Entrepreneur Journal

I saw an add this week on Facebook and instagram for selling online personal development products and it looks lucaritive and attractive.  It gives you the idea that you can travel and have time with your family while making a lot of money.  To me it ticks a lot of boxes of what we have learned this term, I showed my wife and she quickly dismissed my idea and told me to just get a job and work for a company and that will bring us security.  My wife has always been more risk adverse than I have been.  With saying that I sat back and thought of what she was talking about and I do think that I could be and would like to be an entrepreneur at some stage in my life to the true extent of owning a business and doing something on my own.  However I also know that I need to finish my education and even more than that maybe.  I think this class has been great in regards to learning about who I am and what an entrepreneur is and what it means to be an entrepreneur...

This week was very interesting as it spoke about different entrepreneurs looked at different ways that they could use their skill in finding solutions to give back and to make a contribution to the world at large.  I think it goes to show that there is always a need for something and there is someone out there to fill that gap and to find a solution for that need.  I think it is great that so many people use their wealth for good and believe that even if we don't have large amounts of wealth we can still give back. I enjoyed the videos and the perspective of those who shared their knowledge on the opportunists that they have had over the years. We also finished the book the Hero's Journey this week.  I found it very insightful with parables and pieces of advise that is laid out for anyone who is indeed embarking on their journey to find themselves and where they belong.  Someone like me I suppose. I think this course has been a great start to discovery for myself...

This week was life balance which is good and how we priorities our business life and our personal life.  This can be a very tricky situation for some people depending on the type of work they are in either self employed or if you work extra hours or shift work. These are all cases in each of our lives that we have to work more at times or work harder for a certain time.  I think that communication is key to anything.  My wife recently started working at K-Mart and we now sit down and speak about when she is working and what the family can do when she is gone or how we can accommodate each other.  Last year I started to travel once a month for a week, this was an adjustment for our family and we have done well managing this and working together.  My wife and I have talked about this for awhile because my brother in law works a lot and the only time his wife really sees him is on holiday together however because he works so hard they have a lot of material goo...

This was an interesting week as I interviewed my brother in law and thought this week about what I learned from the interview and what I wanted to write about what I learned.  I have never thought that I would have enough knowledge about any one topic to have a business of my own.  I admire those that have their own business, it takes a lot of courage to go out on your own and now know what the future holds.  I may play the safe spot because I work for a business and get paid every month knowing what I will get paid.  I have several friends here in Sydney who have their own trade that I would consider an entrepreneur however I am in business not a trade and could not see myself doing what they are doing.  I still don't know that I would have the courage that they do to be their own boss.  One friend was working Christmas day, and I don't know if i could do that.  Well I could it would just depend on what I was doing.  I hope to catch a little ...

This week was about the small L leadership and a message to Garcia.  I enjoyed the reading of a message to Garcia because I tried to relate that to myself and I currently have a manager that I really don't trust and have a hard time getting along with.  We have campaigns that we do that are like projects and have timelines with them with steps for each part of the campaign.  When we get his directions I tend to ask a lot of questions because there is a lot in my opinion that has not been though out.  I thought of this article and if I could be more like this man and just go out and do what was asked and just get it done.  I think in some aspects of my job I am like this because I work very autonomously and very rarely ask my manager for help or direction because for the most part I have the sales process down and can act on what I know. However I think there is plenty of things that I can do better on execution and following through to make things happen....

I have titled this week Victory week as this weeks reading was about pushing through and achieving victory. This week is very applicable to me because I moved to Australia after having finished my associated degree and was determined to finish my bachelors degree in a couple years time.  That was 12 years ago, I want to say life got in the way but I think I really figured it out.  Every time it was time to finish a class and register for the next ones I would make an excuse as to why I couldn't register for the next classes and I wouldn't do it.  Sometimes it was because of kids or moving houses or something silly like that but ultimately I was tired of doing my classes for the duration of that term and wanted a break.  The problem is you end up like me 12 years and not finished. This really helped me to have a reminder as to what it is I am trying to accomplish and I have found that I constantly need these reminders because if not I loose focus and don't give it ...