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.