I'm back for an encore!
If I had one final lecture to share with a group of students on what I have learned from this course, I would tell them to not only be prepared for their entrepreneurial journey but to also trust their intuition. Striking out on this journey will be time-consuming at first with its share of ups and downs (hopefully more of the former and less of the latter). Make Heavenly Father your partner and don't scrimp on your work/life balance. Know you will fail. And what do you do if you fail? Give up? No! You learn from the experience and keep going.
My last bit of advice to someone wanting to begin the entrepreneur journey is to not make it all about money. Of course, you need to be concerned with breaking even and making enough to cover your needs. Eventually, though, you may be earning more than you can spend. That is when it is a good time to consider giving back...to charities, your community, your church. Invest in the future and offer a scholarship at the local high school for a budding entrepreneur. If you have been lucky enough to be sustained by your passion, offer that opportunity to someone who is just like you when you started out.
My words of advice that I would share in my last lecture would be to always be learning. Ongoing learning helps you stay at least one step ahead and, in turn, stay prepared. Ongoing learning can be invested into your business to enhance it or take it in a new direction. Ongoing learning may make you aware of issues about your business that need attention. Just like learning what would be best for your journey, you may also learn what is not best for your journey and avoid those pitfalls. You can't lose when you're constantly learning!
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