Who are we meant to be? - Week Ten

This question came to me a couple different times while reading and watching this weeks material. I would be very interested in reading the book about your emotional fingerprint. It is always interesting to me to truly look at myself and find what drives me, motivates me, discourages me and so on. There is always time to want to improve ourselves and taking that time is important. We need to try new and different things to help us realize who we are meant to be and how we can become better. 

I enjoyed the talk by Dallin H. Oaks. There was so much in there that made me think. 

"It is not even enough for us to be convinced of the gospel; we must act and think so that we are converted by it. In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become something."

This to me is an ever going quest. We are always need to be converted in one way or another, I believe. And if we do as he has said, "become something" we can be able to always be looking for who we are meant to be. 

Who do you want to be? - Week Nine

After reading and watching the video this week the question that comes to mind is, "Who do you want to be?". There were many different suggestions and ideas of why people are great, how to make people great and how this will effect the world.

Guy Kawasaki talks about being someone to trust. That seems so simple and basic but when I really think about it, it really is a rare and special thing that happens. We live in a world where people I think live a lot in the gray area. We become jaded in what being honest and trustworthy means, we justify and reason with ourselves to the point where we loose sight of the truth sometimes. In every aspect of our lives we must learn to always be honest in our dealings not matter what.

Carly Fiorina makes many great points and one that stuck out to me was about asking questions and then listening to the answer. That criticism is an opportunity. How great would the world and our own personal lives be if we looked at life more like that, asked the right questions and listened to the answer. Then take it one more step and not become offered and make the situation better. Learn from what you are being told and do better.

All that is possible - Week Eight

This weeks reading and videos were refreshing in sometimes I lack self confidence. There is no way I can accomplish great and marvelous things because I am just me. The answer from Marilyn Funt when asked is she "was anybody",

"I used to think being somebody meant public recognition of one’s efforts. Wrong. I now know that the feeling of being somebody comes from hard work and self-growth. Being in control of my life makes me answer that question with a strong “Yes!” 

We are all capable of amazing things in our own regard. If comes from self control, self worth and like she said hard work and self growth. The feeling of accomplishment and personal fulfillment is how we can become more and truly help those around us. We must have this confidence and understanding our ourselves so that we may be able to help serve those around us. 

The little video clip that we listened to by Taylor Richard is another reminder of how we can become the best we can be is to have faith in the Lord and the help that he may provide us. The doors that the Lord can and will open for us when we are doing as we are asked will help us in our effort. There is no limit to what we can become and with the Lords help it truly is amazing. 

Mastery - Week 7

During this past three weeks of reading Mastery there were many great things in that book. I really enjoyed a couple things in specific. First I loved the description of the dabbler, the obsessive and the hacker. I could see some of these things in myself and was able to see these in people that are close around me. It was fun to think of that process and realize how they effect me and the process in which I do things and lose interest. It truly made a lot of sense when I think of hobbies, schooling and other things I have done if my life and not been successful at. The plateaus are where I need to learn to make myself better and always take advantage of them.

There was another section of the book when he is talking about homeostasis. The points that he talked about to hold us back were investing and it was also interesting how others are effected by homoeostasis when it comes to changes we make. The story he shared of the alcoholic father and the family was very investing to read. For the family to have to have the chaos in their home every 6-8 weeks because they were so use to it was a great example of my family growing up. I can see how my mother has created this pattern in her life and how this situation played out while I was home and after I was married. I have had to make a effort not to allow myself to fall into the same pattern. This really put it all into perspective for me.