Week 2

This week we were instructed to make a bucket list. I was intrigued to see that a majority of my goals were to travel and do things with family. I found it very easy to come up with the first few but then struggled after. Every once in a while I was able to find a lot of goals that were similar but different enough that I wanted to include them all. It was actually a very fun project to complete even though my original thoughts were fairly negative towards making a bucket list. We had a lot of reading this week and videos that focused on what we should focus on as a career. Things to keep in mind are what you are good at and would feel fulfilled doing. Also doing something focused on serving others. Anther thing that I really enjoyed reading was that it said to find something that needs to be done not just having a good job. I've always wondered what exactly is the thing that I should focus on a career and thought maybe I would just figure it out as life went on. As life goes on I still continue in my same state of mind. I still feel like I have lots of schooling to go through and my time isn't yet up on what I need to complete before I really need to make a career choice. I like business and I like creating things. I want to have new ideas and introduce something different. Not that it needs to change the world. I just always think about the guy that invented the rubber bands shaped like things. Such a simple idea, but it blew up like crazy. Obviously that didn't really have any lasting effects because I hardly see those anymore, but I want to come up with more than just one big hit. I don't even want to become famous for my ideas or anything. I just want to have been able to come up with something new and been a part of something different that just never was before. I feel that I don't even have to be an inventor, just maybe even improving the process of something. The job categories that I have been thinking about recently even though most have nothing to do with new ideas are Salesman, Marketing Manager or even be part of Research and Development.

Week One

This week was mainly an introduction to my "Introduction to Entrepreneurship" class. There were a lot of videos and text to read. It was all very intriguing even though a lot of it was a small peek into what we will be learning and and going over soon. I think my favorite video was of the Asian-American man that explained the importance of making a career out of something you enjoy instead of just doing it for the money. By choosing a career for the money you will definitely be miserable and possibly rich or poor. That all depends on how your career turns out in the end. I particularly enjoyed his story of Law School. He knew within 10 days that Law School was not the place for him. Some people take years to figure out what isn't right for them. I think that is a very important thing for people to learn and for me especially. Sometimes it helps to discover what isn't right instead of just trying to pick something and stick with it. A lot of things are discovered this way. Edison himself said that he discovered hundreds of ways of how not to make a light-bulb. This is tough for me because I don't like giving up on something. I feel that if I feel like I want to quit then I'm not giving it enough effort, and that it will probably get better or easier with time. This is a great way of thinking if you can get yourself to start doing it. Instead of feeling the need to continue on with something just because you think you should, you can say that there are other option, and I don't need to commit myself to this one thing just yet. I can't wait for the rest of the stuff I'll be reading and watching the rest of this semester.