Entrepreneurial Reflections BYUI

The Purpose of this Blog is to document my learning experience both at BYU-I and as an entrepreneur. If I get anything out of the blog it will at least be how to spell entrepreneur without having to look or spell check.

“Reflect upon and describe the individual learning experiences you had this week. Include the course concepts that resonated with you.”

I have always struggled with the materialistic, consumer world we find ourselves in. working 40 hr. weeks or more doesn’t sit well with me. masses of people in 3rd world countries suffering the likes of what they suffer has, as far back as I can remember, bothered me. During the course of going through the material this first week I saw many things that I found discouraging about becoming an entrepreneur.

I don’t like the idea of 40+ hour work weeks not just for myself but for others. I don’t enjoy the idea that there are hungry souls out there in the cold with little to no opportunity to make anything better for themselves. So why did I choose this course of study? I enjoy writing music, it is clearly my passion, so why not be a producer? I love watching movies, reading books so why not a director, screenwriter or author? I am thrilled to have recently added gold panning to my wilderness and survival hobbies, so why not just go out and sit in the woods? Why take on the entrepreneurial?

I don’t know. honestly I prayed massively about my struggles I have described above and this is the answer I got. at this point I don’t understand it. but I don’t have to because I know and trust heavenly father enough to blindly step in a directed direction.

During the course material I did find some quotes I liked, a lot were from the first two papers we read, respectively from Elder Bednar and Jeff Sandefer. However, as I was playing catchup and did not look ahead I did not know I should be saving quotes and will not take the time to go back now, I’ve simply to much to do at the moment, so my apologies instead, but I will endeavor to save such quotes for future entries. What I can and will tell you, dear reader, is that their respective, articles shall we call them? Entitled, as I have said, respectively; “your whole soul an offering to him” and “Living life as an entrepreneurial hero” were incredibly inspired, even if there were bits I disagreed or struggled with.

I found their material to be encouraging and even enlightening as to why heavenly father would direct this course for me. It has helped me to realize I am looking forward, in some odd sense, to breaking the monotonous mold of this world, if I can, and that I am actually excited to die trying. How about that eh? I suppose that piece means more to me than it will for you, given that I have had to live with myself for the past few decades and this is probably the first bit of me you are learning. I find it sufficient to say, it is a milestone for me to desire something like that. Something that gets me involved in this 9-5 waste of life. if I can I will find a way to free my human family of that wretched invention, caused by other so called innovators who’s lust for money and wealth match my lust for freedom and prosperity for myself and all mankind; and I bet their remnants will come after me for it. and this is the first time I’ve felt ok with that idea.

I wonder if I should tell you how much I admire Nikola Tesla? or maybe you figured that out on your own.. I digress.
more to come.

-Kip