WK01 Reflection Blog Post

 9/16/2021
Entrepreneur's Journal
Entry #1 (Week 1 BUS 110)
Elizabeth Simons-Adams

Lessons Learned

As a Product Manager, I am constantly looking for ways to improve a product and solve a problem that a current product or process has. I have tried several different ways of creating my own product or starting a line of business that supports myself as my own CEO - but where I seem to fail each and every time is that I struggle connecting with my network and reaching out for help and getting feedback.

I am fantastic at spending other people's/company's money in my current job and follow their processes and procedures and ultimately launching a product line that produces millions of dollars, but I really suck at procuring my own funding and creating my own business line and growing the ideas (which are pretty amazing by the way) and sticking with it. I am terrified of FAILING.

Lessons Not Yet Learned

The lessons I am excited to learn about are: building effective business plans, using my network for feedback, reading effective books instead of wasting time on ones that are not effective/productive, self confidence in acquiring startup funds to get started and ultimately taking the final leap into investing in myself.

Looking forward to: Living the formula for success, Financial fitness, Governing values, Personal Constitution (Launching Leaders)

Need to read: 

Formula for Success
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
The Ten Ancient Scrolls for Success, Og Mandino & Ten Vows
Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey
Productivity Pyramid
Peak Performance on Demand
Good to Great, Jim Collins
The Ministry of Business, Steven A Hitz & James W Ritchie
Your Life Plan

References/Categorization

Your Entrepreneur's Journal; Jeff Sanefer; downloaded and saved to BUS 110 folder

 


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