Thursday, April 23, 2015

Thursday, April 23, 2015

SO much to do for school! This is overwhelming, but I MUST NOT allow that to get to me. I THINK I’m done with B283 (Small Business Creation) and B100 (Intro to Business Mgmt) for this week. I still need to watch some more videos and read more for my B183 (Intro to Entrepreneurship). That is what I’m working on now, but I wanted to stop in and start my journal. Last night, Kayla and Garrett helped me start a blog, so I need to continue working on it. The good news is, I need to do the journal/blog for BOTH B183 and B283, so I will use it for both classes. I’m not going to do 2 separate ones…that would be silly and a waste of time. Not gonna lie…I kinda hate the discussion boards because there are always SO many posts to get through…all day, every day. It’s too much, in my opinion, but hopefully they will help…somehow.

I am LOVING the information I am reading. From Guy Kawasaki’s “Do What You Love and Money will Follow”, I learned that you may or may not make money, but money does NOT translate into happiness.

President Gordon B. Hinckley taught in his comments at the dedication of the BYU-I Hinckley Building that we need to be good and not sell ourselves out.

Steven Hitz and Jim Ritchie teach us to be like Abe Lincoln. Abe Lincoln was known for having a lot of friends. GREAT LEADERS USUALLY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT FRIENDS! WHO ARE THESE FRIENDS: PEOPLE WHO LEAD OTHERS TO HIGHER GROUND, WHILE HELPING THEM ENJOY THE JOURNEY!!

TOP 10 FRIENDS AND PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS

#1 ~ Formula for success – internalize it and make it a dear friend

#2 ~ “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George Clayson

#3 ~ “The Ten Ancient Scrolls for Success” and “The Ten Vows?” by Og Mandino

#4 ~ “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

#5 ~ “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey – SYNERGISTIC POWERHOUSES!!

#6 ~ Productivity Pyramid

#7 ~ Peak Performance on Demand

#8 ~ “Good to Great” by Jim Collins

#9 ~ “The Ministry of Business” by Steven Hitz and Jim Ritchie – Keys to Success found in this book. “True principles work in any profession or pursuit.” Jim Ritchie

#10 ~ Your Life Plan – your own personal constitution

IT IS TIME TO GET TO MY HIGHER GROUND!!!!

“THE START-UP OF YOU: REDISCOVERING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IN ALL OF US”

All humans were born entrepreneurs. “In the caves, we were all self-employed. Finding food, feeding ourselves. That is how human history began. As civilization came, we suppressed it. We became “labor” because the y stamped us “You are labor.” Muhammad Yunus

TODAY’S CHALLENGES PRESENT ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES!!! THE START-UP IS YOU!!!

Reid Hoffman, The Co-Founder and Chairman of LinkedIn taught about personal branding and its importance. The brand of you is just 1 part of the “start-up of you.”

What are the most important tools for building and maintaining a career?

***Start out with the right mindset which is:

“Permanent Beta” – You are always investing yourself. You are not a finished asset. You are not a finished set of skills. You can always do better. You can always learn more.

***Understand how important your network is around you. It gives you great career opportunities, whats going on in your industry, what key tools to use, what the key trends are, what skills you need to learn to invest in, what are ways you can solve particular problems you are tacking at work, etc.

YOUR NETWORK IS THE EXTENSION OF ALL OF THESE KEY ATTRIBUTES IN TERMS OF HOW YOU ARE A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL, HOW YOU SOLVE PROBLEMS.

LinkedIn is an essential networking tool.

THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:

                **How do I invest in myself?

                **Which tools do I use?

                **Do I use a particular “TO DO LIST” manager? Note taking?

                **What do I need to learn about spreadsheets and which do I use?

                **What is going on in the industry?

SO MUCH GREAT STUFF!!!!