W01 First Entrepreneurial Entry

 Here we go! 

I started BUS 110 this week at BYU-Idaho. It is Into to Entrepreneurship. I feel if I can successfully write entrepreneur without looking at the word by the end of the semester I will have succeeded. Here are my two reflections on this week:

Make Journaling a Habit:

Inspiration will come- and it will also go. Recording thoughts and inspiration as it hits is a way to keep it. Inspiration builds as you learn and grow. Tracking and recording what you are learning and how you are growing will enable you to turn that growth potential into reality. I have wanted a reason to journal for a long time but haven't turned it back into a habit since I was a teenager. I hope this class will kickstart me back into journaling. This will be increasingly helpful as I start my business this year. 

Track Lessons You've Learned and Lessons Not Yet Learned:

It seems obvious to track lessons you learn in order to reflect and implement them. However, after reading Your Entrepreneur's Journal by Jeff Sandefer, I have realized it is equally important to note the lessons you have not yet learned. I think for me these may be set as a form of recording questions or noting things I want to learn. Currently there is quite a lot I want to learn that I have not as of yet. One item being the best way to start a small business. I also and curious to discover all the lessons I have not yet learned about entrepreneurship.

This concludes my entry for this week. I will end with this weeks lesson learned: Drink some water before you you jump in. I was initially annoyed at starting a blog, but I think that had more to do with my sluggish start to this semester. I was dragging my feet and saved this assignment for last. Finally, I got a cold glass of water and sat at my desk to tackle starting a blog. I am feeling much more encouraged after spending the short 30 minutes it took to read the article and write this post. A cold glass of water goes a long way for clearing my mind and jumping into work.