Expanding the Vison

I read a case study this week about a woman named Magdalena who I have adopted as one of my heroes. She was never finished improving upon herself. I have decided that the best way I can honor the excitement that I felt when I was reading her story would be to continually ask myself, "Am I done". Is there something more that I need to know, or do, or say, or study, or try, or improve upon etc.. I think this is a great parallel to living the gospel so it must be important. After we find ourselves rooted in the gospel we are counseled to endure to the end. This is about staying close to the spirit so that we know when it is time to do more. What a powerful application this can have to business. Business is about people and people are always changing. Not only that but people deserve the best. We are really here to serve. I know I am here to serve. How am I going to serve if I am not willing to become my best so that I have something worth giving? One of the best ways for me to c

I always thought this was kind of a cheesy idea, as if I was so much more spontaneous than to have to write down cool things I wish I could do. Why don't people just do what they want to do, I thought. Then, I created my own. 50 things I would like to do before I die. I realized that many of these things stem from childhood or, perhaps, were things that I could have taken the opportunity to do many times over had I admitted to myself that it was worth it. I have been cheating myself out of experiences like camping, building something like a piece of furniture or a tree house, going dog sledding etc. etc.. It was also really awesome to think back about some of the awesome stuff I've done, like sky-diving, zip-lining, running marathons, touring Italy alone for 2 weeks. All of the out of the ordinary things that have made my life well-lived. I am realizing that I like studying business because it is about your personal brand of creativity and taking risks. In a sense, this is th

How did I end up in this major? Business management. How curious. I have faced the decision of declaring a major since high school. I was no closer to finding an answer when a moment later I decided to decide. In the future, when my weaknesses rear their ugly faces, I won't decide again. I have learned that important decisions have to be made when we are feeling strong or at least well. I actually learned this while running. Many of the insights I gain that make me feel more equip to adult come to me while running. On this run, I was planning to include a huge hill in my run and the total mileage would be 10. The hill would come at mile two and last about a half mile. I was getting into the thick of things with this hill and I decided I probably didn't want to run 10 miles after all. I should just get to the top  of the hill and turn around (so as not to have to come back up the other side of course), then I could take a long way home (which I wasn't seriously planning on