My Last Lecture

I honestly feel like one of the most important things I have learned from this semester has to be from two of our readings. I enjoyed the book "The Start-up Of Me" and was really struck by the concept of "permanent beta." From a business, personal, and religious stand-point I believe being in permanent beta is truly one of the hardest attitudes and abilities we can have to acquire. We in the human race hate change. We want to feel comfortable and as if we are in the right. In business, in life, and especially as a God fearing individual we need to constantly "become something more."

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.