As I begin Business 110 - Intro to Entrepreneurship, I will be journaling weekly to share my thoughts and impressions of topics and ideas. I am about 50 credits away from a degree in Business Management and look forward to the day I can say, "I have a degree - I'm finished!" But I also look forward to the journey along the way because I know in many ways it will be much more valuable than the piece of paper.
This week we were introduced to investing in ourselves and thinking of us as a startup. What a great way to think of me. I want to invest in me and just as a new start up, do what it takes to make me a success.
I loved to words of President Hinckley that he shared with the young students at BYU-I. You can feel the love he has for the youth and his impassioned plea for them to do their best each day was inspiring.
I look forward to hearing more from successful business professionals as we delve more into the ins and outs of what a successful entrepreneur looks like. I have a strong suspicion that money was not their motivating factor.
But what does make a successful person - business or otherwise? What qualities do they possess that help them on a daily basis? What can I change on my life the make each day better and feel more accomplished when I lay down to sleep?
I expect to be better at the end of this class, as I do with every class. If there is one thing I've learned so far it is that it doesn't really matter what grade I received in a class. I can get an A in one class and have learned very little or struggle to get a B and yet learn so many new things that stretch and expand my mind. It's not about the end result as much as the journey to get there.

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