Week11

 Week 11

I was able to think about work/life balance this week. When I was in the army, We were thinking about this a lot. As a soldier, we didn't have a lot of time to spend in my life. I worked and that was it. I guess it is kind of different from the life of entrepreneurs. I wasn't able to plan or manage my time, it was just up to higher rankers.  However, if I were an entrepreneur, I have to plan for myself as well as others. I have to take care of others' lives. If I don't take care of my work/life balance, most likely I wouldn't be able to take care of others. 

I was considering how I can make a balance between work and life. One thing, I thought of was to put my family first then work. I work for myself and my family. I know it is pretty basic, but I saw many people were not able to take care of their families because they were so busy with their work. Personally, work is something that I would do for my family, so it shouldn't cause a family problem. 

In mini case, I was able to see two different dilemmas. I might be in that situation in the future, so I was deeply thinking about those. What I figured is just to have a conversation with the family. When the family has healthy communication, it will prevent causing family conflicts. This was a really good topic to learn.

I have to find that what the most valuable is to me. Soon after I found what it is then I will be able to have specific guidance on what I want to achieve. It will make me motivated to continue to go on. All I can do is to try my best then everything would work out.

Hyeon Jang

2021.11.24. Wednesday

Week10

Week10

This week was really good. I got to have an interview with my interviewee. It was a great experience for me. I was able to go through his life. Started with who he was before he began his job. I have noticed that he was just a normal person. He was just an employee of the government. He got sick of his job, so he decided to run his own business. He failed a couple times. However, he continued to try new things, and eventually, he started to get success. He is a great example for me. I am glad that I am still young to try many things, and I got to hear the experiences that I haven't experienced. If I apply things that I learned this week in my life, I will be able to get success earlier. In order to take that chance, I have to be prepared myself.

Also, I have been reading through reading materials. It was all about the importance of having a big dream. I knew I have to have a big dream, and I did have a big dream when I was younger. However, I became mid-twenties, so I became realistic for my life. I thought I wasn't able to achieve my old dream because I am getting old. From the reading, I was able to feel encouraged to continue to go on. I understood what the purpose of a big dream is. It will motivate me to continue to grow. I think that if I recognize I am improved because of the dream, it will help me strive to achieve a big dream. I know it wouldn't come at once, but it will come at some point as long as I keep trying. I know there will be challenges, but I will be able to experience how to overcome and go forth to my big dream.

Hyeon Jang

2021.11.18.Thurs

Week 9

 Week 9

This week, I was able to study through disciple leadership. I was able to study this on my mission. It reminded me of my mission. On the mission, there are many chances to serve as leaders. It means nothing, they are just the same missionary as others, but there are opportunities to interact with more missionaries, and they can help their missionary life. As leaders of the mission, there is a perfect example for us. He is Jesus Christ. Because of His example of leadership, I had a goal to achieve. He was kind and loving, but sometimes he rebuked people when it was needed.  I really want to focus on love. I think that love is the most important portion of leadership. When I was in the army, I worked hard when I felt love from my leader. I had so much desire to help him. I think it is going to be the same at work. If employees feel love from their boss, they wouldn't complain too much, and they would try their best to meet the expectation from the boss. I know it is hard to have good leadership for everyone, even Jesus Christ had enemies.y  However, I can try my best to develop my leadership skills.

Another thing that leaders should know is to know who they need to have on the bus. I think it is really important. It is not a good leader to have everyone on the bus together. The seats are not going to be enough. Especially, in business, you have to know who you need to work with because you wouldn't want to pay for someone that doesn't have the skills or use at work. It is really difficult to distinguish who you are going with or not, but a good leader would know and decide for his work.

I recognized that being a good leader is really difficult, and it will take time as well. However, I know as long as we follow the example of Christ, I would be a great leader at some point.

Hyeon

2021.11.11.Thurs

Week 8

 Week 8

This week, I was able to think about the challenges that I might have in the future in business as well as my life. Also, I thought about how I could overcome those. I talked about it on the discussion board. Since I haven't had a failing experience so far, I don't really know how difficult it is going to be. Because of that, I just guessed how to overcome those difficulties. One thing I recognized was that I should learn from the past. I shouldn't make the same mistakes over and over again. If I am humble myself and learn from the past, I can grow and become a better person as well as an entrepreneur.

One of the videos posted on the week 8 study is one of my favorite videos. It's called, "Good things to come." I watched this video a lot on my mission. I was able to learn that how important patience is. This video basically talks about God's timing. As long as we are faithful to the Lord, the blessings will follow according to the timing of God. It might be frustrating, so many people just give up. I know that God knows what is good for us. All we need to do is work diligently to overcome those trials, so we can avoid the same mistakes. I enjoyed that video.

I desired to experience only good things in my future, so I don't have to go through those hard times. However, if I don't go through those difficulties, I wouldn't know how to handle those situations. I know that we have to learn throughout this life. Without learning and experiencing, I wouldn't be able to grow as a child of God. Also, because of those experiences, I could help my family as well. I hope I don't complain too much when those hard times come to me.

Hyeon Jang

2021.11.04.Thurs