Intro. to Entrepreneurship

       This will be a short post this week.  I wanted to post a reminder to always remember to be grateful for what we have.  We need to have the " Attitude of Gratitude " that Pres Monson speaks about.  I'm especially sensitive to this weeks topic because my wife and I have spent many years as avid listeners and "practicers" of the "Law of Attraction".  We watched a program called "The Secret" years ago, and the general idea of this law is that we attract into our lives that which we THINK about.  Gratitude plays a HUGE role in this law and it's something that we've really tried to keep focused on.     Also, I wanted to post a reminder in this post about the story of Randy Hawkins - please reread this story to review a great life sketch of how the Entrepreneurial Journey occurs.

  Are We Not All Beggars ?     I love this talk...  I never really had a sense of the temporal life that Jesus led.  I had never thought of Him as being "homeless", but the scriptures do point to that as the reality of His ministry.  When I read that, I had the overwhelming feeling of someone slapping me upside the head and waking me up to the fact that there are so many out there who are impoverished that we, as the people of God, have an obligation to do what we can to help make their world a better place.  Much like Mother Teresa did throughout most of her life.     Another quote that I love (another slap to the head): Little wonder that King Benjamin says we obtain a remission of our sins by pleading to God, who compassionately responds, but we retain a remission of our sins by compassionately responding to the poor who plead to us.     The Lord stated to Joseph Smith that the poor  would one day see the kingdom of God co...

 Formula for success NOTES If we are really to be a chosen generation, we have the responsibility to be prepared, to be productive, to be faithful, and to be fruitful as well. Formula for success - First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. You and I have the responsibility to learn the word of God, to understand the word of God, and then to live his word. Remember, a testimony is perishable. That which you selfishly keep, you lose; that which you willingly share, you keep. All of us benefit when we remember to magnify our callings. You may recall that Jesus filled his mind with truth; Jesus filled his life with service; Jesus filled his heart with love. When we follow that example, we shall never hear those words of rebuke that came from the parables. I didn't take notes on the other articles I read, unfortunately.  But I did want to make comments about the two Mini Cases we read and responded to this week....

           I should have been doing this all along... I'm keeping notes here in my journal of articles I read through the week and passages that speak to me.      I loved the article " The Challenge to Become " by Elder Oaks.  I learned that it's not enough to just have a testimony, but that you also need to have a conversion.  This is the only way to BECOME something instead of thinking we just KNOW something.  It's implied that there is action that must be had.  It states in his talk - " The gospel challenges us to be “converted,” which requires us to do and to become . "       " The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan by which we can become what children of God are supposed to become. This spotless and perfected state will result from a steady succession of covenants, ordinances, and actions, an accumulation of right choices, and from continuing repentance . “This life is the time for men to prepare ...

      This week definitely got away from me.  I knew that I would be leaving town for a Family Reunion on Thursday afternoon, so I had planned to finish up all my school work by Wednesday night.  Well, I wasn't able to complete everything by Wednesday night and I told myself that I would log in from the Family Reunion and finish up the last of my assignments...  Well, that never happened.  We spent both Friday and Saturday out in the sun up in Boise Idaho and I was completely drained both days and didn't even think about School work as I went home and crashed!     Anyway, I wanted to include this in my write up because there's something for me to learn from this - don't keep putting off things that you know need to be taken care of.  You never know what will come up.  Postponement rarely pays off!

      This week has flown by - a lot of issues at my work this week that needed to be dealt with, and I also spent the whole Saturday helping my wife run a dance recital for our good friend.  Sure glad it's Sunday tomorrow!        I really enjoyed this week's reading assignments.  I always love reading and listening to talks by Jeffrey R Holland - I would have to say he's probably the #1 apostle that I look forward to hearing from when conference rolls around!  There's something about how his talks resonate with my soul.  I firmly believe that the Savior instituted 12 apostles so that all personalities will have something resonate with them depending on the message and who that messenger is!      The biggest take away for me this week from all the reading material was to make sure that we don't simply give up when faced with difficult situations.  It takes time sometimes to ensure things are going to work ou...