This week was a great reminder that God and Family are a top priority for anyone. I was reminded that is for God’s grace that we prosper in our projects and our family is the best support anyone can have. Jan Newman said, “There’s a couple of pieces that you can never let get compromised and that’s your loyalty to the Lord and your loyalty to your family--your spouse--and your family”. I like his approach about our loyalty to God and Family, means don’t take away the time we worship and serve the Lord and the time we can spend with our family. We can cut time in many other areas in our lives but this two we shouldn’t take time away to chase our entrepreneur dreams. Eldon Tanner in his talk “Success Is Gauged by Self-Mastery” said: “self-discipline, self-control, or self-mastery which is so important to all of us if we are to accomplish what we set out to do and enjoy the blessings which we desire so much” he explains that we need to know where we want to be or go and then the rest is willpower and do it. With these two reflections, I understood that if we as entrepreneurs have the self-discipline, control, and mastery to put first God and our Family and have harmony with these very important keys in our lives then the rest is willpower to reach our goals. I was very excited when I heard from Wences Casares that entrepreneurship is something that is something that we are and we can’t change and now I need to embrace it and apply self-discipline because as Casares mentioned is in my DNA. For me this week I read about the basics in our life, in a way we need to have a strong foundation to build our careers and goals and reach our dreams. I don’t see myself having success anywhere if I don’t have time to worship and serve my God and quality time with my family.

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