Mastery Journal - Assignment: Week 4 Class: Mastery - Personal Development and Leadership

1. My Journey to Mastery
Mastery Journal Goals

2. May: Mastery: Personal Development and Leadership
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was
provided for.
• Start studying for the LSAT: By signing up for benchpre.com and practicing for the LSAT until December.
• Complete list of goals: By writing them out and listing ways of how to complete the goal.

3. June: Executive Leadership
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was
provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting the business.
• Start the process of having fun: By finally planning free time and traveling with family and friends. My
birthday is this month.

4. July: Project and Team Management
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting the business.
• Start having team meetings: By planning them with the employees that I currently have and practicing what I have
learned in this month’s course.

5. August: Business Storytelling & Brand Development
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting the business.
• Start improving the brand of my customer service company: By applying what I learn during this course to the
business.

6. September: Entertainment Business Finance
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting for the business.
• Purchase QuickBooks and TurboTax: In order to apply what I learn during the course to everyday expenses and
business expenses as well.

7. October: Negotiation and Deal-Making
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was
provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting for the business.
• Improve my debating, negotiation, and deal-making skills: By practicing with family, students, and friends.

8. November: Product and Artist Management
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting for the business.
• Focus on the sales, productions, and hair extension products: By requesting deeper discounts from the distributor
that I am partnered with and improving the website.

9. December: Advanced Entertainment Law
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course
was provided for.
• Take the LSAT course: By signing up and getting a voucher so I don’t have to pay for it.
• Pass the LSAT course: By studying throughout all the previous months.

10. January: Entertainment Media Publishing and Distribution
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course
was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting for the business.
• Improve credit score: By paying bills early and paying early payments towards my student loans.

11. February: Digital Marketing
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting for the business.
• Start my online marketing campaign: By taking what I’ve learned from this course and applying the skills to my
tasks.

12. March: Business Plan Development
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Gain at least 50 employees: By marketing and recruiting for the business.
• Complete taxes: The last day to submit your taxes is April 15th. I want to complete my taxes a month in advance
and apply the business finance skills from September into the completion of my taxes.

13. April: Final Project: Business Plan
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• Complete and pass the course: By focusing on the assignment and truly learning what the course was provided for.
• Have gained at least 500 employees: Through the marketing through prior months. This will secure me,
economically, and would give me a gross earnings of over $10,000 a month.
• Enroll in law school: By filling out applications getting three letters of recommendation, and passing the LSAT.

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