Create a life of Meaning

Last week my wife saw my initial post, and said, "Did you read over this?" Haha, I must have been trying to sound smart again. She laughed and I told her it is just me reflecting and saying what I am thinking at the time.

I really like learning how others have made their lives successful, especially entrepreneurs, because I see them as "go getters." Randy Haykin was a good example of knowing what he wanted and doing everything he could to get there. He also kept his priorities straight and did all he could to stick to them. He valued family, and so he made the effort to spend time with them, even when it was hard and time was limited. He also experienced failures, which happens in life. He would help businesses grow, and they would put their heart and soul into it, and in the end it didn't work out. He was able to pull away life lessons from them and use that in future endeavors. What a good outlook on life.
I am still at the point where I am trying to figure out where I want to be in 10 years. What I want to have accomplished, my quality of living, etc. Listing out 50 things I want to do help me put this into perspective and hopefully into action. There are some things that may take some time and can't be started quite yet, like earning an MBA or having children. But some things I can start right away or at least start planning to get them done soon, like going to Alaska or learning Spanish. I can use this list to always stay busy and keep my life from getting dull.

The Beginning

This is my very first post in my entrepreneurial journal. The idea of being an entrepreneur at first scared me because I felt like there wouldn't be direction, I would be on my own and it would be hard. I know it will still be hard, but I know now that the direction is determined by where I want to go and there will be people along the way to help me make better decisions. Guy Kawasaki gave me the idea that money shouldn't be the ultimate goal, but to do what I love to do. I also have a desire to take paths that other people haven't taken or create my own paths. I know there are plenty of people who are more able and smarter and more motivated than I am. I would like to learn from them and their mistakes and go out and make some more mistakes in my entrepreneurial journey.
Elder Bednar's counsel when he was president of BYU-I gives me inspiration and encourages me to be my best self and to be more capable when I graduate. I hope I will be able to take away as much as I can in my duration at BYU-I by building myself spiritually with a mighty heart and mentally with a strong mind.