Reflection Post for the Semester

• 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?

    1. Overcoming Challenges:

There is a wide variety of challenges in our personal and professional lives. Just when we think that we are getting our head above water... BAM... another challenge! As a business owner, you will be faced with different challenges daily. How we react to these challenges will determine our fate. Personally, we will have challenges as well, the same advice applies to both situations. I can not watch the video by Elder Holland without crying. I can relate to his situation. I love the advice he would give to his young self, "Don't you quit! You keep walking.You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late, and some don't come till Heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God, and believe in good things to come." 

    2. Personal Balance:

It is critical that we have balance within our personal and professional lives. Many of the stories we have read this semester talk of going through a divorce. 50% of first marriages end in divorce. Is this because they are incompatible or because they have not figured out how to balance professional and personal time? I do not know the answer to that question, I just know personally that when you don't feel valued in a relationship, you want to change that. Both parties have to desire the needed change for the marriage to work. The stories we read where they stayed together during start-ups all placed value in family time.   

    3. Journey of Gratitude:

Remembering to have gratitude for what you have been given is the glue that will keep you happy.  When you are struggling with overcoming challenges, count your blessing. When you are struggling to find balance in you life, remember what your most precious blessing are. When you are feeling depressed, find something to be grateful for. 

• What would be your last bit of advice to someone wanting to begin the entrepreneur journey?

I would tell someone who was beginning the entrepreneur journey to make sure they were doing something that they had a passion for. You must have a passion in order to build something that will change the industry you are going into. 

• What words of advice, direction, or caution would you give him or her if you had only one chance to give your own last lecture?

I can answer this question with 2 words... See Above! The advice, direction and caution I have already stated really fits this question as well. Whether it is a group of students or singular person the message stays the same.