Overcoming Challenges

This week was full of new insights about how to overcome challenges in my hero’s journey to entrepreneurship. I know that resistance, setbacks, and disappointments will be abound in my journey. As I learn to apply my true identify and conviction will help me emerge from this critical and challenging process and become a stronger leader and entrepreneur. From this week’s reading selection, A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey, I learned that it is through setbacks, obstacles, and challenges that will helps us build mental, emotional, and spiritual muscles. Paul writes to the Romans 5: 3-4: “… but we glory tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: …” Jeff Sandefer says that our goal is important, but it is how you reach your goal, has the potential to transform my very self. At the end, Sandefer suggests “… you not only achieve something great but also become something great.” Sandefer challenge new entrepreneurs to fail early, often, and as cheaply as possible. These challenges are necessary means for developing the faith and persistence to overcome the real challenges that inevitably confront any person who has set out to do something heroic.

  

These thoughts were expanded as I read the article titled “Looking Back and Moving Forward” by Pres. Thomas S. Monson.  As a humble prophet of the Lord, with all the demands which come with the office of President, President Monson earnestly prayed that he might continue to be worthy instrument in the Lord’s hands to carry on this great work and to fulfill the tremendous responsibilities as a prophet, leader, and president. President Monson invites all to cast off the old person and to measure up to the stature of true potential. His invitation Is to reach out in the pure love of Christ and express our desire to assist and welcome everyone into full fellowship. “Let us lift you and cheer you and calm your fears.” The Lord invites us all to come unto Him and “find rest … for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11: 28-30. Like President Monson and all the prophets of any dispensation will continue to be great examples of leadership, humility, dedication, sacrifice and steadfast faith as they all testified that our Heavenly Father loves all His children as He wants them to be successful and have joy in this life.

  

The address that sister and Elder Holland talks on “However Long and Hard the Road” is a great reminder that rather than giving up or quitting, when difficulties or challenges come our way, the Lord is asking us to stick with it, persevere, to hang in and hang on and to reap our reward. In the scriptures we find similar counsel as the Lord teach us: “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.” D&C 64: 33. 

"It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come." Elder Holland

   

I believe that these principles that we discussed this week around overcoming challenges will all be beneficial in helping me become a successful businessman and a good leader.