Week 9

I really enjoyed learning about the case study this weekend. It made me think about the choices I've made with each of my businesses and how I would do it if I were in the shoes of the woman in the case study. The theme of the class was fail cheaply and often, and I think that's so important. You need to be willing to fail and then change things within a business so that you eventually end up as successful as possible, If you have little failures while the business is small and the consequences are cheap, you will save yourself lots of headaches when the business is bigger and the consequences are heavier. We also talked about how the ability to execute without slowing down the process with logistics and dumb questions is highly coveted. Not many people are able and willing to do that. We read an article following an army officer who was told by the President of the United States to go find a guy in Cuba that had been lost, as in no one was sure exactly where he was. The officer had the respect and the confidence to simply accept the mission and figure everything else out as he went along. He was successful in his venture and was highly praised for his completion of a difficult task. This sometimes happens in business and life, especially with leadership positions. When I was the Laurel President, my YW leader asked me to help get a girl to come back to church. I didn't know much about her and the situation was intimidating. But I said I would, and then became the girl's friend. She eventually came back.