The Sword and the Shield

"Within this interplay between your vision of the world, your place in it, and your personal goals, are the age-old questions of philosophy: What is the relationship between the part (the individual) and the whole (the community)? What is “real” and what is not? What is permanent in this world and what is subject to change? These are all questions that must be asked on a successful journey." "Stars and Stepping Stones" by Jeff Sandefer The Acton School of Business  Plan your life goal. Start at the end (about age 80) what do you want to be know most for? We are really only capable of doing 2 to 3 things well according to Sandefer. What are we willing to sacrifice to do the other things well. Now work backward decade by decade with that end goal in mind. What needs to have happened at each milestone? "Your steppingstones are not a rigid plan. Instead, they are a way of dealing with reality. Even with all the careful preparations and millions of calculations ...

September 21, 2019 First Journal Post for Entrepreneur Class. It feels a little strange to create a journal that will be read by more than just myself. I am taking this class because I am curious about what it takes to start a business. I plan to get a master's degree in school counseling but I would like to create workshops for teens. I want to create a place where they would feel safe to open up to each other and teach each other.  Lessons I learned What I learned this week. It is important to find what I am good at doing. I need to learn what my gifts are and focus on those when creating a business. In "Living Life as an Entrepreneur Hero" Jeff Sanderfer says if you don't know your gift, ask a friend. It is often something you are so good at you don't even realize you are doing it. He also says being an entrepreneur is like living life like an adventure. Guy Kawasaki says that your last focus should be money. You can be poor and miserable and you ...