Wk1 - Reflective Journal

April 24,  2021

Eye Opening first week of this Entrepreneur Introduction course

My feelings about being a business owner in the future are normal according to what I have learned in this week's lesson. I am glad to know that having these feelings do not mean I am not ready or meant to go this route. One of the characteristics of an entrepreneur is courage. Courage to get out of your comfort zone and soar, courage to work on your fears and move on with your goals and dreams, courage to get back up after failures, etc. Do I have the courage to do this? I do. I have fears but this does not mean I have doubts about my dreams and goals. Failure is part of life, but, as long as you do not give up, you are on your way to success. I started taking notes of my fears/weaknesses and what kind of changes I need to work on. It is mainly stage fright. I can communicate just fine in front of my friends and family but anywhere else, I mean literally anywhere else, I suddenly am filled and paralyzed with fear. I can learn any skills, acquire knowledge and do anything except public speaking. I know I need to work on this area which I think is super important to an entrepreneur.

I know I want to have my own business one day and be my own boss. I also have a list of what kind of businesses I want to own. I am so excited that taking this business course as part of the business degree I am pursuing will help me extremely with my decision making. Exactly what my calling and anything in details, I have yet to find out in this journey. But I know that keeping an entrepreneurial journal and and keeping it up to date regularly will help me.

How and what to write in your entrepreneurial journal: 

Write Date

Your goals

Fears/Weaknesses and ways to overcome them

Set a time to write regularly

Set a Format (label sections):

Lessons learned

Lessons not yet learned

Reference list on what tools you used to fix problems faced

Fear of public speaking (doing presentation), I need to take a Public speaking course, Communication class, see a Therapist, practice speaking out loud in front of the mirror (practice makes perfect).

 

 

  

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