Last updated on April 14th, 2024 at 03:20 pm
April 7, 2024
Here is the best thing I heard (What?), saw (Eye.), and read (Read.) this week, as well as the best idea (💡) I developed.
What?
followHim Podcast – Jacob 1-4 – Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner:
- “I remember being in a stake conference. President Monson used to be in one of the stakes. I lived in Salt Lake and I remember him one day just saying, ‘No one prays for Gordon like Tommy (i.e., no one prays for Gordon B. Hinckley like Thomas S. Monson). No one.'”
- If we truly understood the burden the President of the Church bears, I think each of us would more readily pray mightily on his behalf.
Eye.
Jesus Christ Appears in the Ancient Americas | 3 Nephi 8–11 (YouTube):
- “And when they had all gone forth and had witnessed for themselves, they did cry out with one accord, saying: Hosanna! Blessed be the name of the Most High God! And they did fall down at the feet of Jesus, and did worship him.” (3 Nephi 11:16-17)
Read.
“I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)” by Ramit Sethi:
- “‘Avoid carbs!’
“‘Don’t eat before you go to bed, because fat doesn’t burn efficiently when you’re sleeping.’
“‘Keto is the only real way to lose weight.’
“‘Drinking apple cider vinegar speeds up your metabolism.’
“I always laugh when I hear these things. Maybe they’re correct or maybe they’re not, but that’s not really the point.
“The point is that we love to debate minutiae.
“When it comes to weight loss, 99.99 percent of us need to know only two things: Eat less and exercise more. Only elite athletes need to do more. But instead of accepting these simple truths and acting on them, we discuss trans fats, obscure supplements, and Whole30 versus paleo.
“Most of us fall into one of two camps regarding our money: We either ignore it and feel guilty, or we obsess over financial details by arguing interest rates and geopolitical risks without taking action. Both options yield the same results – none. The truth is that the vast majority of people don’t need a financial adviser to help them get rich. We need to set up accounts at solid banks, automate our day-to-day money management (including bills, savings, and, if applicable, debt payoff). We need to know about a few things to invest in, and then we need to let our money grow for thirty years. But that’s not as cool or exciting, is it? Instead, we read internet articles from ‘experts’ who make endless predictions about the economy and ‘this year’s hottest stock’ without ever being held accountable for their picks (which are wrong more than 50 percent of the time). ‘It’s going up!’ ‘No, down.’ As long as something is being said, we’re drawn to it.
“Why? Because we love to debate minutiae.”
💡
During the 40+ days of Lent in 2025 (3/5/2025 – 4/19/2025), study the 2,249 citations of the Savior in the Topical Guide.
- Underline in red. 54 citations per day. (See the process I described in General Conference Applied season 2 episode 27). We’re not expressly “giving something up” as part of our Lent observance, but to focus on scriptures that much, we’ll naturally have to give something else of lesser value up.
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