Week 11

Acton Hero: Nicole Donnelly
One thing I took out of this video is that we need to face our fears. This is something we should do in our personal lives and in our business lives. We need to take risks. Growing up I was always told to face my fear. My four brothers were not scared of much but I was always hesitant to try new things with a fear of hurting myself. My parents never catered to my fear, they put me in situations that made me have to do it anyway. A couple examples include; telling me I didn’t have to ride the tower of terror because I was scared to, but then at the last minute grabbing me and putting me on the ride, or pretending to catch me when I jumped in the pool but moving out of the way. Anytime I would try to be scared of doing something and refused to do it they would tell me I was being silly and just needed to do it.
I spend a lot of time around children and since I moved to Alberta two and a half years ago I have noticed that a lot of children these days have parents who caudal and cater to their fear. The children I work for can’t watch Disney movies because they are too scary. One of the kids did one time and was up for several nights because he continued to be scared of it. This concept still doesn’t make sense in my mind because:  a) Disney movies are meant for children, and b) I wasn’t aloud to be scared of things growing up (even though I was).
The parents of the children I work for very strongly cater to their children’s fear. Parents need to expose their children to things in the world. Various children’s movies, allowing them to climb and explore outside and giving them some independence. Parents also need to let the child know there is nothing to be afraid of when they show signs of being scared. Instead of instantly removing the thing that is scaring them, or not letting them be adventurous in fear of them hurting themselves or being scared of what they are doing.  By doing these things the children will not be as scared of things and will grow up to know how to handle life in the world better.

Things I Learned This Week:
- I learned how starting a franchise works and decided I still would rather open my own business and have full control instead of having to follow rules made by someone else.

Key Lessons I learned from the readings and videos about Steve Jobs: 
- Get an education in something that you are passionate about and want to learn.
- Don't give up on what you love to do.
- Everything happens for a reason. "Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick, don't loose faith"
- If you love what your doing it will help you to keep going and keep pushing forward
- Don't settle, keep looking if you haven't found it yet.
- It keeps getting better as the years go on.
- If today was the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am doing right now. If the answer is no to many days in a row we need to fix that problem.
- Don't loose sight of the big vision.
- Don't live in a bubble
- Connect ideas from different fields
- Be constantly prepared to defend your ideas
- Dream bigger
- Changing your mind is a sign of Intelligence - its ok to change our minds. It means we are growing and learning new ways of doing things or getting new ideas that can work out better than what we were doing before.
- Value is different than price - for example apple products are very popular but not cheap. People buy them for their quality not their price.
- You need to have great people around you :)

$100 Challenge Update:
This week I babysat Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night. Wednesday night I babysat for 3.25 hours and got $40. Thursday night I babysat for 3 hours and made $36. Friday night I babysat for 4.75 hours and got $60. Saturday night I babysat for 4 hours and got $40.