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Goals

This week's reading assignments were super inspiring to me. As I look through my notes taken, I chose five main concepts that I would like to implement into my daily routines.  I will include some ideas on how I can integrate them successfully in order to work towards my goals.

-Charity is something one becomes.
            
President Oak's talk, The Power to Become, has always been a favorite of mine because I love the concept of progression and process. I would like to focus my time and thoughts toward becoming more charitable. I will do this by including this in my daily prayers, and integrating charity in everything that I do.

-Make a practice of innovating, taking risks, and showing creativity.
            
I am going to make a goal to come up with a new piece of artwork every week. I have not been creating much at all since I started school and I can tell that my soul is starving for some creativity.

-Most valuable assets are intelligence, energy, and experience.

I believe I am gaining some important skills and tools from school and am excited to start applying them to a business. As I have gone through this class, there has been a question always nagging in my mind if I need to start that sooner than later. The only way I gain these assets will be to finally start. 
           
-Promoters move quickly past identification of opportunity and onto pursuit.

This really resonated with me. I would hate to look back on my life and think, "I missed my chance." The idea of pursuit gives me some anxiety, but I believe once I get momentum, it will become much easier. The first step is always the hardest.

-Success is unrelated to the size of resource.

This is a great reminder to myself that it is ok that I do not have the most expensive art supplies or largest instagram following. I can still create beautiful works of art and should not let those things stop me. 

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