Shades of Mint

Lessons I Have Learned: I really enjoyed the reading material this week, especially the article, "What is Your Calling in Life?" by Jeffrey Thompson. One of the fallacies listed was that your "calling" doesn't have to be the same thing as your job. I think I knew this logically, but reading it again felt profound. In college, everyone is always talking about what they're majoring in and what career they want. Many college students want to feel like they're doing something meaningful with their life. They think, 'I could become a doctor that saves lives" or "I could become a scientist that makes incredible discoveries" and so forth. Of course, all those careers certainly make a difference but often people don't find their interests or skillset lie in those careers. College students especially don't know what they're doing and change their majors often until they settle on one that they either like or don't dislike as muc...

This journal isn't my first "entrepreneurs journal". I've used journaling over the past two or three years to analyze myself and record life lessons and powerful teachings. I picked up my very first 'self help' book at the young age of seven. It was an abridged, simplified version of the bestselling book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale G. Carnegie. Since then, I have been an avid self-improvement enthusiast and am constantly looking for ways to improve myself and the environment around me. I could write pages and pages about the life lessons I've learned thus far. For the time being, I'll just record two of the most powerful.  This week in my Intro to Entrepreneurship class, we had several assigned readings and videos to watch. I found them very enjoyable, and similar to other things I'd read and studied in the past. I enjoy the inspirational "You were meant for something bigger!" messages and I become very mo...