Qualities of Great Leaders

The main theme of this week’s lesson was leaders, and what makes great leaders. We discussed how the Savior is the perfect leader, and how emotional intelligence is what distinguishes great leaders from good leaders. As part of our preparation for the week, we were also asked to read a talk given by Hugh Nibley titled Leaders to Managers: The Fatal Shift. In this talk, Nibley used the example of Moroni as an example of a great leader. Moroni was focused on equality and didn’t try to control those whom he was superior to. He never focused on gaining power, but rather to create an environment of peace where all individuals worked together to achieve a common goal. I think this strategy is one that would be beneficially applied to all aspects of my life, particularly in callings at church and my future career. I hope to be able to apply the characteristics of all the great leaders we learned about in this week’s lesson to my entrepreneurial career and personal life.

$100 Challenge Update

This week was the first week that I started actively trying to sell my product, and it has been much harder than I had anticipated. I was initially hoping that I would get a lot of repeat customers, and that was going to be how I would get a lot of revenue from selling my product. However, I am not very confident at this point that that will be the case. I am starting to think that the best way to increase my revenue is to try to sell a higher quantity with each sale.  In order to do this, I think I am going to have to introduce different flavors of hot cocoa mix and offer a deal to individuals that purchase more than one bag of mix. I had toyed with this idea before starting to sell my product, and now that I am actively trying to sell my product I think it’s something I am going to have to work on in the coming week.