This week has been packed with great
information. I really liked the article by Elder Tanner, “Success is Gauged by Self Mastery”. He talks about the importance of
self-discipline, self-control, and self-mastery. I love the quotes that he
included in his talk:
Plato:
“The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is, of
all things, the most shameful and vile.”
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Vinci: “You will never have a greater or
lesser dominion than that over yourself.” …“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.”
Solomon:
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his
spirit than he that taketh a city.” (Prov. 16:32.)
As we learn about business and
entrepreneurship we are also learning about what’s actually most important. In
the world, especially the world of business, money is what comes first. In many
entrepreneurial ventures, time is consumed with getting the business off the
ground. As we learn and become more capable with the knowledge and abilities we
gain, we may have the tendency to put ourselves above others. None of this is
true. Money is not the most important thing. If that is your focus in starting
your business, you won’t succeed. As you start a business a great deal of time
is required. However, if you plan from the beginning that your family comes
first, you will succeed at finding enough time for both. As we learn and excel in
our education it is important to keep a correct perspective. All that we have comes
from our Heavenly Father. We are responsible for what we have been given. The
time will come when we will have to account for what we’ve done with what God’s
given us. Keeping in mind that all we have isn’t really ours helps us to be
more generous with what we have. There’s so much we can do to bless the lives
of those around us.
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