Blog On Lifelong Learning

So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur? I heard the phrase "Winning oneself" many times but never considered deeply about it. Plato said: “The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.” And da Vinci once said: “You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.” Then he goes on to say that “the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. So, what does it mean? How does it relate to the title of this blog “So You Want to Be an entrepreneur?” I found myself naturally lazy and avoid risk and comfort zone seeker. I prefer easy life and no pressure. After talking to some friends and relatives I am not alone. The most people avoid risk and prefer “easy money” or easy life if possible. But everybody works and take care their life. One way of being entrepreneur seems nice such as having no boss, doing whatever you want and foll...

How important is motivation? Is it first or second? Jim Rohn once said “Motivation is not going at first. If you motivate an idiot, you will get a motivated idiot”. So, what goes first and how do we get ourself to where we want? Like success. Things just don’t go itself. We are living in the world of cause and effect. Every action and thought leads consequences. James Faust shared his experience of gaining several skills that helped him throughout his life from full time mission. And they were: 1. How to organize and use time wisely 2. The importance of hard work—that you reap what you sow 3. Leadership skills 4. People skills 5. The value of gospel study 6. Respect for authority 7. The importance of prayer 8. Humility and dependence on the Lord It reminded me how did I get my life skill from my mission field as well. I realized how low-profile type of person I was and felt ok among the environment before my mission. My communication skill, empathy, listening skill, emot...

I had some take away from the article “How will you measure your life” Harvard Business Review. It is always difficult to someone what to do, especially to your family members, boss and investors etc. Many smart people don’t tell others what to do, instead inspire them. Clayton M Christensen shared the story of how he influenced “Intel” chairman Andrew Grow about insisting him produce “Celeron” CPU for the market. It was not good approach to advice directly what to do. But he was talking about the model and how it helped Nucor and other companies. Basically, he was not telling him what to think rather how to think. From my perspective it was about helping him to make a right decision with conflicted communication technique. Sametime I think why it is that way. Why it is not simply telling directly what is the best way? Clayton M. Christensen understands the complicated world including the rank of people, professional communication, business culture and many other things. He co...

In the business world we see often dishonest and unethical occurrences. Some people say "Sorry, nothing personal, it is just business" and trying to express it white lie. Is really business having to have a certain number of dishonest actions? When people want to explain it from different perspectives and own understandings it creates endless argument. If here is no ultimate guidance or center of the principles it will be always contention. That is why there is a law given. It is more like natural law of science. Elder Lynn G. Robbins said in the beginning of the world Adam and Eve did not have much to get tempted to sin. He was saying they had nobody to boast, gossip or complain about. Generally, pride comes from comparing oneself to others and try to seek to show off. According to my observation we don't have to necessarily to get better than others but try to keep up with Jones already brings us the bad side. Seeking materials is already leading us to sinful life...