Difference between knowing and becoming

This week’s material was extremely helpful to me, especially the talk given by President Dallin H. Oaks that was entitled, “The Challenge To Become.” What President Oaks talked about was how the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become something, while around the world others are taught to simply know something. I have always loved this concept about the gospel, that we’re expected to become something more than we are with the help of Jesus Christ and His church and gospel. This is especially true when it comes to your career as well. In my experience, the gospel has influenced me greatly as to what career path I want to pursue. Coming home from my mission, I thought that I wanted to become an attorney and then later a politician. I never prayed about it, and didn’t have a particularly strong feeling about it either, I just wanted to do it. However, when I was on my mission I loved to write in my journal and write about the gospel. Then when I got home I continued to write a ton, whether it was about the gospel or about sports. So I decided to switch my major and study to become a journalist. Ever since becoming a journalist, the gospel has been able to help me even in my career, and as I’ve grown in the gospel it’s helped me to become a better person. The values that you learn in church, the blessings of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, that is supposed to help you become a better person, not to remain in the same position.

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Moving Forward With a Driving Passion

This week was probably my favorite week thus far of the semester with my entrepreneurship class, because it talked a lot about going after your passions. Also, we read about what Stephen Covey had to say about the 7 habits of highly effective people. I think the two habits that stuck out to me the most, even though they may sound very simple, was to be proactive and then to put first things first. In being proactive, Covey talked about while we are free to choose our actions, we do not choose our consequences, but then again, we can choose how to act to those consequences. When it came to putting first things first, Covey spoke all about time management, which is something as a 25-year old I’m still learning to improve upon everyday. What stood out to me was that Covey said we should spend the most time possible doing the most important jobs, though we should do them in atmospheres that are non-urgent. Most times when we’re doing something important, we’re often hurrying ourselves or trying to do it as fast as possible. When we do that, productivity isn’t really going up because the end product won’t reach its potential.