14A – Halfway Reflection

1) Tenaciousness is a competency. What are the behaviors that you have used (or developed) to keep up with the requirements of this course? 

The behaviors that I have used to keep up with the requirements for this course were being able to identify the wants and needs of individuals in my age group and other demographics. People share different opinions on what they deem as necessary for their life and thus trade in commodities that are appropriate towards their lifestyle. One behavior I developed while keeping up with this course was being able to listen to others about their thoughts. People have great advice towards items they would buy over others for specific reasons. If you are going to be a great entrepreneur you must be able to understand psychology.

2) Tenaciousness is also about attitude. Talk about a moment or two when you felt like "giving up." What pulled you through? Do you feel like you've developed a tenacious attitude during the past two months? What experience or experiences most contributed to this?

I truly can say I developed a tenacious attitude towards this class in the past two months due to my endeavor to learn about entrepreneurship. The experiences that support my ideology would be the interviews with others on the products that I had proposed and they were both constructive and negative, but the most important thing about anything you try is persevering and not being against trying something new.  

3) Three tips. What are three tips you would offer next semester's student about (1) fostering the skills that support tenacity and (2) developing the 'tenacious mindset' ?

1- Be committed to being able to change or impact a person's life based on your product you design for them.

2-Do not be afraid to change your product completely, there were over 2000 ideas for the lightbulb and only one worked.

3- Get out of your comfort zone and ask people you don't know about the way they feel about certain products.