W10 Reflection: Entrepreneurial Journal

This weeks lessons were all about dreaming big, and from them I realized something I would like to share.

Recently while having a in-depth conversation with my brother about some difficulties in our family involving how he is treated by others, we came to an issue that he felt “that’s just the way I am, I cannot change..” and despite how much I tried to tell him he could or that it was ultimately his choice, he would not budge.

Now, my brother can be rather stubborn sometimes, and he will probably reflect on the conversation and change his mind down the road. It has happened before; it will happen again. But in the meantime, I realized something while studying this week’s material. One of the things we are meant to do in this life, one of the purposes for it, is to change ourselves. From what we are now, to what we want to become. And we do this like it or not. Whether or not we realize it we are in a state of constant flux.

From the moment we are born, we are always learning, and what is learning if not changing? For better or worse.

It all comes down to mastering the art of changing. If we are consistent in any effort, we will achieve some amount of change. And we are consistent, even if only in waking up. Even if it looks like all we are doing is watching tv, playing video games, perhaps working a 9-5 job, supporting someone or just ourselves, it doesn’t matter what we are doing. We are inevitably changing.

Its all about directing that effort that is already there, already set to happen the moment we wake up. Its all about getting comfortable with the things that are not comfortable, and saying to ourselves, I can change. Its up to me. No one can tell me that I cannot change. And the moment I let them, I have changed to not believing in my own capabilities anymore.