Composition of Me, an Entrepreneurial Blog

  I have always been a planner. When my husband and I got married, we started right away with our plans. We always knew we wanted a family, that was a no brainer, we knew that Derek needed a good career, and we knew that we were not complacent people. We liked being in constant forward motion; looking ahead to where we wanted to be financially, educationally, and spiritually. After we bought our first home, we realized that the home we wanted so badly was not going to afford us the forward motion we needed. It was more expensive than we could afford, Derek would need to work full-time and eliminate school. We quickly made plans to sell our home and move to a more affordable community that supported his career goals. Once it was clear that he was going to graduate with his Ph.D., we needed to make our next plan! We plotted and planned where would be the best place to live and continue to progress. Ten years later, our plans have continued to work out. They might not always go as p...

  According to Charles Handy, virtue and integrity are vital to the economy. As businesses overstate profit margins to appear better off to the stockholders, more and more people have become hesitant to trust big corporations. Leaving a fractured economy that feels as if the bottom could fall out at any time with consumers being hesitant to invest, and corporations shy about sharing information. No wonder Handy is returning to Sunday School answers to these big problems. There is a need to return to simpler tactics, like honesty. Handy goes on the discuss the real reason for business. “It is not to make a profit, full stop. It is to make a profit so that the business can do something more or better.” In other words, they need to have a purpose and a need to fill. This does not mean that the needs are not what others would believe to be frivolous, the need should be justified in one way or another to give a business purpose. Profit would be an afterthought and a means to answer ...

  Have you ever heard the saying, “Money is a necessary evil.” or “Money is the root of all evil.”? This statement has always bothered me. After all we need money to eat, put a roof over our head, and care for our needs. That does not seem evil, does it? In an article written by Stephen W. Gibson, Attitude on Money , he encourages you to look at money through a different filter. He suggests that money can be used for good, or for evil; money can either enhance your life or make it miserable. He used the example of Jon Huntsman, a very wealthy entrepreneur who has always made it a priority to use his income (small or great) to help others. Jon understands the value of money and the importance of having it. We need to have money to not only care for ourselves, but we need to also work to care for those around us. Has God not commanded us to care for our neighbor as ourselves? Are we not commanded to give to the church and support important initiatives that benefit those less fort...