Taking chances and dreaming big

As I read the Ministry of Business, I was impressed by how focused the author is on having a connection to God and following prompting in all that we do.  This is something that I have been taught over the years in church, but I had never thought of it in regards to business.  It makes me have to consider my wife's suggestion for a potential business start up much more closely.

I look forward to being able to explore how much I want to be in business for myself or if I should simply work for a company doing what I want.

The videos and readings this week focused being willing to experiment and take chances.  The more willing we are to fail, the more likely we will find a successful way of doing something that works better than before.

I think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams because he had a strong desire to do them.  He did not allow himself to become discouraged.  He had family that was supportive of his creativity.

Dreaming is incredibly important.  Dreams will help to give us the motivation that we need to be successful.  If we don't have a dream, we won't have nearly as many goals.  If we don't have goals, how do we know if we accomplished what we wanted in this life?

As a child I was always very good with numbers.  From second grade through high school I wanted to become an accountant.  The idea of working with numbers and solving problems for a living was invigorating.  I ran into some problems with my schooling my first time around and gave up the dream at that time.  I hope that I can rekindle that dream and become an accountant this time around.

Introduction to Joe

Hello, my name is Joe Duffield and I am a student at BYU-Idaho in the business management program.  I am 40 years old and have gone back to school because my chosen career decided that it did not choose me.  The store that I had been running for years closed down with the slow down in the economy.  This lead to a job search and the realization that a degree will help a lot with that pursuit.

Having said that I invite you to join me on my new adventure for the next 14 weeks and possibly much longer.  I am both excited and nervous about this new opportunity in my life.

Well, this is my first week in my B183 class on "Introduction to Entrepreneurship."  I must admit that I did not read the course description very well when I signed up.  I simply noted that I needed to take this class to fulfill my degree requirements.

I came into this class thinking that we would be doing a practice business or something along those lines.  I never expected that the class would be focusing on me and helping me to become and entrepreneur.  I realize that I was being short sighted.

This week I enjoyed the readings about how humans have always been entrepreneurs.  We all work to create something new and better for ourselves.  All of us take risks in our lives.  The main difference between an entrepreneur and someone else is the vision and determination that goes into the effort.

I am looking forward to crystallizing a vision for myself that will help me chose my big dream.