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“Blood, toil, tears, and sweat. The best things are always worth finishing. As long and laborious as the effort may seem, please keep shaping and setting the stones that will make your accomplishment “a grand and imposing spectacle.” Take advantage of every opportunity to learn and grow. Dream dreams and see visions. Work toward their realization. Wait patiently when you have no other choice. Lean on your sword and rest a while, but get up and fight again. Perhaps you will not see the full meaning of your effort in your own lifetime. But your children will, or your children’s children will, until finally you, with all of them, can give the Hosanna shout.” 

Jeffrey R. Holland

This week has been overwhelming because of the amount of homework to do and exams to take, however, this quote has brought me peace to because reminded me I´m not wasting my time, I´m in the entrepreneur journey.
Usually, we want to finish an assignment as soon as possible because want to see our effort is worth. When a task is taking more time or effort than we expected, we give up because do not see immediate results. This reading encouraged me to change that thinking and see the time “wasted” as an investment that will benefit my family, friends, and society in the future.  

Another important topic this week was the understanding of human problems. When things are not going as planned, we usually think external factors have influenced our process but most of the time internal factors are the trouble makers. First, we need to analyze ourselves to find the causes and then plan how to do not make the same mistakes.