W06

 This week was one to remember forever.  It's been a big week with learning more of who I truly am, what our lives will look like in the future, and what God's plan is for us moving forward.  Having our business was the biggest blessing we've seen so far.  It allowed us to buy our home, make a lot of money on it, and today it went up for sale and will hopefully sell fast so we can move to Arizona for our new seminary teaching position.  I have most of the summer off and I plan on using that time to rebuild/rebrand our business to help us pay for the home we are going to be moving into in Arizona.  I have some plans to pivot what we are currently doing and hopefully we work less but make a little more than what we are making now.

This week's focus taught me I love being an entrepreneur.  I thrive for that feeling of creating something and seeing it succeed.  Figuring out how to problem solve issues and problems within our business to help it grow and do better.

The biggest thing I want to do with my life and time is help impact the youth of this world.  Yes I will have a big impact with seminary but outside of that I want to create something that will bless their lives even more.  A product business that will push them to be better and grown and spark the fire in their lives.  

Giving everything to God is hard.  It's scary at times.  Trusting His timing and His will isn't always fun but in the long run and in His timing man life is so beautiful.  Always put God first.  Trust Him.  Turn to Him often and seek His will daily. 

W05

This week was full of so much emotion.  We are planning our move to Arizona and looking at buying houses and selling our house.  The business side of skill, luck, or character had a big role in our lives these last few months with seminary.  We've been blessed to be in a place of luck when it comes to being in the right places at the right time.  We've been blessed with skills like people skills to ask the right questions at the right time and with character to be the right fit for the job.

Selling our house will give us a good amount of money that we can use to pay off debt and maybe even revamp our business again.  It would be so fun to pivot our business with the money to grow into a bigger business like we talked about with the case study.  We were just very small so if we could get some money to really push some more product and marketing we might be able to revive our business. 

This week was fun to reflect on what we did wrong and what we did right.  I think I need to now surround myself with better people who are in the places I want to be.  People who will push me to be better than I am now.  I have been around a lot of good people in my life but I know I can get around even better ones.  I think that would help me in a lot of aspects of my life.  From business to parenting and being a better husband and person all around. 

Looking forward to seeing what the world brings us in Arizona and with seminary.  Things feel good and right but also scary and unsure about the home and living situation. 

W04

 This week was an amazing week.  I learned a lot not only with school but with myself.  I got a call on Thursday that I have been hired full time for seminary and we will be moving from St George UT to Arizona!  What a crazy adventure we are about to embark on!  This made it for a very interesting work/school week only really focused on moving and starting a new career path.  The book really helped a lot this week.  It was so awesome to see how much he put God first and how that changed his life.  Like Steven (in the book) got fired and had to pivot we too have to pivot and find a new life in Arizona where we don't know anyone.  We'll have to rethink our business  and see how we can make that work in AZ and I already have some fun ideas that I am excited to work on there.

How will I measure my life?  Well, these last 6+ years I've measured my life by how many sales we go, and how good my runners got.  Now, with this new life we are about to start i'll have to shift the way I measure my life.  What will people say at my funeral?  Who would come?  What legacy will I leave behind?  I pray that not only will I be an impact on those in this world but I'll also be a father to my kids that will leave a happy memory for them forever.  That they will grow and know who Jesus Christ is because of their dad.  I can't think of a better way to measure my life then by trying to be like Christ and help my kids see that in their dad.  This week will be one to remember. 

W03

 Honesty and Business Ethics 

    This week was a really enjoyable one.  I was able to look inside myself a lot this week and see why things have happened the way they have.  Owning our business I stopped pushing myself after we started to have big results.  As we are making the most money we've ever made I stopped trying and just rode the money wave.  Well after a year that money wave got a lot smaller and we were very behind when it came to getting back onto the next wave.  Others came into the market that pushed us out and we had to do something and nothing was working.  We will have our business but I learned that you can't ever feel like you "got it" because that is when you'll lose it all.
    This led us to seminary which I am so grateful for but it's also stretching me and helping me grow again.  I am learning so much about not just going half way but being truly honest in my work.  I could get away with some things with our business but not with this new position in life.  I need to be all in on so many levels and I love that.

    I really enjoyed the read "formula for happiness"  I love the steps and I really like the get up early step.  I personally love mornings and find a lot of joy being up before everyone else.  I tend to run first thing if I am up early and I love coming back from a run and the house is still quite and still.  Second he says to work hard.  Like explained above when I stopped working hard things fell apart.  I pray I can work hard with seminary and learn all I can to help these students have meaningful powerful experiences in the classroom.  Find your oil.  I think  I have found it but I know there is much much more God has in store for my little family and I.