Who am I?

Even though I have to write the knowledge I have gathered in this course, I am going to allow myself to mingle what I learned in other courses that can be easily linked to entrepreneurship. This time I will join what I learned in Sales and Business and that is to start to “act as if…”, and that is acting from now like the person who I want to become, and in a way, that is one the main purposes of this course, to discover myself and see what my calling is, and even though I might be quite far from that goal I need to start to think and act as I was already in that position. This is the mindset of achievers, the ones who establish a goal, and do their best to reach it and succeed where failing is not an option. Now, I wonder what it would be of the world if Edison quitted after just “some” tries, or any other entrepreneur. It is totally evident that the great things in human history were made by these types of men. Inventions, discoveries, wars won, championships and titles in sport games and so on. Moments where they put their whole soul to their personal goal, a goal which is part of the process of finding their calling and then magnifying it. So, in the end, I see finding my calling will not only do good to myself, but also, and most importantly to the people around me, as part of my service by imitating the example of all these great people.

Now, I will proceed to answer the questions:

·         Why do you think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams?

I think there is more than just one reason. One of them was his imagination and how he allowed himself to let his mind to be free. Another reason is his parents. They never placed any difficulty to his way of thinking, quite the contrary; they always foster in him the spirit of discovering.

·         Do you feel that dreaming is important? Why or why not?

Of course, I believe that dreaming is when your draw the outline for your life, it gives you the reason to leave the bed every morning and a purpose in life.

·         Discuss at least one of your childhood dreams. Explain why you believe you can or cannot achieve this dream.

During my childhood and even my teenage years, like most of the people at that age, I wanted to be or a soccer player or guitar player in a rock band. Of course, I can not achieve them, and I am happy for not doing it because they way most of these people live is really far away from the Church standards, like, for naming just one situation, church attendance would dramatically decrease, causing me to lose the sight for the most important goal, exaltation with my eternal family. Now, that I have grown up the lesson I get from that is all of our goals must be in line all together. If one goal will not help me to achieve another goal, I need to review them and see which one is more important to get rid of the less one.