W02 Reflection

 Date: 08/05/2022

  • This week I was very inspired by the book we read, "Launching Leaders: An Empowering Journey for a New Generation "by Steven Hitz. This book felt like it was made for me and this time in my life. I often struggle with knowing who I want to become. I feel overwhelmed thinking about a long-term career, finances, and balancing everything in my life. Most of the time, I feel like I am lacking in many areas and not reaching my full potential, which is why this book was so powerful to me. The concepts that were shared about strengthening my relationship with God, picturing my ideal self and creating my core values, and following manifestations and formulas for success, are all things that I have been looking for in my life now. I now am prepared to figure out what my next steps in life are and create a concrete plan on how I can achieve and follow through. I am going to take all the suggestions that were mentioned in the book into my daily life. I am going to create a budget that follows a similar format shared in the financial section of the book, buy a personal journal to write in each day, and take time to ponder and hear the impressions of the Holy Ghost in my everyday life. I know the lack of these things in my current life have contributed to my stresses and fears, and that if I follow through with these things that I will find success whether it be great or small. I will become immovable and powerful in my dreams, goals, and aspirations.
  • I also was inspired by the concept of measuring our life that was introduced by Clayton M. Christensen. After reading the article, I thought to myself about how I could better allocate my resources and develop a better strategy for my life. I have decided that to best follow this, I need to begin to pray about my questions and take them to the temple. I want to best understand how I can improve my life, and I always feel that I get the best answers when I am at the temple. I am hoping to go within the next few weeks so I can develop a strategy for myself and start using all the concepts I learned this week. This will also help me remember who I am and my divine destiny which will remind me how important it is be morally sound in all that I do. 
  • As I move forward in this class, I look forward to continuing to learn how I can understand my divine destiny and find ways to develop my talents and skills. I know that I have a lot to offer in this world, and I haven't even touched the surface yet. This week has better prepared me to understand how I can get to know myself and know what ways I can overcome my fears and anxieties about the unknown which is something I have struggled with my entire life. I have always made excuses because it's the comfortable way out, but I am not doing that anymore. I can't wait to start working toward becoming my ideal self and start pursuing my dreams. It is time to stop making excuses and let fear overwhelm me. I am going to pursue and live out my life the way I have always wanted to whether I fail or succeed. I know all things that happen, were meant to happen, and my Heavenly Father has a plan. If I follow him, I will become the ideal version of myself. I can't wait to get started. 

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