1. Am I an entrepreneur? I do think in some ways I am an entrepreneur with the way I think and make choices. I am always looking for a way to generate money in different ways than others would. This could be from thinking of buying a vending machine and placing it on a college campus which would make great money overtime. Some people do not even think about these little things that could make them different from others. Being an entrepreneur is a whole different mindset and motivation that comes from within you to be successful.
2.What is success? Success can be different for many people in many ways. Some feel graduating high school is being successful for making it that far and then some feel they have to make a million dollars a year to be successful. This is a hard topic to describe what it exactly means, but overall, I think that it revolves around you completing a goal you have had for a very long time or accomplishing a dream. This could be a accomplishment of a aim or goal that was set for you personally and once you complete it you feel successful. There isn’t anyone but you that can say if you are successful or not, because money does not declare success.
3.Am I a self-starter? How well do I follow through on my ideas? I do feel like I am a self-starter in many of ways. For an example I use to weigh around the weight of 240 pounds and I finally got tired of it and took a different mindset on. I now am 175 which is a drastic change and that took me being a self-starter to being able to do that. But without any examples overall my mindset is all about being successful and doing what it takes to get there no matter what. I follow through on my ideas sometimes but not all the time. Some ideas I don’t because I don’t think it would work or have time to do it which isn’t good.
4.How does ODU view entrepreneurship? ODU views entrepreneurship in a very positive way within saying that anyone can be one. Which I do agree anyone can do it and be successful it’s just the point of being a self-starter as the question above asked. ODU Monarchs are very entrepreneur and research who will invent there on way to be successful and launch even new businesses. We all here are supposed to think outside of the box which just means differently from other universities so that we can be the most successful and self-starter there is to be.
5. What is my role in this ecosystem? Humans in general play a huge role in ecosystems because it kind of is up to us about what is going to happen in the world. I think my role is just to be successful with everything that I have been working hard to get at and to be able to provide for a family one day. I do want the world to be healthier one day and do look out for the ecosystem. If this question was being asked scientifically, I would be a producer which makes their own food and energy which to me stands for being self-motivated in the world. Overall, I liked this journal entry a lot, helping you think about different ideas and outside of the box.