This week we talked about overcoming challenges. I really enjoyed the talk by Jeffery R. Holland. That is probably one of my favorite talks of all time. There are many obstacles in life and we have to make the choice whether to give into them or overcome them. What u think the biggest obstacle for me to overcome in school and business is becoming better at learning math so I can figure out financial problems better. Math for me has always been something that has taken me longer than other subjects to understand so I feel like it’s going to be something I will really have to work at when I have to take those difficult classes.

This week I wrote a book report on "Mastery" by George Leonard. This made me think back to all the important principles taught in this book on how we can become successful. My favorite principle taught in this book was "All significant learning is composed of brief spurts of progress followed by long periods of work where if feels as if you’re going nowhere.”

This week we learned about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. We also learned about how to balance out life such as jobs, family, church, and hobbies. I enjoyed this weeks lesson because it has helped me to take a step back and prioritize things in my life better than I am currently doing.

This week in my class we learned about a case study called spreading happiness where a lady in canada named Erica Mills started a small greeting card business that she grew over a few years. It was interesting to learn about how you can start with so little and then grow it into a much larger business.

This week in my entrepreneurial journal, I wanted to write about what I learned about facing fears in business this week. This week we had an assignment about deconstructing our fears in business. It made me realize that when starting your own business there are a lot of things that we have to worry about and take into account in order to keep ourselves above water in case the business doesn’t work out. After doing this assignment something it made me realize that is important is to have some money saved up in case your business fails and you need time to pay back loans and you haven’t got another job yet. I think that we should all try to have 6 months worth of rent and basic living expenses saved up just in case things don’t work out. That way there is a cushion in case you need it.