Perseverance - 20 May 2017
This week's big theme was "Perseverance" hence the title. I really enjoyed the reading that was within this unit because it brought to my mind some of the things that I had been wondering about. Some were in regards to missionary work while the others dealt with serving my friends to the best of my ability.
This last week, I had a job interview at a restaurant named Wingers to be a cook for them. As I was meeting with the General Manager for my interview, we got onto the topic of integrity and entrepreneurship. I told him my aspirations for my future and halfway through the interview, he tells me "Now I hardly ever go out of character, but I read a book called Millionaire Minds and it talks about integrity like you brought up..." Long story short, we got to talking about some of the principles that we've learned throughout our readings. I believe that because of our common ground, I was offered the job tonight.
I truly appreciated President Faust's talk on perseverance. Hearing him list the 8 things that you can learn while on your mission makes me that much more excited to serve mine. Two great quotes that I got from his talk were: "Do not fail to achieve your potential. It's yours." And the other one being by Madame Marie Curie, "If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will cease to work for it as long as I live." These two points address the importance of perseverance. If we are lacking in that, then how will we ever achieve what we are working for? In Jeff Sandefer's "Are Successful Entrepreneurs Born or Made?," he acknowledges at the end of his pamphlet that the question does not even matter, rather what does matter is that "Entrepreneurs become successful, one small investment at a time, in a never-ending process. Because entrepreneurial success isn’t a destination, it’s a journey." I realized from this, that it is all about perseverance and endurance. You must have the endurance to persist and accomplish those goals that you have. Don't let them just be another sentence on a piece of paper. Turn them into action. "If you do not choose the hero's journey, then who will?"
This last week, I had a job interview at a restaurant named Wingers to be a cook for them. As I was meeting with the General Manager for my interview, we got onto the topic of integrity and entrepreneurship. I told him my aspirations for my future and halfway through the interview, he tells me "Now I hardly ever go out of character, but I read a book called Millionaire Minds and it talks about integrity like you brought up..." Long story short, we got to talking about some of the principles that we've learned throughout our readings. I believe that because of our common ground, I was offered the job tonight.
I truly appreciated President Faust's talk on perseverance. Hearing him list the 8 things that you can learn while on your mission makes me that much more excited to serve mine. Two great quotes that I got from his talk were: "Do not fail to achieve your potential. It's yours." And the other one being by Madame Marie Curie, "If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will cease to work for it as long as I live." These two points address the importance of perseverance. If we are lacking in that, then how will we ever achieve what we are working for? In Jeff Sandefer's "Are Successful Entrepreneurs Born or Made?," he acknowledges at the end of his pamphlet that the question does not even matter, rather what does matter is that "Entrepreneurs become successful, one small investment at a time, in a never-ending process. Because entrepreneurial success isn’t a destination, it’s a journey." I realized from this, that it is all about perseverance and endurance. You must have the endurance to persist and accomplish those goals that you have. Don't let them just be another sentence on a piece of paper. Turn them into action. "If you do not choose the hero's journey, then who will?"
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