Thoughts from 23 October 2015

What I learned?

From the ‘The Entrepreneur and the Family’ by Steve Blank, that “If you’re starting a startup stay single” he joked. But he made the valuable point that “You must be able to balance your life with the startup. For example working with your family. Make sure that you include time for your family and your work.”

From ‘Three Lessons About What It Means to Be an Entrepreneur’ by Wences Casares. He said, “I’m stuck with being an Entrepreneur.” He outlined three things: 1) Entrepreneurship is a calling that chooses us--it is inescapable, 2) Time is our most valuable asset and 3) Entrepreneurs create the most value by doing the same thing for a very long time.    

What I have yet to learn?

From ‘Loyalty to God and Family’ by Jan Newman I learned a few important things. He mentioned the people who aren’t wise crunch down the important things to make room for other unimportant things. Always make time for these two things the Lord, your Family, and the third if you added one your Career.

A profound statement he learned from his calculus teacher, he said: “I want to give you a bit of advice, a lot of you in this room are going to make a lot of money in your careers, and you are probably think that is what the Lord wants you to do, he’s putting you in this situation where you can go out and make lots of money to help build the kingdom, but you are wrong. Do you know what the Lord needs from you? He needs you to do your home teaching.”  D&C 64:34 says,  “Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind.” The only thing that will matter in a 1000’s years is your service in the kingdom of God and your family. Lastly he said “Honesty and integrity will help you to stick out in the world.”

This points I note are things I have yet to learn because I want to make sure that I set my priorities and I can do that by placing God and my family first. Though I may already understand this topic it is one that is not yet learned because I must apply it everyday for the rest of my life.