Week 2

Week 2 Journal

I really enjoyed his last lesson. It made me think that what I am really doing. I was like I am doing what I was wanting to do it. I doubted myself. I even doubted that if I really had a dream. Randy was a really good kid who was positive. I said, "If you can dream it, you can do it." I think it explains why he accomplished many things. Also, he learned from his experience. He did not think that he failed, he just had an experience. He learned the lessons from his experiences, and he applied those throughout his life. I think that is very important because people could just give up, but he didn't. It was a huge difference he had compared to others. 

I think that dreaming is important. Dreams could give me motivation. If we have some goals, we would try to achieve those goals. Even if we couldn't achieve it, we would be grown. Dreaming stretches me a lot. If you do not have a dream, you wouldn't know why you need to live this hard life. 

When I was young, I wanted to be a soccer player. I was able to get into the soccer team. I was not bad, actually, I was good. However, my parents stopped me to play soccer. I was really sad, and I got mad so much. That was something that I was good at, and I really enjoyed it. Now I am thinking that it was good to quit at that time because I don't think that I wished that much. If I really wanted to be a soccer player, I shouldn't have quitted. I didn't dream enough. I didn't even learn any lessons from that experience. I think that is the biggest reason why I wasn't able to achieve my dream.

In BYU speech, I learned that eventually, our calling is from God, even if that is not from the church. When we are sensitive to the spirit, we will be able to know what our callings are, and what we should do as children of God.

Hyeon

2021.09.25.Saturday

Week 1

Journal Week 1

It has been a while I kept tracking my journal. I wrote my journal everyday on my mission. I kind of enjoyed writing my journal. Now, I was able to know what I did throughout my mission. At the beginning of my mission, I was not able to speak any language. Because of that, I could not understand what I was trying to say in my journal. Spellings and grammar were awful. Those did not make any sense. However, after 6 months of my mission, I got so much better at writing my journal in my mission language which is English. The reason why I talk about it is that I was able to see the progress of my English skills.

While I was reading through the article "Your Entrepreneur's Journal", I have learned that journals can help me know the progress of my job, what I am struggling with and etc. It can motivate me to keep doing my job, so I can progress. I really liked this quote that says, "Journal is like a mirror." I think it is so true that I can see myself. It is a very personal thing, so you can be sincere and honest.

I think writing is so important as well. As a marketer, ideas are crucial. When these come to my mind, I should write that down. If so, I can develop my ideas. I think many things can be written in this journal. I hope I can get success from this course.

This week was my first semester on campus, I had a hard time with English. I think that it is critical in business nowadays. I decided that I need to keep developing my English skills. I think keeping a journal would help me so much as a marketer. Personally, this course would help me understand a lot more about entrepreneurship as well. I am excited to learn more about it.

Hyeon Jang

2021.09.18