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Week 14: 4/5-4/8

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  Week 14: 4/5-4/8   Finishers Wanted: First Presidency Message Thomas S. Monson Tells of a sign in a furniture window that stated “Finishers Wanted” The sign got Pres. Monson thinking about being a “finisher” True Marks of a finisher are such: 1.       The Mark of Vision 2.       The Mark of Effort 3.       The Mark of Faith 4.       The Mark of Virtue 5.       The Mark of Courage To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow, To run where the brave dare not go. To right the unrightable wrong, To love, pure and chaste from afar, To try, when your arms are too weary, To reach the unreachable star! 6.       The Mark of Prayer   Recognizing and Shaping Opportunities 2.3-2.4 Strategy and Structure  by Alfred Chandler is a great book on defining the economic models which industri...
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Week 13: 3/29 - 4/4

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Week 13:  March 29 – April 4   An Attitude of Gratitude  Thomas S. Monson (my favorite) Tells story of ten lepers and 1 was grateful Popular refrain from the 1940s Accentuate the positive; Eliminate the negative. Latch on to the affirmative; Don’t mess with Mr. In-between.   Gratitude List: 1.         Mothers 2.         Fathers 3.         Teachers 4.         Friends 5.         Country 6.         Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ   Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Activity...for You I’m a sucker for a good worksheet:  Walden: Henry Thoreau Quote “I learned this . . . that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet a success unexpected in the common ho...
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Week 12: March 23-29

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 Week 12: March 23 – 29     A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey: Chapter 9 – Coming Home You have finished your quest and made it home safely… now what? Be grateful. “Do you have regrets? Have you compromised in ways you should not have? In what ways did you make yourself proud? Is your success that sort that endures? What would you like to do next? You are a striver, an achiever. You will soon set forth again.”   Are We Not All Beggars? ·          “Apparently the Creator of heaven and earth “and all things that in them are” was , at least in His adult life, homeless.” ·          The Lord commanded us: “look to the poor and… needy, and administer to their relief that they shall not suffer.” Note the “They shall not suffer.” Imagine the Lord using that phrase in his stern Dad voice. ·          What can one man or woman do? “She ha...
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Week 11: March 16-22

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  Week 11: March 16 -22   A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey: Chapter 7: REST Going on an adventure is great, but not if you pass out from exhaustion. We tend to say with pride when we start something that we “burning the candle at both ends.” We intend it to mean that we are working very hard, but perhaps we should look at it as a warning. We will burn out and then have nothing left. Scheduled rest is a good thing and makes you more productive in the long run. “Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgement will be surer.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci Many ideas have come to people in their sleep, in the shower, in the tub, and in the moments or relaxation. Don’t rob yourself of the opportunity because you think you can’t stop.   Formula for Success: First Presidency Message March 1996 Parable of the wise and foolish virgins and their lamps. Parable of the fig tree. We are the chosen generation and we...
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