Make no small plans, for they have no power to stir the blood.—Daniel Burnham I’ve always been a big dreamer. I imagine myself in five or ten or fifty years and all the places I’ve been, friends I’ve had, accomplishments and accolades to my name. There is, however, an expansive chasm between my dreaming and […]
Read moreHere it is! the final blog post for the final week of this semester. This class was ‘Intro to Entrepreneurship.’ I have enjoyed the class! I consider that title and think, there should be a ‘Next Step in Entrepreneurship’ class. This one is all about examining who you are, who you want to be, how […]
Read moreWhen President Thomas S Monson gave his 1992 General Conference address “An Attitude of Gratitude,” I was five years old. The timing was perfect for my life. I grew up always hearing talks and lessons including those four words. It has helped to shape the way I live my life. I know a few and […]
Read moreI realize that with each of these journal/blog post assignments, there are questions that I’m supposed to answer. But I don’t know if I have ever done that. I’ve enjoyed the freedom to really treat this as a journal and write about what has had an impact on me that week. This week is no […]
Read moreI have said for the better part of my adult life “money is money, you make it every day.” I’m far from rich, but I’m also not living below the poverty line. I have valuable skills that are attractive to employers and clients. Thankfully, I have had very few, very short seasons of my life […]
Read moreSometimes when people tell me to dream big, I often think about businesses that are just a bad idea. The individuals who try one thing after another – or only obsessively try one thing – who never really succeed cause me to scratch my head. How come we can dream big dreams but so many […]
Read moreBefore this week, I had never heard about American President McKinley needing to send an urgent message to General Garcia in Cuba. I don’t know any of the details of the war, or of the people, or of any of the statistics surrounding why the war happened. One thing I learned, though, is about a […]
Read morePresident Jeffrey R. Hollands talk However Long and Hard the Road resonated with me this week. I have had challenges a-plenty, and in this, I know that I am not unique. In fact, when compared to many other people, my struggles seem mild. But comparison isn’t the way we are meant to live. Elder Holland’s […]
Read moreI always wonder when I am working through my school modules when something I have heard of and intended to read will pop up. Well, this week that book that I often saw on my father’s desk as a child was a summary of Stephen Covey’s 7 habits of highly successful people. The habits are […]
Read moreConsistently in this course that has been an underlying but overarching theme that appears subtlety in all the lessons. That theme is humility. In this week’s readings, I was impressed again by the implication that humility is needed in all aspects of life, including business pursuits. And think about it: who likes a cocky know […]
Read moreI’d like to tell you who the speaker was in the video, but nowhere in the module for this week was his name listed. But I do know he was from the Acton School of Business, and he worked in the oil and gas industry. I also know that his speech was awfully familiar – […]
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