This whole endeavor is rife with paradoxes, but these very tensions can be productive. The best way to remember that our contests are only with ourselves is to think less about ourselves. The best way to stop comparing ourselves with others is to think more of others. When we don’t find easy answers, it is my hope and my prayer that the Spirit will teach us of these “peaceable things of the kingdom” (D&C 36:2), even when they are hard for us to articulate.

There is no question that you and I are going to fail at many things we attempt to do, and in the eyes of those making comparisons, we all are repeatedly going to fall short. Someone else will be hired for a job, picked for the team, selected for a calling, and so on. But do not take that as a mark of your worth. Disappointments do sting, but they can also be wonderfully, albeit painfully, formative. Do not let the temptation to compare give these disappointments destructive power. When disappointments hit, take a deep breath; remember what really matters. –J. B. Haws

“The only metrics that will truly matter to my life are the individuals whom I have been able to help, one by one, to become better people.”   Clayton Christensen

American academic, business consultant, and religious leader   

April 6, 1952 to January 23, 2020

“If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven’t done much today.” ― Mike Krzyzewski (1,000+ wins)

“We can rationalize all we want, but the fact is, there is not a right way to do the wrong thing.” Becky Craven

“There is no going back, but only forward. Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can.” –Thomas S. Monson

Everything close by looks large and important and everything in the distance looks small and insignificant. —Sterling W. Sill

“A magnificent return will come to anyone who will just learn
to follow instructions.” Sterling W. Sill

The “Able” family are the best leaders:

Their names are:

1. Depend – able                              
2. Agree – able
3. Person – able
4. Respons – ible
5. Teach – able
6. Predict – able
7. Profit – able
8. Manage – able
9. Aff – able
10. Cap – able
11. Soci – able
12. Reli – able
13. Lov – able
14. Understand – able
15. Imperturb – able
16. Memor – able

Sterling W. Sill