Hi, my name is Shad Watson. I am originally from Brigham City, Utah, but now currently live in St. George, Utah. This blog is about my entrepreneur journey. In other words it is about my ideas, my progress, my ups, my downs, and everything in-between. The road to becoming a successful entrepreneur is different for each individual and that is why I would like to share mine with you. Beginning the path of entrepreneurship in itself is very difficult. At least it was for me. I grew up in a great family surrounded by fantastic individuals who have blessed and guided my life in the right direction. I was taught, like almost everyone else, that I needed to get good grades throughout high school, serve a mission, go to college, get married and have a family. That is easier said than done that’s for sure. When I got home from my mission in Hungary, Budapest, I had the amazing opportunity of playing college basketball in Hawaii where I learned several life lessons. I had an even cooler experience of doing all that with my new wife! After returning from Hawaii, I still wasn’t finished with school. I was struggling to decide what I truly wanted to go into. My father is in the IT world so I decided to follow in his footsteps through the first year of college. After I got a good dose of what it was like to be in that world, It did not “click” with me. I didn’t really enjoy the actual work. Since the first year of college at BYU-Hawaii I have attended Weber State University for a semester and a half where I dropped out that semester because I hated what I was studying and I was making the most money in my life through sales. So my motivation for school went down the drain. After taking a semester off, I decided that I would give computer science a try again through BYU-Idaho online on my own time without having to attend scheduled classes throughout the day. Well, I finished one semester and then I dropped out half way through the second semester at BYU-I. Yes, you might be asking, “This is costing him a lot of money…”, Yes it was. I just finally decided that I hated computer science and software engineering and that I had to find something else to go into. Fast forward to the present day, I am still trying to find that “Something else to go into.” I am still a successful sales manager at Stephen Wade Chevrolet in St. George making good money… But I finally decided to return to school, just to get that piece of paper that typically does no one any good unless you are doctor or engineer. I felt the importance of at least finding connections, gaining knowledge of business and finance would help me in my future. This week we watched a video called “Do what you love”. It was inspiring the way Guy talked about finding and doing what you love. To be honest, I am still struggling to find that. I feel like I am in love with making money, and not necessarily in the act of what I am doing. I feel like this is faulty, but I am still struggling to find the solution to this problem. I have pressures to finish school, mostly from family and close friends. But, I sometimes struggle to realize the value in it if I have no idea what it is that I want to do. I do know that I want to run my own life and own my own business that is for sure. So as a young entrepreneur, I am currently feeling a bit lost and confused right now. I read books upon books, listen to motivational speakers, and I am very interested in real estate investing/creating passive income. Like I said, I think I am more in love with making money and using that money to buy experiences for me and my loved ones than I am for a particular set of work. Is this right or wrong? I am not sure.

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