In religion we speak of damnation as being tortured and screaming and lamenting. However, damnation can all be stopping your progression.
We dam up water all the time. The waters progression is hindered and it becomes stationary or idol. So it can be for us as Entrepreneurs and as people. We can stop growing and learning and innovating and this will cause us to be dammed as well.
If entrepreneurs do not continually grow and learn they become as a vegetable. When veggies are green they grow. We should be green all our lives so that we can grow and grow.
If a vegetable becomes "ripe" it rots. We must not think we have made it. We cannot become ripe. We must stay in permanent beta and remain Green all our days so that we do not rot in our lives.
The second book that I felt like I gained a lot from this semester was "The Dip." I think it is a very important skill for us to obtain to know when NOT to start endeavors and when to quite failing endeavors. I by no means have this figured out yet but I do believe this is an art that one must continually learn. I think the important thing is to really analyze why we are quitting and why we aren't quitting.
Quitting gets such a bad reputation but if we are honest most things in life to become a better person require quitting some bad habit.
In conclusion I feel like the most important things for me that I have taken from this course is the ability to continually learn. No person who is successful in life remains successful in a state of idleness.I believe for success to be achieved throughout a life time one must continually learn each and everyday. In turn, learning means mistakes. We will make a lot of mistakes but like Robert K. teaches in the Rich Dad books and tools we can financial educate ourselves. If we financially educate ourselves mistakes are still made but we can reduce the risk involved. If we take a lesson from God he created everything "Spiritually" before he "physically" created it. We too must create our days spiritually or in our minds before they can come to pass. No vision was ever brought from the dream world to reality by sitting back and thinking about it. We must act, we must fail, we must learn from that and we must do, do, do. We must bridge the game between what is real and our dreams so that they can leave peacefully and happily together.
I am very grateful for this course. I want to say that I do not need this class for electives or even to graduate. I have tried very hard to get an A for this reason. I took this class because I have a passion for entrepreneurship and I wanted to. Thank you for having a wonderful course with quality information. I do not regret taking the class that I was "advised" not to take. I think we need to remain green and continue to grow even if I end up with an A- or go against the status quo. Is this not what being an entrepreneur is all about? Finding truth and the outlets that will make you better and sane through this life. I appreciate the minds of the world. I glory in the Entrepreneurship and I salute those brothers and sisters who can answer the age old question "Who is John Galt." May we ever exercise our minds.
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Thank you for the part you played in my permanent beta.
The first of these skills would have to be that of sales. Sales for an entrepreneur is vital. From launching a new product to finding funding an entrepreneur needs to be able to win people over in crucial sales situations. Sales is the skill of people. This skill enables you to win people over but more importantly sales enables you to understand and get along with people.
The second skill would have to be Communication. Entrepreneurs are people people. They need to be able to communicate it all it's form within their market share. As an entrepreneur you will be speaking with and talking to anyone ranging from CEOs to costumers to their very own team members. Communication is vital.
In an ever changing world entrepreneurs who desire to be successful need to remain GREEN or in better terms they need to have a desire to learn. Our world is ever changing and entrepreneurs are only successful through hard-work, luck, and INNOVATION. The only way to be innovative I believe is to have dreams but also know what is already out there ready and available. If I think it's a great idea to create indoor plumbing because I grew up in a shack (this would be a great invention but it already has occurred) we need to be at the forefront of OUR market share our micro-economy.
The next topic would have to be FOCUS. It is good and fine if you can sale, communicate, and even learn a lot HOWEVER, if you cannot remain focused you will not accomplish anything. You need to have goals that you are focused on.
The fifth skill would be time management. If you cannot manage your time to make skills 1-4 be put into action than you will be very disappointed. Time management is the majority of the leg work. You need to be where you need to to communicate and/or sale. You need to have time to carry out all these important tasks.
In conclusion I would say that if one would develop these five traits than they are on their way to success. This does not guarantee success in business but you will be a successful individual. If you are a successful individual it will much easier to be successful in business and make needed relationship with other successful people. Success begats success.
What does it mean to have vision? Vision is defined as: 
These are those who tell you to stop what you are doing because they cannot see what you see. So what is it that you see? What is your vision? Is it worth fighting for? These are a few of the questions I have been asking myself this past week. The answers? Well for me the answers are summarized in these photos.
Have a strong and loving family.
Be free.