"Who Owns the Icehouse: Eight Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur" Book report

Lesson 1 - The Power to Choose: Life is not a lottery. The ability to choose the way we respond to our circumstances is fundamental to an entrepreneurial mindset.

Lesson 2 - Recognizing Opportunities: Problems are often opportunities in disguise. Entrepreneurs are problem solvers and the secret to their success lies in their ability to identify problems and find solutions.

Lesson 3 - Ideas Into Action: Think big. Start small. Act fast. Entrepreneurs are action oriented and they tend to focus their time and energy on things they can change rather than things they cannot.

Lesson 4 - Pursuit of Knowledge: Our effort can only take us as far as our understanding. Entrepreneurs are self-directed, life-long learners who understand the power of knowledge combined with effort.

Lesson 5 - Creating Wealth: Spending or investing? For most, it’s not the lack of money that prevents us from prospering. Participants learn fundamental concepts of financial literacy from an entrepreneurial perspective

Lesson 6 - Building Your Brand: Actions speak louder than words. Entrepreneurs are problem solvers and reliability is the key to their success.

Lesson 7 - Creating Community: Entrepreneurs understand the power of positive influence and they learn to surround themselves with others who have been where they intend to go.

Lesson 8 - The Power of Persistence: Entrepreneurship is not “get rich quick” and expecting it to be easy is a mistake. The “secret” behind every entrepreneur’s success is hard work, perseverance and determination. Please read the book in it's entirety and provide a written report.  The report is to consist of ten (10) paragraphs, an introduction paragraph, one paragraph on each of the lessons, and a closing paragraph.  Each paragraph in the body of the report is to summarize the lesson you learned from the book and discuss how you could incorporate the lesson either into you life and/or into the business.