Entrepreneurial Journal Blog

·        If you had one final lecture to share with a group of students on what you have learned from this course, what would you share? If I had one final lecture to share with a group of students on what I have learned from this course, I would share how important it is to keep your feet firm on the ground and to be humble and enjoy the journey.  We don’t always need to look at the end goal or the end results.  The most important parts of our lives are in the small day to day tasks.  Don’t wait for the success and happiness that is waiting for you in the future.  There is not one arrival, there are many and many throughout our daily lives.  There isn’t an end of learning; it’s a continuous process.  Serve people around you and learn what you need to in order to contribute to society.  ·        What would be your last bit of advice to someone wanting to begin the entrepreneur journey? My last...

What resonated with me during this weeks study was the talk by Thomas S Monson entitled “An Attitude of Gratitude”.  I always tend to lead towards the talks by general authorities because they are always so powerful.  What I loved about this talk was when he spoke about being grateful for parents.  One reason being was because of my life and where it stands right now.  My oldest two are at the teenager stage and it is much, much different than the age when they were just cute little babies or toddlers.  When Thomas S Monson was speaking about mothers he said, “Mother, who willingly made that personal journey into the valley of the shadow of death to take us by the hand and introduce us to birth – even to mortal life – deserves our undying gratitude.  One write summed up our love for mother when he declared, ‘God could not be everywhere, and so He gave us mothers.’”  Not only did I think of my mother, but I thought of being a mother to my children at th...

·        Based on what you read in the first two pages (pages 3 and 4), why are virtue and integrity so vital to an economy?   Virtue and integrity are vital to an economy because they are both based off of truth.  When you have virtue and integrity, you are more honest and hold higher standards.  I tend to disagree with a lot of what Charles Handy said in the first two pages.  My Dad is from Scotland, my Mom is from England, and all of my siblings were born in both of those countries as well.  I am the first in the family to have been born in America.  My parents immigrated here because of the job opportunity here.  He earned the highest degree in education he could at Strathclyde University and he couldn’t pass up the opportunities that arose from America.  They never looked back and have now been here for over 35 years.    ·        According to Charles Handy, what is the “rea...