Week 6 reflection
Week 06 reflection
What I learned
I really enjoyed this week's readings and videos. I felt like it was a great realignment back with Heavenly Fathers plan, and the iron rod.
Starting with the talk by President N. Eldon Tanner “Success Is Gauged by Self Mastery”
In the talk he proceeds to states “If you want to be successful or outstanding in any field of endeavor, it is important that you determine while young to be a great boy, and not wait to be a man to be a great man; and then have the courage and strength and determination to discipline yourself, apply self-control and self-mastery.”
I love this quote. It’s important to start early and decide now your morals and values and stick to them. This quote also reminded me of a code of conduct exercise that we did which had us write what we aren’t and are going to do.
Another good thing we read was about learning your industry, such as competitors, friends in the same industry, and making money.
It goes over the importance of meeting GOOD people and making those connections. It also goes beyond avoiding the BAD people. Which is super true. It’s important to avoid those who don’t have good intentions towards you, your business or the industry. After learning the hard way about this, the message is crystal clear. It will waste your time, energy, efforts and may cost you financially.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this week's reading content. We need to stay on the path, decide what we stand for and why early on, and stay away from people who are gonna tear that down.
To leave with a quote here’s two that was talked in “success is gauged by self mastery”
Plato said: “The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
And da Vinci once said: “You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.” Then he goes on to say that “the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. … And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
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