Becoming

This last semester of school has been incredibly eye opening for me. I learned many academic lessons as well as life lessons. Surprisingly enough, I believe I had more life lessons learned in my business class than I did academic ones. Reason probably being because a business is mostly created from something you are passionate about in your life. Some of the most influential entrepreneurs of our time do not have a college degree and that's because a business can thrive if you are passionate about what you are trying to accomplish. This is called finding your calling. However, just because you're passionate, doesn't mean you are smart. An education is also imperative and should not be discredited.There is a reason why people make more money when they have a college degree, and it is because their education helped put them on the right path by creating their network of people, warning them of potential risks, and by giving them the knowledge that can ultimately help save them...

Growing up, I was always that shy, independent kid. Even up to the date of my baptism a few years back, I was hesitant to use the Atonement (before my extended knowledge) because I didn't want to bother Jesus Christ with my problems. Now knowing that he has already suffered for my sins, I can more fully rely and not be hesitant about utilizing the atonement. That being said, how often are we hesitant to help someone else or allow them to help us because we're either too prideful or too worried about what they/someone else will think of us? More often than not I'm sure. For example, my grandfather was always so kind and charitable to everyone. Because of this, of course there were times that he struggled, but he knew that he always had people in his life that would be there for him, no matter what. Partially what kept him so good, I assume is his self-responsibility to be the best that he could be for everyone that was already in his life and for the people that he would mee...

     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 apprec...

This last week has had a lot of repetition in it. Over and over again I have been learning about what my "unique talents and abilities" are and how to utilize them to the best of my ability. The first thing that caught my eye was when I was reading Jeffery Thompson's talk titled "What Is Your Calling In Life". He stated that John Calvin argued that God endows each of us with particular talents and gifts, and that it is our calling to discover these gifts and to seek out ways to use them in the service of our fellowmen. This immediately made me think of my patriarchal blessing and so I re-read through that a few times and I saw something that I never understood before. I'll keep that to myself. However, I will share that some of my spiritual gifts I have known about already, but I have just been undermining them because I deemed them of little importance. I teared up when I started to realize how much of a fool I have been. God brings to pass great things t...