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Week 13: Reflect on your future social innovation goals and The Gospel.

This week we learned about self-reliance, social entrepreneurship and being a disciple of Christ through several church talks and articles. I always enjoy listening and reading those. Self-reliance is something we will always need to work at so that we can continue being it. It is a behavior that is learned through practice and perseverance, not just by reading about it. We can apply it to our personal finances and our business finances. As we work to implement these principles in our professional and personal lives, we will become better at it, preparing for emergencies and planning for the future. I have seen this in my own life and in our business. Being self-reliant also helps us to feel more capable because we become accustomed to taking care of our own needs rather than expecting a handout.
Week 13 Prompt: Reflect on your future social innovation goals and The Gospel.

For my personal social innovation goals are to support those who are social entrepreneurs. Now that I understand so much more about social innovation, I appreciate those people more. I find that I would like to work within an organization that is working towards solving a problem and bettering the future of others more than I would a for-profit company that is selling a product or service. I am also contemplating ways in which I can bring a bit of social entrepreneurship to our current business. I think that when we are seeking to better the lives of others, we are being true disciples of Christ. If our goals are to be true disciples, then we should be seeking to be closer to the description of a social innovator or entrepreneur in our professional as well as our personal lives. 

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