Stepping into a New Self

I learned some great things from my reading of "The Ministry of Business" this week. In part of the reading, James Ritchie shared his "Formula for Success": Get up early Work hard Get your education Find your oil Make your mark Get prepared to be of service Lately, I've been battling with the first task: get up early. It is my goal to retire to bed early and arise early. Adherence to a plan is essential to achieving this goal, and this has been a struggle for me. This is due in part to my neglect to create a plan every day, and also the unforeseen tasks and errands which often arise. I also enjoy programming late into the night which is in conflict with my goal. Maybe I can make programming in the morning a treat. It will give me motivation to awake early. An assertion made in the text is that you must trust yourself before others will trust you. Such trust is one of the foundations of a successful business. It was stated that gaining knowledge wi...

This week I started a course on entrepreneurship to learn about what it takes to be an entrepreneur and whether I am willing to commit to that. Well, I think I am going to get even more than I asked for, and that is exciting! In summary, this week I learned that an entrepreneur has to focus on themselves first in order to be successful in their entrepreneurial journey. One must decide what they want to achieve, what problem they want to solve, and what skills and gifts they can leverage to build a successful business. They must have or work to obtain characteristics of a successful business person. This week I discovered that many of the thoughts and attitudes I have toward my career are reflective of those of an entrepreneur. They shuck safety in the pursuit of an ideal, they embrace and attack opposition, and the good ones want to improve the world rather than exploit it. They need to be passionate about whatever they do, otherwise they will likely fail. A very essential characte...