Week 13 A Journey of Gratitude

My learning from the course concepts this week: I appreciated the reminder to have gratitude. President Monson suggested six things we might focus our gratitude on: mothers, fathers, teachers, friends, country, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

It connected with some of the readings over this course that mentioned the importance of taking time to recognize and be grateful for blessings. Having gratitude as a practice helps with positive mental health, and is something that I need to focus on in my life a little more.

One theme that I took away from the various readings and videos was that it's important to do something that you enjoy, even though there may be aspects of it that you do not enjoy. In the case study of Randy Harkin, there were many aspects of entrepreneurship that he enjoyed as he opened his consulting firm - Interactive Minds, but there were some that he did not enjoy. I was surprised that one of the things he mentioned was loneliness in opening the business alone. If you are a social person or work better in a team environment where you have the ability to run ideas by others, I can see why it might be lonely to open a business alone. Additionally, without a partner in business, there wouldn't be anyone to share struggles and the sweetness of victory with. Those things could be shared with a spouse, but it wouldn't have the same impact unless they were an integral part of the business. He also went into great detail about choosing a business partner who had different strengths and weaknesses and recognized that he would likely spend more time with a business partner than his spouse! What a dream situation to work with a business partner who brought a different perspective and a different background to the table, who you respect professionally and enjoy collaborating with! What an absolute nightmare to work with a business partner who is unethical and isn't someone that you can enjoy being around, or don't trust their judgment or choices!

I appreciate the vision of being able to create a business atmosphere and culture by surrounding myself with people who are ethical, a joy to be around, and good at the things I struggle with.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

 Week 9 journal entry -Disciple Leadership Things that stood out to me this week: In aspects of building trust, Guy Kawasaki talks about three things that are important in building trust. First trust people first, then they will trust you. He gives the example of Zappos - women buy shoes online because of the free shipping both ways, no questions asked. (I've made use of the shipping both ways. But have ultimately purchased and kept shoes several times. Genius business model!)  Second, he says, " There are bakers and eaters. When an eater sees a pie, an eater is thinking, “Zero-sum gain. I need to get as much of the pie as possible. My gain of the pie is your loss of the pie. I need to get as much of the pie as possible.” A baker by contrast sees the world as an opportunity to make more pies and bigger pies. Trustworthy people are bakers, not eaters . "  Last, he says, " The third quality of trustworthiness is you need to default to “yes.” Defaulting to yes means th
Read more
  Week 14 Celebrate your Life Whew! I did it! This course has given me the opportunity and tools for self-reflection, been a struggle for me, and caused me to stretch and grow and reframe the way that I look at some things. It has also validated some of the life decisions that I have made. 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?  It's ok if your sphere of influence isn't world-changing or life-altering or you don't care to develop a new technology that never existed before. It's ok to be content with a small, yet successful company, or a medium, yet successful company. It's ok to fail, and get up and try again, having learned lessons on the way. Look to make a difference in your sphere. Look to make a difference in your field, in your community, for your employees, and in your family. Create a work/life balance that you and your family are comfortable with and make it a top prior
Read more
 Week 11 Attitude On Money What is your attitude toward money? My attitude about money: I wish that my family had a better understanding of money, how to make it, and that having money or being affluent does not make a person evil, and conversely, being poor doesn't make one virtuous. I believe that money is a powerful tool that can bless the lives of those who use it accordingly to bless lives and create opportunities. It becomes a problem when the making of money takes precedence over people and relationships or fosters a situation of judgment when other people don't make the same decisions that you think they should have made. How can your view of money affect the way you live? If you have a belief that having "too much" money leads to illegal and unethical behavior, which leads you down the road to becoming a bad person, you will subconsciously sabotage acquiring and "having" money because having money will never feel safe or comfortable. Things will com
Read more