Words
of wisdom often stay with those who listen for a very long time. I remember
sometime around the beginnings of my mission; there was a talk given that
changed my prayers, but most importantly; it changed my actions.
The conference address topic was on prayer, and a key subtopic was to pray and then live your prayers. I believe that a dream is a prayer, asking Heavenly Father to guide that individual to the potential they see in themselves. Just as Og Mandino states in his ninth scroll, these goals and dreams are worthless unless you do something about them. you cannot have success if you do not pay the price for it. Any other good fortune that you stumble across is merely a happy accident.
In a manger meeting recently, we talked about why managers are offered bonuses, and why they get paid better than the average crew. It’s because more is expected of us. This is a good principle of life, if you want more, you have to give more. Teachers give A’s to the students who have put in the time to understand the concepts being taught. For some students, this will come naturally, for others, they will have to spend a painstakingly long time grinding the principles and facts into their mind.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the necessity of working hard and working smart. Both are critically important. I naturally know how to work hard, but have to learn how to work smart, and there are a lot of people who naturally know how to work smart, but lack the zeal to work hard. Both by themselves will be able to accomplish many things, but if you put the two together, you can achieve anything.
In addition to working, I think that you have to know when to stand back, for whatever reason. There are times to pray like God’s listening and work like He isn’t and other times to “be still and know that [he is] God.”
The conference address topic was on prayer, and a key subtopic was to pray and then live your prayers. I believe that a dream is a prayer, asking Heavenly Father to guide that individual to the potential they see in themselves. Just as Og Mandino states in his ninth scroll, these goals and dreams are worthless unless you do something about them. you cannot have success if you do not pay the price for it. Any other good fortune that you stumble across is merely a happy accident.
In a manger meeting recently, we talked about why managers are offered bonuses, and why they get paid better than the average crew. It’s because more is expected of us. This is a good principle of life, if you want more, you have to give more. Teachers give A’s to the students who have put in the time to understand the concepts being taught. For some students, this will come naturally, for others, they will have to spend a painstakingly long time grinding the principles and facts into their mind.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the necessity of working hard and working smart. Both are critically important. I naturally know how to work hard, but have to learn how to work smart, and there are a lot of people who naturally know how to work smart, but lack the zeal to work hard. Both by themselves will be able to accomplish many things, but if you put the two together, you can achieve anything.
In addition to working, I think that you have to know when to stand back, for whatever reason. There are times to pray like God’s listening and work like He isn’t and other times to “be still and know that [he is] God.”
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