Week 6

I enjoyed the readings for this week’s entrepreneurial class. There readings were:

Success Is Gauged by Self-Mastery

April 1975 General Conference

N. Eldon Tanner

How Entrepreneurs Craft

Strategies That Work

by Amar Bhide

So You Want to Be an

entrepreneur?

Don’t jump in unprepared

There were also 3 videos, and they were:

The Entrepreneur and the Family

Three Lessons About What It Means to Be an Entrepreneur

Loyalty to God and Family

While I enjoyed and learned a bit from all the assignments, the one thing that I didn’t agree with was the comment made by Steve Blank in The Entrepreneur And The Family. He said that if you are single, stay single. I’m sorry, but I have a conflict with this statement. Marriage and healthy relationships is the one thing that keeps a person well rounded, happy, and ultimately successful. I did concur with Mr. Blank’s idea that if you are already in a relationship or marriage, you need to define limits for the amount of time you spend in your entrepreneurial efforts, and make sure you “schedule” in and your family time.

When things are difficult for me, and all else in my life fails, I turn to my family and those I love the most. I can’t imagine not having that stable ground to fall back on. Having a loving husband and important family members, are the one thing that brings true joy in an otherwise difficult world.

Focusing on your endeavors should be high on your priority list, but if you don’t have someone at home to help balance out your happiness, be well rounded, and provide joy, then your endeavors are meaningless.

Having a spouse to complete you is what God intended for man. This is the only way to be successful.