W04 Reflection: Entrepreneurial Journal

This week has been a bit of a breeze. most of the homework for this class has required writing, something I am particularly fond of and enjoy. The subject of writing has been goals, a book report on a book called launching leaders, and a deconstruction of my fears. I found the last on particularly enlightening.

For my journal today I am to answer 3 questions.

1. If you pursue your calling with discipline, intentionality, and with the help of fellow travelers, what are the chances that your worst-case scenario will really happen?
   
   Oh it can still happen, but the odds of me surviving it or even thriving despite of it increase greatly when I have a great network of people surrounding me. I learned this when I was a young, new convert to my church. I have always found myself with no shortage of struggle or trial in this life, and have noted that the people you surround yourself with make all the difference in such situations.
   
2. As you look at your list of fears, what themes emerge? What is at the core of what you really fear? Financial ruin? The judgment or disapproval of others? Physical harm? Endangering the ones you love? Embarrassment?
   
   I think I fear most not succeeding in rendering a meaningful change to humanity, weather that looks like outside interference stopping me or my own inner corruption from which all humanity suffers, it is a fear that my desire to effect a change upon humanity for real change in our world may never be realized.
   
3. What is the risk of taking no action – not following your calling? How do you plan to deal with fear when it pops up on your entrepreneurial journey?
   
   Taking no action guarantees failure, in this case anyways. In some old religious text, I think out of Hinduism its hard to remember now, I read about different types of Jinn, or energy when facing an opposing force. positive, neutral and negative. positive being an active approach to effecting the problem, neutral being a still and patient approach, waiting for the right moment, or negative which is like retreating away to fight another day. one can never employ the same energy in face of a problem but must use a combination of these to solve challenges. If one were to remain only neutral, the problem may grow worse, sort itself out and then arise again, but without action at the right moment, the problem will only persist.