Week 5

    5/25/24

Entrepreneur Journal

-Week Five-

    Lessons Learned 

This week we studied a video titled The Hero's Journey. It is a video that compares the commonly used storytelling template to your own personal life as an entrepreneur. The video explains what this means and also outlines how looking at it in this way can help you as a businessman or even simply in life. I enjoyed this relationship and found it interesting when applied to my own life. I feel like too often as humans we seem to think of ourselves as products of our own environment. We seem to organize ourselves in little boxes or groups based on things that happen to us in our lives. This is self-destructive because it does not allow the person to fully take ownership of their life. The hero's journey model to me is very interesting because it inspires people to take ownership of every aspect of their lives. It challenges everyone to become the hero of their own story and forge a journey filled with opposition and learning. I feel like it would be beneficial to anyone to view life in this way because it will continually challenge you to be better and take step after step on the path of your own journey.

 Lessons not yet learned 

 With this in mind, I have asked myself what is holding me back from viewing life in this way. It is easy to talk, investigate, or admire, but true learning and growth come from living in the grip of life and trying your best. So I have begun considering ways that I can implement this life view into my own life. I truly feel that it will benefit me as I seek to challenge myself and carve out my own story.

   

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