Mastery
Self-mastery has been a concept I've been working on all year. Discipline of self is not something that comes naturally to me. When I realized that I wanted to start my own business, I decided that this would be one of the most important skills I need to develop in order to be successful. I've been working on developing self-master in personal habits, like diet, exercise and regular prayer and scripture reading. I realize that self-mastery is a life long pursuit, but I'm very impressed with my progress so far this year. Spending all year working on this skill has helped me realize all that I can do, and that if I do things right (or as right as I can), then the Lord will bless my efforts.
Another lesson from this week that impacted me was the video on setting rules about my career and my job. I think this would be valuable information for anyone, not just entrepreneurs. It's caused me to think about what having both a family and a career will look like for me. This reminds me a bit about ethical guardrails, and understanding that I can't lose sight of what's more important in the race to grow a company.
Direct quotes that I want to remember from this lesson:
From "Success is Gauged by Self-Mastery"
Plato said: “The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
And da Vinci once said: “You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.” Then he goes on to say that “the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. … And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
There are two important elements in self-mastery. The first is to determine your course or set the sails, so to speak, of moral standards; the other is the willpower, or the wind in the sails carrying one forward.
Remember also that nature never pays an unearned account and she never fails to pay one that has been earned. If you wish to achieve financial success, if you wish to be happy, if you wish to be healthy, if you would be morally clean, if you wish to find religious peace of mind, there is only one sure way, and that is the straight and narrow path—the way of honor, the way of industry, of moderation, simplicity, and virtue.
From "How Entrepreneurs Craft Strategies that Work"
Profitable survival requires an edge derived from some combination of a creative idea and a superior capacity for execution.
But entrepreneurs cannot rely on just inventing new products or anticipating a trend. They must also execute well, especially if their concepts can be copied easily. For example, if an innovation cannot be patented or kept secret, entrepreneurs must acquire and manage the resources needed to build a brand name or other barrier that will deter imitators.
Another lesson from this week that impacted me was the video on setting rules about my career and my job. I think this would be valuable information for anyone, not just entrepreneurs. It's caused me to think about what having both a family and a career will look like for me. This reminds me a bit about ethical guardrails, and understanding that I can't lose sight of what's more important in the race to grow a company.
Direct quotes that I want to remember from this lesson:
From "Success is Gauged by Self-Mastery"
Plato said: “The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
And da Vinci once said: “You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.” Then he goes on to say that “the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. … And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
There are two important elements in self-mastery. The first is to determine your course or set the sails, so to speak, of moral standards; the other is the willpower, or the wind in the sails carrying one forward.
Remember also that nature never pays an unearned account and she never fails to pay one that has been earned. If you wish to achieve financial success, if you wish to be happy, if you wish to be healthy, if you would be morally clean, if you wish to find religious peace of mind, there is only one sure way, and that is the straight and narrow path—the way of honor, the way of industry, of moderation, simplicity, and virtue.
From "How Entrepreneurs Craft Strategies that Work"
Profitable survival requires an edge derived from some combination of a creative idea and a superior capacity for execution.
But entrepreneurs cannot rely on just inventing new products or anticipating a trend. They must also execute well, especially if their concepts can be copied easily. For example, if an innovation cannot be patented or kept secret, entrepreneurs must acquire and manage the resources needed to build a brand name or other barrier that will deter imitators.
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