Week 10

   6/29/24

Entrepreneur Journal

-Week Ten-

    Lessons Learned 

    There was a lot of good stuff this week in the study materials. I enjoyed all of the materials in this week's study. One of my favorites was the video with the title "Dream Big". I enjoyed the story that the speaker gave about his experience in the dealership competition. The author said that when we originally attended the event he placed himself in the top 70 or 80 dealerships. However, as they read the list off, he discovered that his dealership had been placed all the way at number 11! The speaker stated that he was thrilled and could not believe it. One year later, he attended the same ceremony and was ranked number 6. The author then described the fact that he had not aimed high enough initially in the competition. He didn't believe in himself or his team to a degree that would allow him to predict being in a top 10 spot. despite this, he received a high score but an even more important lesson. The speaker told the audience to believe more in themselves and not to doubt their abilities or accomplishments. He said a phrase that I really liked "With the Lord you can". I believe in that phrase and it was very interesting to me how I had not thought of that yet myself.

 Lessons not yet learned 

    I think that this story has a lot of possible lessons that I can apply to my own life. I think a lot of the time, I tend to underestimate my own abilities and I seem to talk myself out of trying something. A lot of the time, fear is the main motivator to quit or give up on something without even trying. I have learned that fear is a tool used only by the devil and that he uses it to keep us away from potentially good things. I think that by further denying fear in my life, I can be more successful.

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