Entrepreneurial Journal

 Date: 09/05/2022 As I wrap up my time in this class, the one thing that I feel like that I would share with others about what I learned is the importance of knowing yourself, counseling with God, and finding ways to constantly improve. Throughout the entirety of this class, I always felt inspired by the stories of those who sought ways to find what their true passions, found ways to improve through the guidance of God, and learned from mistakes they made and found ways to become even better from them. I don't think that you could learn anything better than those simple concepts especially for those seeking to become entrepreneurs. My last bit of advice for someone wanting to begin the entrepreneur journey would be to start preparing now. If there is one thing that I learned from the various successful entrepreneurs that we studied in this class, it would be that they started creating business plans, visions, ethical guardrails, and created support systems for themselves before the...

 Date: 09/05/2022 This week the things that stood out to me the most, were the ideas of having an attitude of gratitude and being a constant learner. The reason these things stood out most to me are because I feel like I lack a lot in both of these. I often find myself being very pessimistic and negative and letting the stress and possible negative outcomes rule how I think. I don't look at the hopeful things and a lot of that is because of the lack of gratitude that I often have. I felt very inspired as I studied this week, that I need to start looking for and focusing on all the amazing blessings that I have in my life especially when things don't seem to be going the best. I know that if I start doing this, I will become a happier, more uplifting person, and that I will find more success in my life. In regard to being a constant learner, I feel inspired that I need to find ways to continue to learn and grow after I graduate. I am a senior right now, and the fall semester wil...

 Date 09/02/2022 What's Business For? by Charles Handy Integrity and virtue are so essential to an economy because it so rare now. As mentioned in the article, "What's Business For?" by Charles Handy he mentions how about "90% of Americans thought that those running their companies could not be trusted to look over their employees." (Handy, 2002). They also feel that most bosses and executives only care about the progress of their business and the money they make, and they will do whatever it takes to get to that point. Those facts are sad, and sadly it is true for many companies, but that is not the way things should be done. We need to start switching that around because lying and cheating doesn't get you anywhere at the end of the day except possibly jail. The "real justification" for business is make money so that they can create something greater. The product or something that the company seeks to create is the justification. The problem i...