Last Lecture

Last lecture

When thinking of my entire journey along this course as someone that wants to start a journey in entrepreneurship, some thoughts of what I learned comes to my mind.

I learned with Jim Ritchie about Personal Constitution, when he made us think which is our personal constitution “I am financially self-reliant, I am physically fit, I am identifying my skills and talents, I am a product of what I eat, I understand the value of humor, I am a leader”, I am creative”, I am mentally tough, I am a communicator, I can motivate without depreciating others, and I am like the great enlightened masters of history”.

Other thing that I have learned was to turn the word "I can" in one of my favorite words and believe in myself, even when sometimes I may fail. We need to understand that we are going to try again and again throughout our life, because there is no error effort and short coming. This will help us see what we can do and what we still need to learn. Certainly after taking the first step, no one will ever say we did not do it because we were afraid, but we will gain experience and a chance to continue on this path.

One of the things I took away is that we need to stay motivated and have a good attitude no matter what. There will be a lot of obstacles in the way while we will achieve our goals, but having that fear won't get us anywhere.

 I also enjoyed the article from Handy that says that the idea of business is not about profit, but about people, about helping others. The reason for any business must be for the good of the people. Our customers are the most important in our business and it's them we are trying to impress. Any good business will profit if it is centered on the people it is helping. And here enters integrity. The gospel teaches us to be an integrity person. President Joseph F. Smith called integrity “the cornerstone of character”. “Your word is who you are.” Our life must be a life of integrity. A moral life is actually a much easier and happier life. Handy said, "Trust, too, is fragile. Like a piece of china, once cracked it will never be the same." To keep our good name, trust is needed in fact.

I learned to be proactive. According to the book of Ministry of Success, it is very important to be proactive, begin with the end in mind, do  first things first, think Win-Win, first think to understand, then to be understood, create synergy, and sharpen the saw. Trust assumes an important role in this process, persistence in doing what is necessary becomes easier, not that the nature of tasks change but the ability to do it increases.

I learn never give up and keep my focus forward. The life of an entrepreneur is not easy, but if we have a good attitude and work hard difficulties can be bearable. There will always be stones on the road, which will help us become better helping us grow as a person and in our business. But in this process we need always to be self motivated and never dishearten.