Dream Big

When it comes to being entrepreneurs, we ‘should discard the notion that entrepreneurship is an all-or-none trait that some people or organizations possess, and others don’t.” This is an inspiring line that I know will come in handy anytime I feel like throwing in the towel during frustration moments in my journey as an entrepreneur. I thought these questions from the reading were spot-on to start off with being an entrepreneur especially in this fast-changing world of technology: Where is the opportunity? How do I capitalize on it? What resources do I need? How do I gain control over them? What structure is best?

From the reading I understand why some corporations and companies keep growing. They keep “developing new products, services, markets…make a practice of innovating, taking risks and showing creativity and they continue to expand.” I understand from this part of the reading why when Samsung washing machines started having problems a couple years ago, I used to ask myself, why cannot Samsung just keep to making phone related products or electronics, they should just keep to their expertise or the department they specialize in. This was how my non-entrepreneurial mind thought at the time. But they were changing with the time and adapting to change. Did Samsung stop manufacturing washing machines after this failure? No, they fix their products and kept going. They did not let failure stop them.

I also learn that “a person’s most valuable assets are intelligence, energy and experience – not money or other material things…” My guess is that these are things that you will always have with you once you gain them, they are part of your being that you can use them to survive being an entrepreneur. You can use them to start, restart a business or fix the problems or failures you face. They are handy tools that act as your guidance to not give up.

This lesson from Taylor Richards’ video is nothing new but hearing it from this week’s reading is a great reminder because I do not always remember every teaching I learn. I am grateful for the spiritual inspiring messages that come with this business class, “You can do it, you can accomplish the goals, the dreams you set. If you involve the Lord, you can do the impossible…”