Honesty and Ethic in business

What a great week this was. I am definitely continued making more adjustment. Somehow I think I can take better advantage of the things I am being taught. I liked the things I read from the prophets about working with integrity. I am actually thinking on how to prepare myself to be able to recognize those situations where my values may be compromised. I liked the phrase of being "honest through and through. It is not a good idea to go through work and businesses giving up important values. Something I liked about was how I can put God on the first place. How can I decide and live up to be trust. I am still thinking about it. It is really hard when it is on my own, but when I am thinking that it is possible to find strength in the Lord then it gives me hope, when I was younger I used to think that everything is possible on my own strength but after the years have gone, I learned that for whatever it is we are trying to do, especially on the fact of being honest. It is better to trust in the Lord and a commitment to decide to be honest in advance and with faith that he will give us the strength to persevere to the end

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going

One thing that I learned while in Pathway is to avoid feeling sorry for yourself. I did have the chance to hear Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, the Oprah version, it was touching the first time. But this time, made me cry. I have to say, I am living one of my younger dreams. I did not set up a foot in USA soil but I am attending BYU-Idaho management school. I enjoyed remembering the things I learned the very first time I watched the lecture. I remembered the purpose of those things that prevent you from getting where you want to go. This week was hard, but the readings I did, helped me to focus on what I am working now. When I read “What is your calling in life?” again allowed me to put all my efforts into perspective and rediscover the gifts the Lord gave me and how the use of those gifts are actually helping me to be the husband, father and student I need to be. I also enjoy reading “Stars and Stepping Stones” I enjoyed the whole reading but I liked when it mentioned about the importance of values on the process of achieving your goals and living your dreams. Never cross the lines of those: “I will never do that”. Keep my life under the values I decided to live upon. I like this personal reflection from Haykin: “To me, a leader is someone who sets the creative direction for a concept and can then harness the human resources to turn that concept into a reality: a product.” From “the making of an entrepreneur” all of the material I checked, helped me to understand that in spite of all the adversity my family and I are facing. Thanks to this program, we are making our way through.

The beginning of a great adventure

I can not believe what I am going through while beginning this journey as a freshman at BYU- Idaho and this course: B 183 "Introduction to Entrepreneurship. In spite of all dificulties, I have to be thankful for the things I am learning. My expectations went higher from when it was when I began reading all the assignments given. The syllabus of the course motivated me a lot more after I read the things I had to do and the things I am doing right now. To begin with I would like to mention my opinion about the "Cases approach" to learn managament and the fact that "managament is not something to learn but acquired through practice. I failed so many times on business. I am 42 now and I know what is to lose money on business. But I want to move on and that is why I am here. While I was reading "An Introduction to Cases" and "Learning by the Case Method" I was basically thinking on the things I did to make those mistakes. I am looking forward to reading those cases to see if some of them may probably my case. On the other hand, I would really like to mention the shocking impact this statement had in me when I read it from "Your whole souls as an Offering Unto Him" The words from Elder Bruce R. Mc Conkie "... In the eternal perspective there is no sacrifice in giving up all things". Many years ago while I was I young man and a new member, I had a conversation with my father and we talked about this. Now I am not a child anymore. Things now are harder and stronger, life got wilder and that conversation became a powerful source of personal experience an a personal confirmation of the veracity of this statement. It makes more sense now.