My Mind pt. 4

This week the lesson was entitled “A Life Well Lived- How Will You Measure Your Life?”

I tried to answer that questions “How Will I Measure My Life?” I thought about the way you would measure anything-what makes it “good” or what makes it “bad”. Take for instance- a day that I have. Was it a good day or a bad day? I measure it by what I did that day, what things happened, interactions I have etc…

But with my life-the big picture stuff, I don’t want to measure it like I do with my days. I want to measure my life with how successful I feel. Now my successful could mean different things for different people. Success to me has constantly been a changing word over my lifetime. It changes as I mature and grow up and start to see the bigger picture. Success to me means asking myself “are you happy?” and “are you filling the measure of your creation”? I need to ask myself these questions daily to help remind myself that my best is good enough.

In the Jeff Hawkins video I learned that being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean working overtime and putting in long hours. It means that everyone is at a different point in their lives to do what they can. We each have a choice about how we want to live our lives and run our business. It’s about making effective choices not just working hard. 

How can I make more effective choices to better my life and my future career?

My mind pt 3

Hello to another week in my journey of entrepreneurship! I have learned a lot more about starting your own business this week.

I learned a lot from the Magadalena Yesil assignment. I enjoyed reading her story about being a strong female who achieved her dreams. It motivated me to go out for what I believe in and don’t stop until I get there. I think it’s important to read other’s stories that can help boost us and help us want to be better.

I also love the lesson never, ever, ever, give up. If we fail once and don’t try again, is that true failure? If we try and fail and get back up and try again, is that true success? What I have seen in my own experience is that the true failure comes from not trying again and again and again and again. We fail when we give up, throw in the towel and exclaim “I’M DONE!”

I am guilty of being on both sides of this fence. But I know that I feel truly accomplished when I don’t give up no matter how hard it is and how much it pushes me.

I’m looking forward to learning and expensing new tactics to not give up. I want to read more of people’s success stories and how they overcame.

My Mind pt. 2

Hello to another week!

This week was very interesting as we dove into our studies more. I’m looking forward to learning and experiencing in my journey through this entrepreneurship class. I’ve always been a passionate person and I want to channel those passions into something that I LOVE to do. Throughout my life, I have noticed that I can channel my passions for good or for evil. What I mean by that is I could use my passions to defend someone I love if someone if talking badly about them OR I could turn around and be the one talking badly about someone because I was passionate about the subject or just heated. I’m hoping to learn more fully who those are and how I can contribute my talents into a career.

I learned quite a bit this week about failure. Now you might think that’s odd…why would I be learning how to fail? I think that with anything in life, it’s important to learn that you can’t do everything perfectly or 100% all the time. We will fail and once I more fully grasp that concept is when I will ultimately learn. That is interesting to think about because no one wants to fail or likes it when they do but it’s in that failure that we truly succeed. Let me explain. If I never failed at something I wouldn’t be where I am today-that is, a place where I love, doing things that I love with my husband, the person that I love. Failure led me down this path that at the time I was afraid, but I am learning to take life one day at a time. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the setbacks, trials and failure that I have seen in my life. Some things could have been prevented or even avoided but would my outlook on life really be the same?

RANDY PAUSCH:

I think that Randy Pausch achieved so many of his childhood dreams because he tried new things. He had a set list of dreams and he knew what he wanted to accomplish. Although he might’ve not accomplished all his childhood dreams, he was determined. I think that’s an important lesson to learn from. It’s the determination that will get us to where we want to be. When he had setbacks, he changed the course and achieved them another way.

Yes, I feel that dreaming is important. I believe that we can have a balance. I don’t think that we should sit around day dreaming about what we want to accomplish but that we should go out and achieve those dreams. If we didn’t have dreams, ambitions and goals how could we ever be happy in this life? I know that I’m the happiest when I am doing things that I loved all because they started out as a dream of mine. Making your dreams a reality gives you a sense of purpose and drive.

One of my childhood dreams was always to run a business. I would tell my parents “I’m going to be a CEO one day.” “I want to be my own boss.” I remember how this drive to achieve that dream and I think now more than ever that that dream will become a reality. I know that I need to have a plan. I need to have goals to get me there. I believe that this dream is attainable. I see so many people starting their businesses because of technology and social media. We live in a time where getting the word out there is as easy as a click of a button. My husband wants his own business as well so we want to collab to start a business together that will fulfill us.

My Mind Pt. 1

Hello and welcome! I'm Kyra and the picture to the right is my cute husband and I on our wedding day >>>

I called this blog “Kyra In the Real World” because I thought it was clever and it will be about me and my journeys through the world. I had to start this blog for my Intro to Entrepreneurship class at BYU-Idaho but I hope to have it be more than just a class assignment.

So far, I have been learning and experiencing that whatever you do make sure you are happy. I enjoyed watching the video clip “Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow.” I thought that the guy speaking made an excellent point. He talked about how you need to figure out what you LOVE and do that. I think so many people these days just are in it for the money. They think “Okay, whatever major or job will make me the most money, that’s what I’ll do.” They don’t listen to their hearts. They listen with their wallets. It’s sad to see people who twenty years down the road are unhappy because of the choices they had made when they were younger.

I’m looking forward to learning how to start your own business-how to chase your dreams! Since I was little, I loved the idea of being your own boss. I did not like working under people and wanted to break free from the rules and create my own. I have always been a very passionate person and I want to see what creative ideas will pop up during this semester. I want to do what I love and not worry so much about “how much will this make me?” I understand that I need to support my family but I believe that we can have both-happiness and financial support. The happiness does not come from money but it does come from doing what we LOVE. This life is meant to be enjoyed. We need to figure out what we love and what we’re good at and go from there.

I hope you enjoy reading the musings of my mind and that I can gain some clarity on what I want to do with my life.