Areas to change

My first of (hopefully) many posts. If nothing else, I'm quite proud of the name. Just a small "pat on me back".  This week's entry won't have much substantive information regarding the course material, but it will have some thoughts regarding my current job situation and how this class will apply. 

I have always been inspired by entrepreneurs in many ways. They seem to have so much courage, and exhausting, seemingly endless tank of energy focused on success, ideas upon ideas, and a focus that puts almost every co-worker I've had to shame. 

I enjoy so many aspects of business, but taking business as a whole, I have so little energy to focus on some of the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of business. These, in my mind, are areas such as accounting, rules and regulations, and industry compliance. In light of recent events, including the ever-changing business -environment caused by Covid-19, I feel I should make more efforts in these areas.

My primary reason is I feel that by doing this, at any given moment, were I to take a “Snapshot” of a business, I would have a better understanding overall of the current situation, and better be able to navigate any decisions regarding any changes and/or pivots we should consider. I have been involved in many decisions of this nature and those involved who had invested more time and energy in those areas I find tedious and frustrating had great input and gave some great perspective.

Looking forward, I have a few job opportunities that I will be exploring (in the next 3 months). I’ve considered all the experience and knowledge I’ve gained in my 13 years working for my current employer, I struggle to piece together the lessons I’ve learned and I find myself thinking much more of the challenges I have and the areas where I lack.

In doing so I feel the area where I could most improve is giving more attention to aspects of business, I find tedious that I mention above. As I continue with this course, I hope this theme of my efforts to work on this area will be a running theme and I will learn from my notes here.