Week 7: The strength of those around us

One of my favorite books says that you are the sum of the 5 people that you spend the most time with. One of the things that we watched for class this week reminded me of this idea and its truthfulness when they said to "“Surround yourself with the brightest and smartest people that have the same value and core system so you can work together in a team and create amazing things.” In the last job I had and the one I hold currently I realized that I have not been very happy and it is because many of the people around me do not share the same core values and beliefs that I do. I had never quite realized what an impact that could and would have on my happiness. I am spending the next 2 weeks away from work and I am going to be seriously considering what this means to me and what I am going to do moving forward to surround myself with people and associates that do have my same core values and beliefs. It has been very tiring to constantly have to remind myself of who I am and what matters to me in the face of those that do not value those same things. This needs to change in my life as soon as possible.


$100 Challenge Update: Although there was no technical assignment for the $100 challenge this week I was able to accomplish a few things that I found helpful. I was first able to talk to all of my family members and friends that have had my pies and ask them what their favorite pies were and I was able to narrow down people's favorites to the following: Apple Pie, Strawberry Rhubarb, Banana Cream, Key Lime and fresh raspberry. I may add a few more into the rotation but I believe that these will be the 5 pies that I decide to do with, it helps that most of those are my favorites as well.

Lesson 6: Fear as a motivator

This week was really eye opening for me thus far. The Acton hero video about Phil Romano really got me thinking about the idea of fear being a motivator and a few things that I really want to remember moving forward in business and especially my life. So many times I have let fear decide how I will do things like school or even my current personal business endeavor. I am scared of not succeeding, what other people will think about me, or even in that I may succeed and what that would mean for me and what people would think. All in all those are really silly and frankly stupid things for me to be afraid of. I am realizing more and more that my fear stems from a fear of rejection I faced when my ex husband left me for his own desires and told me I would never amount to anything. I now blessed to be remarried to an amazing man that loves me so much and supports me in all that I do and I have never been happier in my personal life then I am now but for some reason this is still a roadblock. This is something that I just need to decide is not longer going to be a roadblock for me in my life because I strongly believe that it is the only thing holding me back from being able to reach all of the hopes and dreams that I have deep inside of me.

I am tried of my past experiences dictating my life, I am the master of my fate and I am the captain of my soul.

$100 challenge update: I am currently finishing up my script for the elevator pitch which is really quite hard to condense everything important about my business into 60-90 seconds. I am traveling to New Zealand tomorrow though so I am going to record my pitch there with a gorgeous backdrop. As I have been writing thing it has allowed me to fine tune exactly what I would like my business to be and why.

Lesson 5 Optimism

This week one of the main things I learned about this week is being optimistic no matter what the circumstance. I gained this insight from the Acton video where Desh said "optimism is really what helps me out, I just feel like things are going to work…just sit on the bad things for a little while and then things do not look as bad!" I sometimes have a difficult time being optimistic when bad things happen to me. As a result of this video though it allowed me to realize that I am the one in control of how I feel and how I choose to react. I am choosing to act in optimism in my life instead of negativity from now on.

$100 Challenge Project: This week was a good learning experience because thinking about how much things cost is definitely a task but it is worth it in the long run. Being a wise steward of money is something I have struggled with is being a wise steward of my money. This exercise was good for me is because I have a tendency to over spend and not follow a budget. Sticking to the $20 budget will be a good thing for me overall as I think it will show me how far money really can go. I have realized that as I keep track of my money.