BUS 110 W05 Reflection

 

    A Field Guide for the Hero's Journey. What a book title! This is one of the books that I will be reading and analyzing this semester and this week we had to watch a video presentation by one of the authors, Jeff Sandefer. One of the things he said is this: "what matters most isn’t the prize at the end, but how the hero has changed in the process." I like this because it's a great reminder that the prize is a great incentive to work toward a goal, but we should slow down and consider what we learn along the way. Who do we meet and how do we interact with them? What opinions of the world do I have that need to be reevaluated? 

    I love how the author says that his school requires its students to choose "ten role models; business people, religious leaders, aunts, and uncles, and asked to meet with each one of them for one to three hours. To ask about triumphs and regrets, and lessons they wished they had learned earlier. Three of those interviews are to be with someone from your age to age 45, three from age 45 to 60, and at least three over the age of 60." The purpose of this is to get a broad focus group answering the same questions from different stages of life - but the results of the answers are rather shocking! The over 60 group seems to always answer this: "At the end of life, only three questions will matter; have I contributed something meaningful? Am I a good person? And who did I love, and who loved me?"

    The best part of this information is that the money will come. It's easy to work a job and provide for a family or even just myself. I don't have to stress about my career, I just have to decide what to do and work hard at it. By improving myself and choosing to live a Christ-like life,  I will know the answers to those questions - and be satisfied with them in my last hours.I will not have to wonder if I am ready to die, I will have worked to become the best person I can be through my actions, my service, and my words. The hero's journey is more important than the goal.

    I've included a couple photos I took on an easy hike I did in January. The hike is about 2 miles long/up and is paved so it's less of a challenge than some. When looking up, the goal is so far away and tiny it seems impossible, but by taking it one step at a time, making time to chat with friends and take in the views the miles melted away and we were at the top. It's the same with our journey here on earth and in our entrepreneur goals. We can hardly see the goal because it's so far away, but if we can take it one step at a time, interact with others, and make time to enjoy the journey and include others we will make it.

We started the hike on the bottom left of this photo and hiked up 2 miles to get this view

This is a peek at some of the views as we hiked up the mountain

 

Valley in the Mountains of Oahu, Hawaii with the
sun shining on a yellow patch of vegetation