So far for my $100.00 challenge I think that I have narrowed it down to the one I want to do. I still have some research to do to get all the little kinks and makeup worked out, but I am very excited to get going on it and seeing the results I will get! My idea for this challenge is to make teething necklaces that will help keep teething babies occupied and not focused on their discomfort. As I said, I am still working on the design, but I am very hopeful! I am currently living in Rexburg where there are teething babies galore. My baby is currently teething and have found certain things that he likes to chew on verses others that seem to help with his discomfort.
This week I feel like I have learned a lot. I don't know what I should focus on! There have been a few that have stood out to me, one thing in particular that has seemed to stand out to me was from the book that we are currently reading (E-Myth Revisted). I have only read the first couple of chapters but it focused on a lady that opened a pie shop because she loved to bake pies! Years down the road, she came to hate it. It talked about this batter that was going on between being an Entrepreneur, a Manager, and the Technician. She felt like she had to be everything, and it was draining her. I haven't fully gotten through this part yet, but it was going to go on to tell how to fix that problem. I think people often go into business thinking that they are going to make all this money and that it is going to be this crazy easy thing. When in actuality, you don't. Not at first anyways. I am excited to continue through this book and figure out how to solve those problems that all entrepreneur's face. Another thing that stood out to me comes from today's study topics. We learned about Tom Monaghan and his thriving Dominoe's Pizza!! He is inspiring. But what stood out to me was how selfless he was, and how he checked himself and his pride. And he sold his business and went into helping others become successful people. He used his money to better others. I think that that is something that is so important to remember. That it isn't all about the money or even the success necessarily, but it is about what we do with our success and our attitude towards life and being successful people. We could be like Tom Monaghan or we could be like the person on the opposite end of the spectrum, that often time becomes bitter in his pride and success. I learned that our happiness does not come from material gain.