{"id":1448,"date":"2012-10-04T23:14:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T05:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2012-10-25T11:04:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T17:04:23","slug":"that-big-force-of-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/that-big-force-of-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"THAT BIG FORCE OF ENERGY"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week is Entrepreneurship week at BYU.\u00a0 They have huge events for entrepreneurs and investors going on this week, with networking, business plan competitions, and speakers.\u00a0 I was asked to speak on one of the panels today that was focused on Going to Market Strategies.\u00a0 It was a fun session and we talked about the importance of creating technologies or products that can actually be sold, not things that just sound cool to build.\u00a0 We discussed different approaches to selling from the different viewpoints of the panelists.\u00a0 The students in the session were awesome and it was cool to see how many of them have great business ideas they are putting together at such a young age.\u00a0 One of the more unique ideas was a young man who developed a belt buckle that has belt faces that can Velcro on and off so you can swap out the buckle faces to mix it up.\u00a0 He even had a cool backing that allowed your iphone to be mounted as your belt buckle, which I could see being very popular amongst high school kids who are trying to sneak their cellphones into the classroom by disguising them as a belt buckle \ud83d\ude42 ).\u00a0 There is something really magical about the energy of entrepreneurs.\u00a0 It creates a momentum that just builds and builds and there is such an amazing spirit of optimism and drive that it is impossible to be around them without getting fired up and excited yourself.\u00a0 They are like a big force of energy and I LOVE being around it.<\/p>\n

Then this evening we went to the BYU Founders dinner to hear Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell, speak to us.\u00a0 He gave a great talk about the stats on happy people.\u00a0 It was really fascinating to hear the studies they have done on people to trend line the groups that have the happiest ratio of happy people.\u00a0 To narrow it down to the results for you, it came down that people with faith in God were the happiest (no surprise to me there and I couldn\u2019t agree more as faith in God gives hope\u2026), people with families were the happiest, and entrepreneurs were among the very happiest\u2026my personal feeling is that this is the result of entrepreneurs having a belief that anything is possible, they have a natural optimism that anything is possible and they tend to believe they are lucky people so they are always looking for good things to happen to them.\u00a0 Again, that is just my thoughts on why they showed statistically happier in life.\u00a0 It was a really interesting talk and I would love to get copies of all the stats he shared so I could post them for you \u2013 I will work on getting that.<\/p>\n

After Kevin finished speaking, I was surprised when they announced that I had been chosen as the 2012 Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award.\u00a0 Kevin Rollins himself graciously presented me with the award.\u00a0 \u00a0I had no idea that they were planning to present me with this award and I was completely humbled and honored by it.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Thank you to BYU for this amazing recognition.\u00a0 \u00a0I was really happy to have my husband and darling daughter Ashley with me at the dinner.\u00a0 My daughter insisted on having our picture taken with my trophy so she could immediately instagram it to facebook.\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing how quickly teenagers spread the word! (see picture below)<\/p>\n

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All in all it was a really nice day.\u00a0 Tomorrow morning its back down to BYU for the Founders Board Meeting and an afternoon of business plan competitions.\u00a0 I am really looking forward to a FABULOUS FRIDAY and I wish all the happiness and joy to each of you this weekend \u2013 my challenge to you for the weekend is this \u2013 do something new and exciting \u2013 do something you have thought about wanting to do for a long time, but just haven\u2019t gotten around to doing \u2013 become part of THAT BIG FORCE OF ENERGY and excitement that makes this world a happier place!<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n

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