My "Last Lecture". Honestly I don't feel very qualified in giving a "lecture", but, I will do my best to convey the lessons I have learned. I feel like I have learned a lot throughout this semester. There were a lot of very great lessons to choose from. I would say that some of the most important things I have learned that I feel would be appropriate to share for my "last lecture" are the importance of having good values, being strong in what you believe and reaching your goals, don't be afraid to ask questions, and don't be afraid to take risks, make mistakes, and fail.
I don't think I can stress enough how important it is to have good values when starting a business and in life in general. The values that you live and go off of in life, really can affect the success of a business. If your only goal is to gain money, than you aren't going to be very successful in life. Your business could be successful, but not your life as a whole. You need to value what you are doing, you need to value the customers, and you need to value your employees. You need to have honesty, trust, loyalty, love, care, etc. within your business and actually hold up to those values.
You need to be able to stand strong in what you want. It can be very scary, but persevere! Set worthy goals and don't let anything get in your way.
Don't be afraid to ask questions and be teachable. It is inevitable that mistakes are going to be made, so don't be afraid to take advice and learn from those mistakes so that they can be avoided in the future. Taking risks and failing is all part of life, not just business. I think that we learn some of life's greatest lessons from our failures. But, that is the mindset you have to have if and when you fail. You can't let your failures keep you down. It is what you learn from the mistakes and what you do with them that either make you successful or not. You have to be willing to learn and try again. You need to have that determination. You can't let the first sign of trouble bring you down forever. If you do that there will be no room for success, no moving forward.