Week 6

This week, I learned that I can understand taxes and legal structures, but it's the least interesting part of business for me. If I really do end up owning my own business, I am definitely going to have to outsource that, because I was low-key dying just to understand the basics. I definitely know the importance of understanding the basics though -- it's important to have all the information you can so that you can make better decisions. Like President Nelson said, good inspiration is based on good information. It also makes it harder for people to take advantage of you, and easier to make sure you're actually living by your own values and being honest in your dealings with others.

That being said, it was not my favorite week of reading material. I am exceptionally glad I never decided to study law or business law, or TAX LAW. Because wow. However, it was really fun to get my website fully up and running. There have been a few minor snafus along the way (the response time from my hosting site is sub-par at best) but I love having a custom domain that feels like my own. 

I also had the opportunity to do some fun extracurricular activities this week. One of them was the Snake River DMC, a local marketing society. This week Mike Ramsey was the speaker, and one of the main takeaways I got from him is that we shouldn't try to force motivation. I found that to be an interesting concept to pair with a book I read in my Intro to Entrepreneurship class, called Mastery. Basically, his idea was that we lose motivation to keep going when we hit plateaus in our progress. If we can learn to enjoy plateauing, eventually we will start to see progress again, and our motivation will increase again. I do agree you can never force someone to do something they don't want to do, but it's also true that just because something doesn't feel very fun anymore doesn't mean you should stop trying to do it.