Below are couple of the things that stood out to me from this weeks learning materials.
"The Start-Up of You: Executive Summary"
The main thing that I loved about this summary was the synopsis of Chapter 2 which explains how to develop a competitive advantage. This is a challenge I am currently facing at my current job. Our business is trying to figure out our competitive advantage in today's constantly changing retail market. It is stated very simply in the first sentence, "Differentiate or die."
The ability to differentiate is something that has held me back from starting my own business for several years. It's overwhelming when I think of the current players in the market I would like to enter and I generally conclude that there will be no place for me to compete or improve the space. But this small section of reading reminded me that I don't need to be better than everybody else. I just need to find my niche and be better in that one spot.
"Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero"
This article reminded me that the path to business ownership is a journey and an adventure. It's not going to be easy and most likely will be quite difficult. I figure that as long as I'm doing something that I love, the difficulty of that journey can't be any worse than the drudgery of working for somebody else feels at times. I liked the simple reminder to "dream big but start with small steps." This is how I have to approach life and it only makes sense that it is applicable in a business setting.
"Life is too short to put up with jerks." The best line ever! I think this will be my new mantra. Not only do I seek to eliminate jerks from my working life, but I don't ever want to be any one else's jerk.
As I complete the first week of this semester, I am looking forward to diving further into self-discovery as I pursue my long term goals of owning and operating my own business.
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