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I learned a lot from this class financial wise. It was a big helper for me personally, because before Full Sail when I was attending business class, I was so clueless on the financials section. I even used the sba business plan template to create mine. Some other things I learned is that you should select realistic goals when dealing with numbers because it will show investors that you are serious and could increase the chance of a business loan approval. For instance: when I have all my personal capital together for licensing, I feel myself being more than confident on marching in for a business loan and in a suit with my notes in hand. The capital part was always a big confusion to me and google could tell some of everything, but not all of everything. I am grateful for this course because I could use the videos and notes in the future to help me out as a refresher just in case, I need to retain these certain terms and methods again. When I was going over the presentations I was thinking that we had to write out the real formulas, but professor always gave us a simpler way to do it where didn’t do to much but enough at the same time. When I share some of this with my friends from other schools, they find themselves engulfed in so much envy because they must do the whole formulas from start to finish. Last but least I enjoyed the pro forma template as I do plan to use that in the future with my own business plan. If he didn’t tell us to be realistic I probably would’ve said I was gonna make a million dollars my first month like I’m this famous person when it reality I might not even see a quarter of that.

Throughout this course I have learned what it takes to complete a real project. Reflecting to the mastery course I was thinking of the different greene laws and the enriching text from Maxwell. One thing I distinctly remember and that I will never forget is that leadership is not something automatic. It is a skill must be watered, neutered, and learned. I used that for my Project Management course by adopting certain styles with being a Project Manager. For instance: In the Risk Management plan I took a halfway strict approach as well as a compromising approach. The greatest job I have ever worked in was ran like a family so with adopting that idea I had to make some adjustments. Half of my Risk Management plan was a non-bullying policy that prohibited certain aspects from: Downtalking to Belittling. One of greenes laws were that you have to exercise the right of patience when it comes to making certain moves, while a chapter from Maxwell that I recall is that as a leader you can’t be a friend all the time. Which that would be a luxury if all my rules were followed, but you never know if people are used to a chaotic workspace or not. This course has showed me what it looks like to be in the room with the executives and involved in planning and decisions. For instance: I can take these qualifications and maybe freelance in project management to startup businesses or even just new projects that certain companies are working on. In simpler terms I could be like a contractor. I am grateful for this course as well because it has taught me how to allocate certain funds towards certain things and a more strategic way to display my business ideas. So much for my old business plan..

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Leadership Journal Entry Post

When I first came across these two books I felt like a dream was put into two books. When I first took a look at the Maxwell book I was blown away by the way leadership was broken down. I’ve always heard of the green book an executive told me if I want to take business seriously I should find that book. My first role in leading was a camp counselor at my local boys & girls club. As small as that seems I learned a lot from that experience especially that children can be smarter than adults at any time. Compassion and sincerity are two traits I’m more than familiar with from a psychology class I took at a previous school. One thing I remember is that you should always treat people with respect, because that person you bypassed out of judgement could be the one you need someday.

When I first came across these two books I felt like a dream was put into two books. When I first took a look at the Maxwell book I was blown away by the way leadership was broken down. I’ve always heard of the green book an executive told me if I want to take business seriously I should find that book. My first role in leading was a camp counselor at my local boys & girls club. As small as that seems I learned a lot from that experience especially that children can be smarter than adults at any time. Compassion and sincerity are two traits I’m more than familiar with from a psychology class I took at a previous school. One thing I remember is that you should always treat people with respect, because that person you bypassed out of judgement could be the one you need someday.

I would say my leadership style would be based of the Maxwell book. What I studied the most was Chapter 3. I recall when he was talking about meeting the pope and he named leadership diseases. One that strikes is thinking we could be acting like we are immortal, immune, and indispensable. (Maxwell Chp.3,1993) Whenever I was given a role in a leader box or close to it I felt this overwhelming ego like I could not be touched and right then I had to reevaluate myself. Even at home with my wife and my kids I asked myself is that how I really feel? One thing that always intrigued me was trust, but it was quite contrary. I was looking for people I could trust instead I should have been seeking new ways that I could be trusted. My mother used always tell me follow the path that’s most associated with righteousness you never know who’s watching. I thank her for that because that kept me out of trouble throughout my life. Whenever I think of a leader I look to my mother and then I look to myself with this wonder how can I be different from my boss or supervisor in a way that’s doesn’t make my employees want to quit? Then I realized it…respect. I think if employees were looked as partners instead of just simple workers maybe trust could bloom and productivity would increase. Every job I’ve worked at would emphasize the effectiveness of replacements if we didn’t get it right and I found that be very weakening to a company. Then I went to the doctors office for a checkup and I saw partnership and real friendship where it was a positive atmosphere then I realized it was because the doctor looked at the nurse or people without his credential as partners nothing less. So when I say respect could be a cure it’s like they say in elementary school treat people how would like to be treated…

References

Maxwell, J. C. (2019). Developing the Leader Within You 2.0. HarperCollins Leadership.

I choose Attitude as my Leadership from the Maxwell book. In this entry I will began a brief paragraph about how this style relates to my industry.

I choose the music industry for my craft just off my love for the art, not just the possible monetary gain. When I was growing up the one thing that affected my attitude was music. Back in the day when MP3 players were still out it was common for a person to steal it where I’m from. Not just because a person is randomly targeted, but the effect that music had on attitude plus most of my peers didn’t come from stable homes. So with the crime rate so high in my city(Anniston, AL) the only thing that could provide influence was music which most people looked to for guidance. There were so many bad instructions contained in music that had a destination of prison or death it was hard not let that affect my attitude. As hard as life is for a kid with not much to look up to it was very challenging not to be wrongly influenced. 

I was thinking about what the Maxwell Book said about the whatever it takes attitude. I began thinking how often this is attempted and used and how crucial it is now in life. If I keep that attitude with school and work it won’t be much to stop me. With that newly contained notion I could put money into music and keep a healthy attentive to school for guidance that a lot of people don’t have. Take for instance the title of point 1 chapter 7 in the Maxwell Book. If I didn’t have that I would have never brought myself to Full Sail. I’ve never even heard of it until one day I’m at Alabama A&M University on a band scholarship. I couldn’t balance band and school so, but because of my grades I was still able to maintain that Academic part of my scholarship. I had a internship at this local radio station learning the mixing board, my advantage was people skills which a lot of my colleagues didn’t have. I knew common hospitality and common problem solving so I was able to bring a lot of business. My manager once said to me if I can’t do all this what makes you think you can to which I didn’t say a word and kept working but he fired me. So I remember thinking to myself what I am to do, my school really can’t help me maybe I should just go back home and beg somebody with a studio to teach me until a music school search brought me to Full Sail University. I thought this school was a scam, but to my surprise that same helplessness I once felt would soon be over..

References:

Maxwell, J. C. (2019). Developing the Leader Within You 2.0. HarperCollins Leadership.

I was sitting home sick from college one day, and I knew that sitting stationary at home could not continue to be a reality for me. My father said he had an opportunity for me that I could start a new life with him in Dallas, Texas. It kind of shook me, because I’m from the small state of Alabama. My mother & my father separated when I was a baby, and never got along since. So I had the thought in my head of disappointing my mother, but my father said what about the disappointment you feel inside yourself? I only told my mother & brother that I was leaving none of my friends or any of them. I was aiming to high to be put down.