad and focus on that. I know that if we do this it will not only change our life but those we come in contact with. There is a saying that is, “Be the good in the world”. Part of that is seeing the good and pointing it out. President Thomas S. Monson has a talk about having and “Attitude of Gratitude”. What does that even mean? It means to be grateful for everything that we have. Even though there is bad it is up to us to find the good. President Monson tells us, “We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts and attitude of gratitude”. With the Christmas season upon us this idea is one that can only make our s...

  This week I had a chance to reread, “Are we Not All Beggars?” by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. I do have favorites when it comes to apostles and Elder Holland is my favorite. He has a way of teaching and bringing true emotion to his talks. This one is no different. His powerful and thought-provoking words challenge each of us with our perspective on the concept of worthiness and our dependence on one another. We all need God, and we need His grace and mercy. I learned from Elder Holland that we can use personal experiences to share our message. It is in our own stories and things we go through and share that we can learn, grow, and help each other along our paths in this life. Elder Holland reminds us that it is through our willingness to recognize our weaknesses and rely on God’s strength that we can find true happiness and fulfillment. We live in a world where it is kind of every man for themselves way of life. We know that isn’t how it should be. We are here to help each other...