Rooted in my Heritage: An Entrepreneurial Journal

Throughout this course, so far we have studied creating a vision of our future self.  This has included examining our childhood dreams, the goals we have for our future, and the core values that we want to embody.  Each of these components are crucial for setting our own personal course to who we want to become. I am fully on board with this line of thinking.  It resonates with me and I embrace it whole heartedly.  But there is still a big looming question mark to this plan that I just haven't figured out yet.  What was I born to do? In the video segment, "Do What You Love," Tom Kelley talks about a time when he heard Jim Collins lecture concerning a Venn diagram that had as the three intersecting circles:  What are you good at? What were you born to do? What will people pay you for? Mr. Kelley related that people usually have a pretty good handle on knowing what they're good at and market research is really helpful to know what kinds of things people will ...

 I have to admit that I am a bit apprehensive to begin taking the Introduction to Entrepreneurship class.  This is a direction of study that is well outside of my comfort zone and is unlike anything that I have ever studied in my life. I'm a history gal, a mom, a service oriented leader, but an entrepreneur?  That's a difficult label to apply to myself.  However, as I conclude my studies for Family History Research, my goal is to, first, work as an independent researching genealogist, then add credentials in lecturing, before finally opening my own genealogical retreat center where people can come learn genealogical skills or get help with a genealogical problem in a setting that is also recreational, relaxing, and  transformative as I create an experience that is custom built according to the needs of the client. To accomplish any of these three goals would make me an entrepreneur; so here I am!   During our assignments this first week, I really reson...