An Entrepreneurial Journal

This week what I got out of the readings was to do what makes me happy. I was intrigued by the amount of people talking about doing what you love and not doing a job that will make you unhappy even if you think it will only be for a little while. I think I often in the past have done things just for the money. I know that even if you hate the job but love the people you work with that it helps a lot. But I also think you need to like the company you work for as well. Right now I work as a personal assistant for my aunt. She tends to have me do the work she doesn't like to do. But I enjoy working for her and I like the kids most days. But I think a parent feels that way too. I just get paid for it. I don't mind shipping packages which is also what I do. And normally I love cooking. This week specifically has been hard because we are moving and my aunt and her husband are at Disney World right now. She left me with the kids and lots of moving. But I have loved eating feelings w...

This week one reading that stuck out to me was the talk from 2014 by Elder Holland, Are we not all beggars? I felt as if I was constantly being reminded of the Light the World program being put on by the Church this Christmas season. Elder Holland the Gospel of Luke: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and … set at liberty them that are bruised.” It made me think of how many people care so much more around this Christmas season, we think more about those around us who are poor in spirit or other aspects including finances. It made me think of my family's season of service, instead of presents we give acts of service during the year in the name of the person you are assigned. I was able to ponder my act of service as well as how we are all beggars, we all need prayer and God, just like he said. Based on what you read in the first two pag...

1. What is your attitude toward money? I think money is necessary, I think that the amount is not what matters, as long as you have enough for your needs. 2. How can your view of money affect the way you live? I think that money affects they way you live to some aspect but mostly how you spend it is what is different. In my family we save in a lot of different aspects than most people. We eat cheap, don't go out and we don't buy a ton of new clothes. When we do they are from second hand shops. Yet we are happy, we then are able to live like a rich man and 3. What rules are recommended for prospering?  The reading listed these six as recommended rules, "Rule 1. Seek the Lord and have hope in him Rule 2. Keep the commandments, that includes the temporal ones, tithing and fast offerings. Rule 3. Think about money and plan how you can become self-reliant. Rule 4. take advantage of chances for learning so you will not be ignorant of these matters. Education, as President H...

Something on my mind a lot this week was to not to give up. I thought a lot about how my interview went and how I am much like the person I interviewed, we both want to be inspirational soeakers and how when I told her that she kinda laughed sadly and said me too and I'm 53. It was sad that I  saw this woman as someone who was successful and yet she didnt feel like she was doing all she could. I want to be able to say whatever I do is me reaching my potential and that I am happy! These two quotes helped me as I thought about that this week. 

This week the reading, Leadership with a Small "L" by President Kim B. Clark was what stood out to me. I have a joke with my friends that lists make everything 85% more convincing. Because one, it gives people things to look at visually, two it gives them an order in which to accomplish things, and three you took the time to listen to me list off these three things and I seam suddenly more convincing. This quote from Kim B. Clark's talk teaches us to be like Christ but I think we need to be like him by preaching his gospel.  But in all seriousness, I really enjoyed the three principals of Lead by Example, Lead with Vision, and  Lead with Love. Leadership can be vital in the world today and as members of the church we are called to lead the world as examples. We are called to lead through His vision we must make it our own, we must understand that God has a plan for us, that doesn't mean we get it but we know it is there and we trust it. Then we are called to ...

 I was shocked to see how much I needed this week. I needed to read and hear the things that were taught. I have attached some quotes to this post but I want to talk about the quote that stood out most to me. Now in my family we watch a lot of Mormon Messages and I have probably seen the message Good Things to Come  with Elder Holland over a dozen times; yet today as I listened to those words I couldn't help but feel like the father, walking with his head down. I couldn't help but feeling like I had done all that I need to get the car checked and no problems were found yet, feeling like I had broke down in the same place for the second time. But as I listened to Elder Holland say, “Don’t give up, boy. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it—30 years of it now, and still counting. You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.”  (An High Priest of Good Things to ...