Dreaming... - Week Two

"What is your calling in life?" by Jefferey A. Thompson was my favorite article this week. I loved how he talked about his journey and how he got there. That it was not something that he always knew he wanted and that it took time and experience to figure it out. As I got into the talk I enjoyed reading the heresys he mentioned of the way the world works. When we begin thinking along those lines, we will find ourselves essentially on the wrong path. 

The first three chapters of "The Ministry of Business" kept me captivated. The story of his wife and his experience with his career reminded me much of the experience my husband and I had a year ago. We were presented with an offer to switch companies, however we were very happy and loved where we were. It took much prayer and trips to the temple for us to finally come to a decision. We decided to make the leap of faith and do exactly what we had felt was the right thing to do. To switch companies. Looking back now, we truly had been being prepared for this move and can see it now. I am sure 20 years from now we will see many more reasons as to why we needed  to make this move. The next two chapters spoke to me in many ways and felt that I could truly relate and use the information he was speaking about. 

Now on to Randy Pausch's last lecture. It is a bit of a heartbreaking story, yet inspirational when you think of his attitude. 

• Why do you think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams?
• Do you feel that dreaming is important? Why or why not?
• Discuss at least one of your childhood dreams. Explain why you believe you can or cannot achieve this dream.

   After watching the video of his last lecture and reading it, for me I believe he could achieve many of his childhood dreams because he learned from his failures. Which truly were not failures. He never played in the NFL, however the lessons he learned while participating in football were lessons that he may have never learn anywhere else and helped him in his other dreams. 

 Dreaming is fun. What would life be like if we didn't dream? I believe that dreaming can be what motivates and inspires us to do more and be more. Life would be pretty boring if everyone had just done what was expected and had to be done. Dreaming allows us seek our individually and make the world a better place. 

I had many childhood dreams. Being a country singer, astronaut, archeologist. None of these dreams panned out, which is okay. Another childhood dream that I had was to restore my own 1966-67ish Ford Mustang for myself. My father restored them and it was something I was around a lot and help. The older I became the more I loved and appreciated them. I never had an opportunity to restore one with my father when I was younger, however it is still something that I would like to do. My husband and I have since bought a 1967 GTA that my father had acquired and I enjoy driving it when I can (when I don't have my four daughters with me). However, I still have that desire to restore one myself. I believe that as my children become older and if I have more time that I could restore one. I have mine here now that I could use as a reference and of course I have my dad, brother and husband who could help me along the way. 

Passion - Week One

When reading and watching this weeks assigned material, my initial feeling and thoughts were of passion. Each article or video gave inspirational thoughts on entrepreneurship, all of which made me think of passion. Passion in life, passion in what we do, who we are and where we will end up. 

"So while the view ahead may be foggy, there’s plenty you can do, right now, to forge ahead. You can work hard to uncover special skills and talents. You can pay attention to which activities bring you great joy. You can commit to master skills or areas so that you start attracting opportunities to you. You can commit to new and exciting adventures—even ones as short as a year or two—which, when woven together, can make the path of a calling clearer." this is from "What is the Introduction to Entrepreneurship Course?". This also correlates nicely with the video, "Do what you love and the money will follow". Guy Kawasaki explains that you can either do what you think will bring you money and be miserable and rich or do what you love and be happy and rich. This may not always be the case, you may end up happy and poor, however, I think in the long run being happy is going to be more important to me at the end of the day. 

Our Heavenly Father created us to have joy in this life. We must take the steps and follow our hearts to create that joy for ourselves. Man was not made to be idle and stagnate, we are to "to eat his bread by the sweat of his brow" (Moses 5:1). We need to work hard for what we want out of life and have the passion to go and get it.