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I went through the list of talents listed in the book and tried to apply them to my own life. What am I good at? I am good at talking to anybody and everybody. I love making connections and building relationships with people around my community. Building my own tutoring center will be difficult but I will be able to build relationships with innovators in the field, as well as new students around the city. Having conversations with others is what I am good at, so it will be easy for me to start the right conversations with new students, teachers, and donors.

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"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." -- Buddha

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My favorite part about this tip is when it says to "Allow yourself to be joyful, playful, and carefree." As a business owner I know I am going to be stressed with finances and students. But I needs to remember to have fun with my students and be the best teacher I can be for them. That means being joyful and playful every day around them. Making jokes, being silly, and helping them enjoy learning outside of the stiff classroom that they may be used to. I also will need to focus on respecting myself and being proud of my accomplishments. Graduating college and opening my own business are some of the biggest accomplishments I will ever have.

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi

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Three months from now I will be finally graduating with my degree in Educational Studies. One year from now I would like to be substitute teaching in public schools in Colorado Springs. I will be working towards funding and getting myself a space to open my tutoring center. Working with community mentors and my mentors to find the best neighborhood to open my business. Three years from now I would like to be open and thriving. Helping kids all over the city with school. Five years from now I would like to be looking at multiple locations and potential after school snack and food programs to implement to make sure the impoverished kids in town are not hungry when they don't have access to food like they do at school. I am so passionate about these kids and I want to make sure that they have the programs that they need to succeed.

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“It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path.” Michael Dell

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I have put together my goals for the next five years. I think that they are realistic and manageable for the next steps in my life. The book talks about believing in yourself and taking the initiative. Nobody is going to open a tutoring center for me. I have to believe that I can do it and do it for myself. I have always worked hard and that is a necessary skill when opening your own business. The ability to have a goal and go for it no matter how afraid I am that it wont work.

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“By Failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin

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The book says that, "The more you know and understand about what you want, the better able you will be to take the steps that are needed to get there" (D'Souza). I have planned when I want to have my tutoring center open, but I need to focus on what neighborhood it would be best to open it, where to start thinking about funding, what kind of space I want to build, and how to hire the staff in order to have the right environment. Planning all of these details and so much more will keep me in track to having what I need to succeed.

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'The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude' -Oprah Winfrey

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Right now I work for an insurance agency in my town. It is an amazing job with great pay and benefits. But I have decided that I want more. I want to use my degree and use my passion for kids in a way that helps them. Making the change to open my own tutoring center, leave the job that I have been doing for years, and jump into a new career. It is scary but so worth it. I want to follow my own path and have my own business so that I can do what I think that I need to do in order to help kids every day.

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" Loss is felt more deeply than gains of the same value" (D'Souza, p. 1771). 

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"The bigger the perceived loss, the more we can stay motivated to staunch the loss" (D'Souza, p. 1771). I think the biggest loss I could think of would be losing my business after I have taken the time to start it. That will keep me motivated to do everything I can to make sure it is a success. What do I need to do to make sure that a tutoring center has kids in its doors and teachers there to help them?

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"A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you." — Bob Proctor

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I have always wanted to open my very own tutoring center in Colorado Springs. There are so many kids who need extra support that just isn't available in a traditional classroom. Unfortunately there are very few non profit tutoring center available and it can make it hard for kids to get the help they need when they cannot afford it. My hope is that when I graduate in May, I can find someone who owns a non profit organization and someone who owns a tutoring center, and use both of their expertise into creating my very own non profit tutoring center.

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"The trick is, when you grow up, find work that feels like play." - Nathan Fillion

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Finding an ally and enjoying the process of opening a tutoring center will have to be the top of my priority list. It will be so easy to be overwhelmed with the stress of opening a business and finding funding. I will need to take the time and remember how much I enjoy being around kids and helping them succeed when they have nobody else in their corner.

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D'Souza.G. (2011). EQ from the inside out: Breakthrough tools and ideas for living a fulfilling life. Freedom, CA: Six Seconds. ISBN: 9781935667117