REFLECTIONS

In reflecting upon the readings I read and the videos I watched, what I was able to deduce from them in a sentence is what James E. Faust thought about Perseverance. “Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, “It can’t be done.”

Jeff said the hero’s journey is all about me but it is not about me at all that is the paradox, what is it to choose a hero’s journey? It means to live every moment of my life because it matters. Because I have an important mission, it means to go through struggle; it isn’t the price at the end but the hero at the end.

I must learn how to listen which is most important, learning to ask questions and learning to live a life of meaning. “Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges. Each of us should serve faithfully and diligently in our priesthood callings until the end of our days. Some might wonder, “How long do I have to be a home teacher?” My answer is that home teaching is a priesthood calling. To serve in the calling of a home teacher is a privilege as long as our bishop and priesthood leaders feel we are able to do so.” James E. Faust

How Will You Measure Your Life

This week, Clayton M. Christensen address “How Will You Measure Your Life?” has been my best reading article and has thought me so many important lessons. The three questions asked by Christensen.  First, how can I be sure that I’ll be happy in my career? Second, how can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse and my family become an enduring source of happiness? Third, how can I be sure I’ll stay out of jail? Should be questions answered by many if we are to succeed in life.

To answer the last question he told the students, two of my 32 people in Rhodes Scholar class spent time in jail. To stay out of jail is to be honest and sincere with our fellow men. How then can we stay in our career and be happy? “Frederick Herzberg, who asserts that the powerful motivator in our lives isn’t money; it’s the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements” means we need not to work only for money but to have the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contributes to others and be recognizing for achievement. Let’s remember the importance of humility.

Reflections

In reflecting upon the things I learned and have experiencing so far in this course, what attracted me the most was this week articles and the videos from our instructor, especially  "Making a Living and a Life" by Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the first Quorum of the Seventy. They really are a motivating and helpful in my entrepreneurial career.

It talks about the acquiring of wealth and material possessions that would become Satan’s most fertile ground, tempting mankind with the cunning strategy that this world is our destiny and that anything and everything in this world is available for money.

He continued “here at BYU Idaho you are learning, not only how to make a living, but more importantly, how to make a good and honest living”. In my entrepreneurial journey I always strive to love and be honest with my fellow men and that is a mark of BYU-Idaho students where this institution is a disciple preparation center.

I like Magdalena Yesil’s experience, “she was accustomed to ignoring what others might consider constraints on her choices” One constraint she ignored was gender issues. ” she developed life-long friendships and a firm belief that gender was irrelevant to accomplishment”