W01 Reflection: Entrepreneurial Journal Blog

 The path of least resistance. This is a path that is address my Elder David A. Bednar in his speech "Your whole souls as an Offering Unto Him." This speech was given in 1999. He talks about this path in the context of our educational journey. He gives four examples of this in his speech, they are: 

1. "Is this class an easy A", 

2. "please tell me exactly what I have to do to get a good grade on this paper?", 

3. "Who is the easiest teacher in this department?"

4. "I have calculated my total points for the semester, and I only have to get a 75% on the final exam to keep my A in the class." 

This was an important lesson that I have learned before but was reminded of in the first week of this class. Good grades do not come from a lack of effort, they come from going the extra mile and putting in the extra effort necessary. This is a 3 credit class and so expects 9 hours of work each week. As I was giving this some thought and continuing the readings for this class I came across the question on a quiz that asked "Living a life of meaning is about living a life with..." The answer was intent. I think these two lessons go hand in hand. I cannot simply put in blind effort and expect the A. I need to put forth the effort with intent. I need to do the readings with the intent to remember what I learn, I need to take the quizzes with the intent to pass them and so forth. Not only in this class but in all of them. 

When looking over the syllabus for this course I found that one of the course outcomes of this class is to develop connections with entrepreneurial mentors. I am excited to experience this. One thing I have learned so far in college is that there are a lot of benefits from who we know. I know the school has great resources for this sort of thing and I believe this will be a great segway for my entrepreneurial journey.

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