April 25, 2016, Tuesday, sitting in the library on a cloudy Rexburg afternoon. I've been reflecting on my future career for the past while and what it should be. Right now i'm reading, 'The Ministry of Business', and a certain principle of my future career that I've long struggled with contemplating has just come back to my memory. As a future entrepreneur I must be careful to hire the 'right' people if I am to keep the integrity and cause of my organization moving forward. I'm reminded of this because within the first couple of pages in the book the author, Hyrum W. Smith's, Acknowledges and gives credibility to his mentor's and those around him who encouraged him. I've not even started reading chapter 1, yet already feel great hope and faith in the future as I follow my heart and intuition. First things is first, find mentors.
Persistence and Greatness
This week I found myself giving a training on leadership to the club I help direct here on BYU-Idaho campus. The training was a topic that a friend had shared with me and had just resonated with me. I used the visual below to represent how many organizations work. Each authoritative figure representing each dot and each arrow representing their progress. What then changes when we change the arrows? Following this brief, yet what I felt was a profound principle was an incredibly creative discussion on practical inspirational ways to build our club into something better. I walked out of that meeting feeling happier and more confident in Life Skills Club. According to the author Jim Collins, 'good is the enemy of great.' It is good to laugh and have fun, I love being entertained and having a good laugh, but it is better to do my home teaching and succor a struggling brother/sister given the two options. A very wise man I met with this week spoke to me about what ...
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