Week 9: March 2-8
Week
9: March 2 – 8
A
Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey
1) Chapter 1: The
First Step
a) “Commit
yourself, body and soul, to finding and following your heroic path.”
b) As Bilbo
Baggins would say, “I’m going on an adventure!”
c) Make a list of
“Can’ts” and then throw them away, burn them, or somehow destroy them
2) Chapter 2: Who
Am I, and Who Do I want to Become?
a) Heed the
admonition inscribed over the entrance to the Oracle of Delphi in ancient
Greece: “Know Thyself.”
b) “Assess your personality,
your natural talents and earned skills, your interest and beliefs, your
strengths and weaknesses. Be open to the observations and reflections of others
in a nondefensive way.”
c) The Golden
Touch story – with a moral of keeping your priorities straight
d) The parable of
the Talents: don’t hide your talent even if it feels small and it scares you to
use it
3) Chapter 3: The
Importance of Setting Guardrails
a) Don’t bargain
your soul of the “good of mankind” for it will be of no worth
b) What are your
hard lines in the sand? Should you draw new ones?
c) Sometimes a
little caution can prevent great disasters.
d) Don’t let go
of your integrity even a little – Poem: When the Nazis Came
A
Disciple Preparation Center (DPC)
1) Temples,
BYU-I, any place with criteria
2) Think MTC but
for all those becoming disciples of Christ
3) Criteria for
DPC
a) Rather
isolated geographically and few in number
b) Residents reside
and study for short periods of time
c) Nature of the
instruction is focused and intense
d) Distinctive
requirements for demeanor and dress
4) Three primary
lessons from DPC:
a) A disciple’s
faith is focused upon the Son of God
b) A disciple recognizes
that faith in the Savior is a spiritual gift and appropriately seeks for that
gift in his or her life.
c) A disciple’s
faith in the Savior and spiritual preparation dispel fear.
Leadership
with a Small “L”
·
Lead
as Christ did, with a small “L”
·
The
kind of leadership that builds and lifts and inspires through kindness and love
and unselfish devotion to the Lord and His work
·
Lead
by example, Lead with Vision, Lead with Love
Good
to Great: Video form
A
good company can go to a great company using these steps…
1. Level 5
Leadership: Disciplined People
2. First “Who”
Then “What”
a. Who is on the
bus and then have them work on the most important concepts
3. Confront the True
Facts
a. Openly face
the competitive realities of the markets without losing faith that they can and
will prevail.
4. Hedgehog Concept: One thing and stick to it: See picture
5. Culture of
Discipline: Train and expect greatness
6. Technology
Accelerator:
a. Don’t jump on
the new technology bus immediately, but act like hedgehogs who work with new
technology only if it helps their performance in an area they are passionate
about, perform to world-class standards, and makes money.
Aspects
of Building Trust:
Think Hiccup trusting Toothless
Essentially
– you have to trust first and then they will trust you.
Hiring
Ethical People:
Hire
nice people who will make your company great – not smart mean people
Leadership
and Capability:
·
Leadership
is about three things: Capability, collaboration, and character
·
The
most important capability you can have is the capability to ask a question and
hear the answer.
·
There
are older people who are vibrant and some people who are not. “a big part of
that difference is, the people who keep learning, who keep trying new things,
are vibrant. And the people who stop learning, and stop trying new things, are
old before their time.”
·
Charles
Darwin said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the
most intelligent, but those most adaptive to change.”
Achieving
Higher Ground:
“Definition
of a true leader is a person who takes others to higher ground.”
Examples:
Captain
Moroni and the Title of Liberty
Abinidi,
King Noah, and Alma
Mahatma
Gandhi
Nelson
Mandela
Rosa
Parks + Martin Luther King, Jr.
Joan
of Arc (one of my favorites)
Elizabeth
I
Margaret
Thatcher: first female prime minister
Mother
Teresa
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