Week 13

Acton Hero: Tom Nall

Tom teaches us that we can’t be afraid to fail! We need to be ourselves and can’t be afraid to be different. It is OK to be scared of taking risks, but don’t let that stop you from taking them. As entrepreneurs we need to be very optimistic, or else we won’t be successful. We will end up giving up and not getting far in anything we want to do. This doesn’t only apply to business. If we went to a theme park but were too scared to go on the rides, we would end up with a wasted trip to the theme park. Just like if we started a business and give up at the first sign of a challenge, what was the point in starting the business to begin with. Everyone is unique and different and we need to use our uniqueness and our special talents and abilities to our advantages as business owners.

Things I learned this week from the readings and videos:
- Failure isn't bad! Failure is how you learn! You can grow from failure
- Leaders must make it safe for their employees to speak up to help spot existing and pending failures. So they can try to correct these failures and can learn from their mistakes. If all the leaders do when they hear about a failure is yell at their staff, the staff won't go to their leader for help, they will feel ashamed of their failure and keep it hidden. People who tell their boss/leader about bad news, have questions, concerns or mistakes should be rewarded, not shot down. If they are shot down they won't come to their leaders/boss' for help and they won't learn from their mistakes or questions.
- "the faster we fail, the faster we will succeed" - from the article Strategies for Learning from Failure
- You succeed because of all your failures
- If you never fail, you have never lived. Everyone in their life has had a failure of some sort. It can be anything from something minuscule to something huge.
- treat life like an experiment!

Things I learned/liked from President Monson's Talk in this weeks readings:
- avoid the detours that deprive you of the celestial reward
- we do not run alone in this great race of life! We just need to do the work to keep him present in our lives. Attend church regularly and faithfully (with the intent of learning) , read our scriptures and say our prayers regularly. and faithfully (with the intent of learning) By doing these things we will feel Heavenly Father in our lives, helping us through our struggles and answering our questions.

$100 Challenge Update: 
On Sunday I posted my final presentation on the discussion board and this week I learned about other people's business ideas and how they did in their business this semester. I participated in the discussion board for the presentations. I didn't babysit this week. I was away during the week checking out the BYUI campus.