"The slogan "push on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. "
- Calvin Coolidge
This week I was inspired by the word "PERSEVERE". We learned about how long term results and mastery of skill are best achieved through patient, diligent efforts, over a long period of time.
The following items caught my attention during my study:
While reading "Are Sucessful Entrepreneurs Born or Made" by Jeff Sandefer, I learned that the following things are the assets that are gained through deposits of skill and character:
Industry Expertise
Good Business Judgement
Relationships and Reputation
These deposits of skill and character should be made in a consistent way, during a lifelong entrepreneurial journey of trial, error, and struggle. By staying the course day by day, year after year you are better able to run a successful business easier than most, and it serves as a good barrier against competitors.
In the video " How do you Find Your Passion & How Do You Pursue It" by Randy Komisar, he encouraged those listening to "take the porfolio (not just one) or our passions and marry them to the opportunities that lie in front of you."
David Friedberg in "Most Entrepreneurs are Not Rock Stars" reminded me that making money should not be the reason you want to start your own business. He also went through the pros and cons of working for and existing company. They are as follows:
Pros - Make and impact. Leverage a Scaled Platform. More resources and more support.
Cons - You don't own your destiny. Misalignment of ideals or goals can dominate. Sale can be constrained. Resources can't be recruited.
During the speech by Jeff Sandefer entitled "A Hero's Journey" he quoted the following:
"You have a very special mission on this earth, a mission that will succeed beyond your wildest dreams but only if you have the faith and courage to find your entrepreneurial calling."
He challenged the listeners to completing several tasks that would help them in their journey, all with his insistence that we should: "Life every moment of our life like it matters, because it does."
He encouraged people to ask 5 people that know them well to ask them what they did better than anyone else in the world. Once they had answered then you should press them for specifics. I feel like this could be very enlightening on ones journey to self discovery.
While reading the book "Mastery", by George Leonard he addressed what mastery is. Mastery is a choice that is made, and has to be rhythmically applied to our lives day in or out. It is not something easily earned and is marked by progress and plateaus, victories and defeats. The idea it to master ourselves and continue plodding away and striving for success.
He said, "Sometimes we choose after careful deliberation, but frequently the choice is careless - a barely conscious one. Seduced by the siren song of a consumerist, quick-fix society, we sometimes choose a course of action that brings only the illusion of accomplishment, the shadow of satisfaction. And sometimes, knowing little or nothing about the process that leads to mastery, we don't even realize a choice is offered. Yet even our failures to choose consciously operate as choices, adding to or subtracting from the amount of our potential that we will eventually realize."
We were also asked to complete an assignments this week that were influential for me. We were asked to develop a board of advisers for our lives. It took me a while to really think about who I would want there. I went through the list in my head and realized very quickly that I needed to widen my circle of friends and influence to include more people that could inspire me to do greater things. I need more people in my life that challenge my thinking and will encourage growth so I do not remain stagnant where I am.
I really enjoyed the GRIT element of this lesson.
- Calvin Coolidge
This week I was inspired by the word "PERSEVERE". We learned about how long term results and mastery of skill are best achieved through patient, diligent efforts, over a long period of time.
The following items caught my attention during my study:
While reading "Are Sucessful Entrepreneurs Born or Made" by Jeff Sandefer, I learned that the following things are the assets that are gained through deposits of skill and character:
Industry Expertise
Good Business Judgement
Relationships and Reputation
These deposits of skill and character should be made in a consistent way, during a lifelong entrepreneurial journey of trial, error, and struggle. By staying the course day by day, year after year you are better able to run a successful business easier than most, and it serves as a good barrier against competitors.
In the video " How do you Find Your Passion & How Do You Pursue It" by Randy Komisar, he encouraged those listening to "take the porfolio (not just one) or our passions and marry them to the opportunities that lie in front of you."
David Friedberg in "Most Entrepreneurs are Not Rock Stars" reminded me that making money should not be the reason you want to start your own business. He also went through the pros and cons of working for and existing company. They are as follows:
Pros - Make and impact. Leverage a Scaled Platform. More resources and more support.
Cons - You don't own your destiny. Misalignment of ideals or goals can dominate. Sale can be constrained. Resources can't be recruited.
During the speech by Jeff Sandefer entitled "A Hero's Journey" he quoted the following:
"You have a very special mission on this earth, a mission that will succeed beyond your wildest dreams but only if you have the faith and courage to find your entrepreneurial calling."
He challenged the listeners to completing several tasks that would help them in their journey, all with his insistence that we should: "Life every moment of our life like it matters, because it does."
He encouraged people to ask 5 people that know them well to ask them what they did better than anyone else in the world. Once they had answered then you should press them for specifics. I feel like this could be very enlightening on ones journey to self discovery.
While reading the book "Mastery", by George Leonard he addressed what mastery is. Mastery is a choice that is made, and has to be rhythmically applied to our lives day in or out. It is not something easily earned and is marked by progress and plateaus, victories and defeats. The idea it to master ourselves and continue plodding away and striving for success.
He said, "Sometimes we choose after careful deliberation, but frequently the choice is careless - a barely conscious one. Seduced by the siren song of a consumerist, quick-fix society, we sometimes choose a course of action that brings only the illusion of accomplishment, the shadow of satisfaction. And sometimes, knowing little or nothing about the process that leads to mastery, we don't even realize a choice is offered. Yet even our failures to choose consciously operate as choices, adding to or subtracting from the amount of our potential that we will eventually realize."
We were also asked to complete an assignments this week that were influential for me. We were asked to develop a board of advisers for our lives. It took me a while to really think about who I would want there. I went through the list in my head and realized very quickly that I needed to widen my circle of friends and influence to include more people that could inspire me to do greater things. I need more people in my life that challenge my thinking and will encourage growth so I do not remain stagnant where I am.
I really enjoyed the GRIT element of this lesson.
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