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Overcoming Challenges

 

Sister Patricia Holland taught us: “You have so much personal potential, and this is the greatest place in the entire world to develop it. This is the time and this is the place!” These were inspiring words to me at this moment since I am trying to discover my potential, my calling, my mission in life. I know about my talents, my gifts, and things I enjoy doing. However, I cannot link them to an entrepreneurial activity. I do not realize how to connect my strengths and the stuff I can do better than other to a venture who can rewarding me for doing what I love. I am researching the job market to get some ideas to guide me in my searching for my dreamed job or business. And as she pointed, BYU-Idaho is the best place to study and to acquire the knowledge we need to be well prepared for nowadays market employment.

In the chapter 5 form the book “A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey” (Sandefer, et al. 2012) we learned that in our journey towards becoming a hero or the person we would like to be, we will face great challenges. The path would be discouraging, deceiving, frustrating, and we will be tempted to give in. However, the key is to know that through facing them we will develop “mental, emotional, and spiritual muscle.” (p.65) These concepts had changed my viewpoint regarding the troubles I face day after day. If it means I am getting stronger by overcoming them, then I am willing to keep going and learning as much as possible along the process. Keeping this in mind will not be easy, so it will require any sort of remainder or visual aid to commit to it.

“…at the end of your journey you not only achieve something great but also become something great.

Learn to work hard. Learn to endure.” (p.65)

We will become our best version while overcoming our challenges and learn to work hard toward achieving or goals and dreams.

 

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