Bicol University Tabaco

Education Department

GEC-20
ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND

Aleah A. Balaoro

BSED Scienc
Session 2
Exercise: Daily Routine

Time Activities
5:30 Am Waking up
5:30 – 6: 30 Am Breakfast
6:30 – 7:00 Am Getting ready
7:30- 12:00 Pm Subject wise period
12:00- 12:30 Pm Lunch
12:30- 12: 50 Pm Rest
12:50- 4:00 Pm Subject wise
4:00-4:30 Pm Going Home
4:30- 5: 30 Pm Snack and browsing social media accounts
5:30-7:00 Pm Study and homework
7:00- 8:00 Pm Dinner and washing dishes
8:00-9:30 Pm Relax and Leisure
9:30-10:00 Pm Browsing my notes and email
10:00 Pm Sleep

Part II
1. Look at your daily routine. What was not good? Where you have been passive and
reactive? Where have you not acted in a self-starting way?
 In my daily routine, I spent a long hour of using my phone and doing stuff that is not
related to my studies such as reading, reviewing and the like. I become passive after I
finished my schoolwork’s that’s the time that I will browse my social media accounts. I
am also reactive in such a way that I still do my homework and rewrite my notes.
2. Write down alternative good and self-starting behavior you could have shown.
 In my daily routine, I can insert exercise and meditation
 Study my lessons and advance reading
Exercise: Case studies self-starting vs. reactive behavior
This exercise consists of two case studies of Ethiopian businesswomen. The businesswoman in
case 1 acts self-starting whereas the businesswoman in case 2 shows reactive behavior.
Case 1

Self-starting behavior Consequences

1. Start an action yourself – Eden is a
self-starting person because instead
of being an employee in a big
furniture company, she chose to start
her own business.
2. Advertising- Eden use different ways
on how to promote her product. She
introduces her product to the
customer by distributing fliers with
special promo and offers.
3. Be Different- She tried new designs of
furniture that she had seen in Europe.
4. Change- after she was rejected by her
neighbor, she still looks for other
opportunities. Self-starters know how
to move from past difficulties and find
alternative solutions to accomplish
objectives. Eden is also capable of
adapting changes and revising their
personal process to improve efficacy.
5. New- Since her ideas come from Her product has a unique design that make
other country, her product is different her business bigger, better and more special
from other competitors.
She starts to build her own business without
asking permission to other people. She
doesn’t have long hours of work and she can
decide what business ideas or strategies she
wants to make in her business.
By using new ways of advertising, it will help
your business to reach out to potential
customer and encourage them to buy you
product or services.
Instead of offering the same designs of
furniture, Eden chose to be different and
incorporate the designs from Europe. The
customer will be convinced to buy the
furniture since it is unique.
Rejection helps Eden to find new ideas and
opportunities. She also learns how to change
the circumstances instead of blaming the
circumstances.
from the rest.
Case 2
Reactive behavior
1. She doesn’t have any self-initiative,
since she did not engage in any
workshop and training to enhance or
improve her skills in furniture
business and extend her business
knowledge.
2. Her ideas are only thoughts and
dreams- she thinks that gaining access
to her customer would be necessary
but until now she has not tried
anything new.
3. Just stick with the old designs, making
her product less appealing and does
not go with the trends.
4. The location of her business is in an
absurd of the city. She doesn’t find
ways to change or improve the
location in order to get more
customer and opportunities.
5. Had no advertising technique that
would made her product popular and
well known to the customer. She
doesn’t even have vehicle to deliver
her product to the customer.
Consequences
Since she doesn’t have enough knowledge
and skills, she will encounter difficulties in
implementing good planning and unique
designs.
The cost of not acting in your business can
have many negative consequences. Her
business will not grow and will experience
more problems and difficulties.
The customer will not be convinced to buy
her products as it does not go with the trends
and new designs.
Customer will not visit her workshop. Bad
location hurts your ability to attract attention
and hinder your ability to compete. Because
of the area, she may not have a high level of
demand.
Without advertising strategies, her product
will not be known to the customer and to the
market and the result is that few customer
engagements and few order.