Studying to be an entrepreneur was never something I planned
on doing or studying. After so many
years of trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, I learned that
an entrepreneur can do and be so many things.
As a college student, in my current course, I have the opportunity to
watch videos of entrepreneurs, read up on some insightful (almost like a major
pep talk) literature, and study cases of possible scenarios in which I may end
up finding myself one day.
This week I had the opportunity to watch a couple of
wonderful videos of Guy Kawasaki and President Gordon B. Hinckley. While watching them, they really put me in the
spirit in starting to find myself as an entrepreneur. The big thing that stuck out to me from Guy
Kawasaki’s video, "Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow" was this, “You should really truly study and do what you love.” I hear this all the time from people when I
first tell them about myself. My reply
is always this, “I try to.” One of the
things I really love doing is writing. I’ve
always loved stories and how the really good ones can whisk us away from
reality. Take us away from our own
stresses and worries in our daily lives, and help us to live as a fly on a wall
or inside the mind of someone else. This is what I want to be and truly have always wanted to be. However, I say “I try to” do these things is because I’m first and foremost the best
entrepreneur job there is. I’m a
mother.
Guy Kawasaki said this in another video, "Ideas: What Makes Them Successful", I watched. “It’s
interesting as you go through your life, how your life changes and what’s
important.” As a mother, putting me
first is never a question anymore. My
children come first. No questions about
it. I am also changing and improving
myself every day as a parent. There isn’t
a day that goes by that I don’t learn something new about an illness that may
be affecting my children, or how to do an activity that I've never done before,
and even learning how my children learn changes every day.
The video of President Hinckley made me cry at first because
I miss that man. He truly was and still
is an inspiration to me. One thing he
said that I can definitely tie in with being a mother entrepreneur is this, “The
world will look to you as the years pass.” (BYU-Idaho Hinckley Building Dedication) My children are my world, and I know they look up to me.
The readings are both addresses that Elder
David A. Bednar gave at BYU-Idaho. The
first is about how the school is a Disciple Preparation Center. This is a true statement. Ever since I started my online study with
BYU-Idaho, I have learned some traits that I never thought would occur to me to
actually have within my life. These are:
discipline, faith, courage, and humility.
I know that through the reading, Elder Bednar speaks of temple and
temples of learning. BYU-Idaho has been
my temple of learning. I do love the
temple, and the peace I feel there. Although in the midst of my studies, I feel the same peace, and it helps me to know that
what I am doing is right. The other
reading from Elder Bednar is that about faith.
He spoke about how to have a strong mind and a mighty heart to build up
our faith and competence.
This week has been really insightful already as to what an
entrepreneur is, can be, and will be. This
week I’ve also learned that whatever I want to be needs to be something that I
can put faith in myself and the Lord. It
needs to be something I love doing. It
needs to be something I have the courage to put myself out there to learn to do
better. It needs and will always be
something that I will continue to grow and change and be a better person from
doing it.
Video Clips: BYU-Idaho
Hinckley Building Dedication with President Gordon B. Hinckley
Do What You
Love and the Money Will Follow with Guy Kawasaki
Ideas: What
Makes Them Successful with Guy Kawasaki
Readings: “A Disciple Learning Center” by Elder David A.
Bednar
“Your Whole Souls as an Offering Unto Him”
by Elder David A. Bednar
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