Business 365 Intro. for Adam A. Abdullah-Taste

The speaker introduces himself as Adam Aqil Abdullah Taist, explaining that this is a name he chose based on his life experiences. He mentions being an entrepreneur, married for 24 years, and having served in the Navy for 18 years. He talks about his passion, drive, and determination, and emphasizes the importance of developing these qualities to understand and embrace creativity in daily life. He shares that creativity is inherent in all humans and can be developed over time. The speaker highlights his involvement in sports and music during his childhood as key influences in building his character and creativity. He notes that creativity is essential not only in starting a business but also in future job prospects. He mentions his high score in the grit test, attributing it to his early development of creative skills. However, he acknowledges a below-average score in the gravity test, which he believes is due to a fear of thinking outside the box. He expresses his expectations to gain My name is Adam Aqil Abdullah Taist. This wasn't my birth name, this was a name that I created for myself, for my life experiences. Adam means dark, Aqil means intelligent, Abdullah means slave, of, and Taist is my father's last name. I am an entrepreneur. I've been married for 24 years and have four children. I served our country for 18 years in the United States Navy. I first enrolled at the University of Arizona Global Campus in 2015 when it was formally known as Ashford University. My passion, drive, and determination is why I am still here today. These characteristics are within all of us. This is what we must learn to develop. These characteristics are within all of us. We must learn to develop and bring forth these characteristics in order to fully understand our creativity and to realize how important it is in our daily lives. We as humans have the ability to create or be creative. According to our readings, our articles, and our required readings for this week, the required readings does confirm that creativity is actually a part of us. It's something that we all have, these characteristics that we possess along with our determination and passion is huge. When you're trying to complete something, you have your mindset, you have to have the passion and drive. You must have the I can attitude in order to bring out your true creativity. Creativity starts developing at an early age. It's something that's actually in us but it can be actually developed throughout time. As a young kid, I participated in sports and music in the band, orchestra, and the jazz lab. Also, throughout my childhood, I participated in sports. These are great characteristic building things that actually build your character and was a great part of my character building and definitely helped build my creativity. Being creative is essential throughout our life, not only when we're starting a business, but throughout our daily lives. According to our required readings for this week, creativity is crucial and it's going to be mainly what's being accepted in the future as far as future jobs and what the employers are looking for. They're looking for a person who has the ability to be creative more so than the individual who possesses certain talents. According to my results of the grit test, I scored 80% higher than most people. I think that is a result of my creative skills being developed at an early age. Like I mentioned, the participating in extracurricular activities helped build character and it's definitely been a major factor in my success. On the gravity test, I scored 55.64. This is below the typical score of 62.75. I believe the reason for my below average score is due to my lack in the ability to think outside the box because of the fear of being wrong or the fear of being wrong. Out of this class, I expect to get to achieve a higher level and a better understanding of what it takes to be an entrepreneur and what the requirements are or some of the characteristics that we actually need to be a successful entrepreneur. Thank you for your time. I wish everyone here good luck with the class. Best regards. Have a good one.