This week I am finishing up with my entrepreneurship class. I felt when I started that the class was beneath me, yet I also knew that in everything there is a chance to glean some knowledge. Looking back, I have thought much about how I run my business and what I could do to improve it. One thing that this class has taught me is the need to have a vision and to set goals according to that vision. Each week I was challenged to come up with ideas, personal guard rails, bucket list, personal constitution, and other things that caused me to not only reflect on my business, but my life as well. I was also asked to read three books during the course. I really enjoyed “The Ministry of Business.” This book helped me to fell comfortable with how I had done things. I always wanted to be the same person every where I went. Whether at church, working for someone else or doing my own things, I longed to be me. I have changed me as I have grown older and gained some wisdom. This is evident in how things don’t bother me like they used too. I felt I always had to be right, even when I know I am it is ok to let others discover things on their own. I am training someone to replace me at my current position with the LDS church. I do not feel that I am completely trained myself, but I am moving to a different job. When I was trained just a few months ago I felt hampered in my progress because those who were training me would not allow me to do anything. Some of them would only let me watch. Seeing how someone does a certain task is a good thing once or twice but having watched it done dozens of times made it so I felt I would never figure out how to do it myself. Knowing this I completely let my trainee do it all. I had to express trust in him that he would do the tasks correctly and report back if he had a problem. He did this and exceeded my expectations.
Lesson Learned
When someone is given the opportunity to step up, they will.
Lesson yet to be Learned
How to train other trainers to trust those with whom they are training. (This bring the greatest amount of growth to the trainee.)
Other things that this class has taught me is the thought to be a finisher. I liked the last talk we read in this lesson by President Monson. He encouraged us to be finishers that we may win the eternal prize. I remember as a junior in high school I had been cutting weight to wrestle in a certain division. (My goals had not been set high enough.) I made it to the state tournament, but I was not a finisher at that point. I was more concerned about not cutting any more weight, so I did not do my best in the wrestling matches. Whether the outcome would have changed or not I cannot say, but I did could have been so much more.
Anyone wanting to go into business themselves I say do it. Make sure you have done your due diligence to be prepared and then jump in. I am so glad I did. I have been blessed immensely by the relationships I have made and the people, including myself, that the extra money has provided. The icing on the cake is that the business I am in is service oriented, meaning I help people and get paid for it.
Love what you do.
Work hard.
Go for it, you can do anything with God.
JJ Claymore Inc. 