What a week!

Do you ever have a week where you feel like you did nothing, but you know you worked your tail-end off?  Well, that was how I felt this week.  For the $100 challenge I was able to produce a final product that I thought was worthy of posting pictures of.  When I was thinking about creating a listing without a quality photo of the product, I knew I would be sunk.  I created ten products.  I found out that glossing the paper before folding is much more time consuming and creates a sub-par product.  Now I gloss the paper before folding the origami crane.  I still feel unsuccessful in regards to sales, but feel like my planning will pay off.  I was able to get a listing posted on Etsy and setup a Paypal account.

The lesson material this week was management and leadership.  It’s the kind of material I wish I had read before my first real job.  There was so much to learn this week, but here is a brief highlight of a couple of the readings:

• Kim B. Clark-Leadership with a Small “L” helped me understand the value of leading by example, leading with vision and leading with love.  Being a leader should not be an opportunity to boast about how great you are. On the contrary, effective leaders often find ways to blend in and lead through service. This was
• Spencer W. Kimball-Jesus: The Perfect Leader was an excellent reminder that Christ gave us the perfect example of how to lead through love.  Through reading this and the discussion board this week, I realized how important humility is.

Bottom line from this week: I was reminded of how important service is in a leadership role.  Service in church callings, in the workplace and in the home will have an impact on the degree of leading that can be accomplished.  The best measurement of a leader is not in that individual, but in the people that follow.