Week 9

This week, I had the opportunity to read the book "The Dip", and I learned that I must to begin something if I know that I can become the best.

Also, I learned that when something very hard comes, the best to do is to analyze and think in the results, and if these are worthy, we must to keep walking in that hard way and change anything possible, because that moment is the opportunity of growth.

I learned that the dip causes scarcity and adds value to the organization, because someone who knows to solve the hard things is hired in any company where he is expert.

I learned from the reading “The Challenge to Become”, by Elder Oaks, that I must to become as the Lord Jesus Christ is, perfect.

From the videos “License to Pursue Dreams” and "Think Big", I learned that doing what I enjoy, I can make new things or add services for my job. So, this permission to dream in some companies makes possible the production of around the 50% of their sales. Also, I learned that I must to dream to become the number one of what I do now, and I know that I can become the best.

Lastly, I learned from the reading "The Heart of Entrepreneurship" that a clear vision of business leads to successful results.

Week 8

This week, reading the talk “Loyalty”, by President Hinckley, I learned about being  loyal to the Church, and I pondered that there are many opportunities when we are tested, to prove that we are loyal to the covenants made with the Lord. So, I learned that I have a responsibility to be loyal to Him and to show with the example to my family and another that need to be strengthened in their testimony of the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

After that, I learned from the talk “Leadership with a Small "L"”, by President Kim B. Clark, that I have a great responsibility to teaching my daughter about the Lord Jesus Christ. My daughter is 5 months old, but I feel the responsibility to be prepared when she will be ready to learn, to teach her with my example, and to share my testimony very often about our Heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, and the covenants that she will need to live in the true gospel.

From the videos “Hiring Ethical People” and “Aspects of Building Trust”, I learned that I must to take care another, to weld customers to the business, offering what I would like to receive. Also, I learned that I must to trust in customers first and they will trust me.

When I read “A Message to Garcia”, I remembered when my father taught me about that letter, because he taught me that when something is asked, I should find the way to do the things, being self-reliant.

From the reading “How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution”, I learned some prescriptions to sustain an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the seventh prescription “Stress the Roots”, made me to ponder that the roots of an organization that are spread beyond possible, caused by the adverse circumstances, makes that the organization grow steadily when the enough money to sustain it comes.

Lastly, from the book, “So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur? I learned that I must to know what I want to do in the life, to make my vision. And I need to be specific in my mission statement, establishing specific dates to get done the planned.

Week 7

I learned from the experience of President Monson described in his talk “Looking Back and Moving Forward” that I must to be grateful because my parents and their parents built my beliefs. I was baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints when I was 17 years old. The teachings from my parents when I was a child made me to recognize the truth and accept what the missionaries taught me. Now that I have my own family, I am grateful because I know the way to walk to the Celestial Kingdom and this is what I want for my wife, my daughter, and all my family.

Also, I learned from the talk “However Long and Hard the Road” by Jeffrey R. Holland and Patricia T. Holland that I must to dream and to work hard if I want to reach my dreams. So, I learned that I must to keep walking, working hard when is necessary, to reach what I planned for the benefit of my family. I build my life and my future, including my dreams, but the most important is that my family dreams with me, to walk in the same way that leads to the eternal life. I can see my wife and my daughter now, but there are many generations that will come and they will be benefited with the decisions that I make today and with the actions that I do every day.

Watching the video “Good Things to Come”, I learned from the experience of Elder Holland and his family that the way and the work may look hard but the reward at the end of the way is worthy. In the eternal perspective, my family will receive many blessings if we work together to receive these.

Also, I learned that “The Five Whys” means to identify the root of the problems, to solve these. So, all the problems have a human factor, and knowing the root of the problems, the procedures can be improved. Then, I learned that I can improve a procedure if I identify the real problem and the real problem is associated with the human factor.

After that, I learned that at the beginning of an entrepreneurial journey isn’t necessary to be the specialist of the specific work, it’s enough to know the basic or to find out how to do the things to begin a business.

Lastly, I learned that the example of Nephi is applied for an entrepreneurial life, because when he was commanded to do something, he went and did it, although he didn’t know how to do the things at the beginning.

Week 6

After I read the book “Mastery”, I learned that the practice is the best way of learning. Also, learning is practice, or in other words, learning is living principles and improving every day what is done.

From the talk “Stand True and Faithful” by President Hinckley, I learned that learning the truth and the desire to gain new knowledge every day are fundamental in our way of returning to the Heavenly Father. I pondered that knowing the truth we are able to find the right way, making the right decisions.

Watching the videos “Passion vs. Money” and “Leadership and Capability”, I learned that I must to love what I do because that makes that I change the world. Also, I learned that loving learning will make me to be happy every day with new discoveries.

After that, from the reading “What is a business for?” I learned that virtue and integrity are basic since the beginning to keep a good business. The truth becomes trust, and this represents that the community of employees or costumers are aware of the virtue and integrity of the business, to provide the goods or services according to the real justification for the existence of the business, providing more or better products for the benefit of a community.

Lastly, I learned that being an entrepreneur means for me liberty to make decisions and act when is necessary. Also, it means creativity to provide the goods and services that I would like to offer. Then, this means that I can spend time with my family and serve to the brothers of the Church when is necessary. So, I pondered that the life as an entrepreneur is for me. This would be wonderful.