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October 27, 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?
- “Another phrase about the Zion-like society that touched my heart is that there were no ‘ites’ among the people. There was no ‘us vs. them’. And I don’t know about you, but I think it’s pretty easy to slip into an ‘us vs. them’ mentality. One political party against another, one sports team against another, [and] one religion against another.
“I once heard [Professor] Jared Halverson give a great analogy where he said something like this: ‘If you put a bunch of Latter-day Saints in a room, they might divide themselves into liberals and conservatives. But if you put Protestants and Catholics into the same room with the Latter-day Saints, the Latter-day Saints will band together. Or if you have a room of Latter-day Saints, Protestants and Catholics, they might focus on their differences.
“But if you add in Jews and Muslims, they’ll focus on their common identity as Christians. If you add some atheists into the room, all the believers will unite together around their common identity as believers in God. So we just need to zoom out one more step and see that we are all children of God. There’s no ‘ites’. We’re all the Lord’s children. And it seems like that’s what the Nephites were able to do.”
Eye.
Jim Rohn – One Day or Day One (YouTube):
- “Long after this session is over, I’m asking you to go back over it one more time. I’m asking you at the end of the day to go back over your day. I’m asking you at the end of the week to go back over your week – make that week more valuable. At the end of the month, go back over your month. At the end of a conversation, go back over the conversation… How did it go, and what did you do? Learn by reflecting. I call it: ‘Run the tapes again of your own experiences.’ And you say: ‘Why do that?’ Here’s why: To develop the extraordinary ability to gather up the past and invest it in the future. What a next year you could have if you pay more attention this year – soak it up, gather it up, and reflect at certain times what’s going on and what’s happening. And this year will take a more powerful place in your experience.”
Read.
Scripture Study Toolbox – John Hilton III:
- “I feel like we all know that ‘We should read our scriptures,’ and that ‘The scriptures have the answers,’ but many of us struggle to understand the scriptures or have a meaningful scripture study. This page is meant to give you some ideas for making your scripture study a spiritual feast.
“Scripture Study Basics:
1. “Have a set amount of time to read the scriptures each day.
2. “Begin and end your study with prayer.
3. “Take time to record and ponder on the things you’re learning (this ‘counts’ as studying!).
4. “Act on what you learn.”
💡
Set a goal to record all 34 General Conference Applied season 4 podcast episodes within the first 12 weeks after the October 2024 General Conference (i.e., by Sunday, December 29, 2024).
- Inspired by what I’m learning in “The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington.