So You Want to be an Entrepreneur

This has not been a great week for school. Too many tests/quizzes and not enough time to get everything done at a level that I expect of myself. This is one of the weeks where you wonder is it really worth it.  As of tonight the answer to that question is definitely up in the air.

LDS Perspectives
The LDS Perspectives really focused on self-mastery. As a high school student I couldn't function without getting straight "A's". In junior college I was a busy young adult and working full time and didn't put my full effort forward, especially in classes that didn't interest me.  For example, I absolutely hated attending sociology It was a lecture class and I often didn't go because I couldn't see how it benefited me personally. So I didn't. I attended on test days and required guest lecturer days and that was about it.  When I started the Pathway program I set a goal for myself to graduate from BYU with honors. I fought for each "A" I received.  This semester has been a challenge. I spend 30+ hours a week studying, doing assignments, discussion boards, etc and am really starting to struggle in a couple of my classes. In fact the ones that I should be excelling in as they are my stronger subjects.  I think this fits in with the whole Mastery concept that we have been studying this week. I need to re-evaluate and get back on the path to Self-Mastery. The hardest part is to figure out where I fell off so that it won't happen again.

E-Corner
The video this week talked about the importance of writing down your priorities and sticking to them. Doing this will help you not to compromise your values for your work.  Watching these really reminded me why I really don't want to be an entrepreneur that owns my own business. I can't separate who I am at work and who I am at home. Being able to do so is very important to me and more easily attained when I am working for someone else.

Mentor Session 2
After reading the chapter and starting the assignment I really didn't have time this week to complete it. Although having had this discussion with family and friends they pretty firmly believe that I would be successful in whatever I choose to do. They can see me both as a entrepreneur (owning my own business) and working in a professional business. Most of them agreed that I would be much happier working for someone else because as one said "I would obsess over my own business too much."

Personal Wealth
Most of this was the same information that was presented in Math 100 from Pathway. Funny that it also aligned with the finance project in FDREL 200.