Assignment 30A - Final Reflection

• What sticks out to you as the most formative experience? The experience that you'll remember years later? What was your most joyous experience? What experience are you most proud of yourself for accomplishing?
• What stuck out to me as the most formative experience is the books that I read for the second and third reflection. I get stressed very often and at certain points in the semester, I found myself in a rut. Reading “Mindset: The Psychology of Success” and “How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big” helped put things into perspective for me. Going forward, I think I am going to read similar books. 
• An experience that I’ll remember years later is the feedback on my points. While I welcome and appreciate constructive criticism, it still makes me anxious and I tend to remember it forever. 
• The most joyous experience was hearing what my closest friends had to say about me. It was encouraging and neat to see how people perceive me to be like. 
• I am most proud of myself for never missing an assignment. This semester got hectic at times and being able to finish strong makes me proud. 
• At the beginning of the semester, I mentioned that I wanted each of you to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Now, at the end, do you see yourself as an entrepreneur? Do you think you have moved closer to developing an entrepreneurial mindset? 
• I see myself as more of an entrepreneur than I used to. Before taking this class, I strongly believed that I would never create a business because I am not a risk taker. However, after taking this class and seeing how easy it is to identify venture opportunities, I could see myself wanting to pursue an idea. That being said, I think that I would have to be really passionate about the idea to move forward it. For instance, while the housing issue is something that bothers me, I am not passionate enough about it to move forward with it. 
• What is the one recommendation you would make to the students who are going to journey down this path in the future? What would you recommend they do to perform best in this course? What would you recommend they do to foster that mindset? 

• One recommendation to students who are going to journey down this path in the future is to come in with an open mindset. Even if you are taking this class for an easy elective, be open to the idea of entrepreneurship…you might change your mind about it! 
• To perform their best in this course, I’d advise them to plan, plan, plan! Some assignments in this class are longer than others so look ahead. What took you an hour last week might take you three hours this week. Post-it notes, agendas, etc. can help plan and ultimately will help you make yourself a better entrepreneur.