Course Reflection

If you had one final lecture to share with a group of students on what you have learned from this course, what would you share?

This semester we have covered a ton of information in Intro to Entrepreneurship. As I sit her and reflect on what I would share with a group of students, the main thing I would say is that entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. There are many things to consider when choosing a path of entrepreneurship and most of these things depend on your attitude and willingness to make sacrifices, take risks, and work hard. 

Taking the time to weigh out all your options so that the best decision can be made. But we all have a mission, and it is up to us to figure out what we want to do with this life that we were given. I still love what Jeff Sandefer said to a group of BYU-Idaho students on February 3, 2015, in his address called, “A Hero’s Journey”. He said, “You have a very special mission on this earth. A mission that will succeed beyond your wildest dreams if you have faith and the courage to find your entrepreneurial calling.” 

What would be your last bit of advice to someone wanting to begin the entrepreneur journey?

My final advice is as Jeff Sandefer said, “Choose a Hero’s Journey”. He said, “So what does it mean to choose a hero’s journey? It means to live every moment of your life like it matters because it does. It means to live as you have an important mission because you do. It means seeing struggles as adventures, and setbacks as lessons. And like Sir Lancelot and the Holy Grail, or Harry Potter and Voldemort, what matters most isn’t the prize at the end, but how the hero has changed in the process.” This journey into entrepreneur ship is not worth the hard work and risk if you are unwilling to grow and change. I believe the entrepreneurship should make you better. 

What words of advice, direction, or caution would you give him or her if you had only one chance to give your own last lecture?

My biggest advice would be to have integrity, be honest, and have an attitude of gratitude. In Frank Levinson’s talk, “Hiring Ethical People” he said, “The whole goal of business is to weld customers to you and part of what does that is just treating them as you’d like to be treated or more.” I guess the advice I would give is the advice I have been hearing from my mom my whole life. She referred to this advice as, “The Golden Rule”. Which is to “treat other people as you want to be treated”. I don’t know that it is always the easiest route to be honest, grateful and filled with integrity. But it is the route to honorable success and will allow you to always hold your head up high.