"Warren Buffett... quoting his friend Pete Kiewit, Buffet said a good employee will have three attributes—integrity, intelligence, and energy—and of these three, integrity is the most important, because if an employee lacks integrity, the employer wants the employee to be dumb and lazy." Certification and Signaling: The Importance of Markets and What Makes Them Work … Continue reading
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Nelson Mandela: "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion" he wrote in his autobiography. "People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for loves comes more naturally to the human heart than … Continue reading
"The events surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon can be pieced together from the recollections of a dozen or so contemporaries.... The story that emerges from their accounts is perplexing. The Mormon sources constantly refer to the single most troublesome item in Joseph Smith's history, the gold plates on which the Book of … Continue reading
This Thanksgiving morning, I'm grateful that God has a plan, and part of that plan is creating incredibly strong, honest, and integrated individuals as I see depicted in this movie. It is not easy to change things, but like Jackie must have discovered, being good, in all its forms, makes change possible. 42
"...Dopamine strengthens and reinforces the new connections that are being made in the brain while an activity is undertaken. This in turn acts to encourage the individual to repeat the activity again so they can feel that pleasure once more." I take this to mean any activity which releases dopamine could be considered "addictive" depending … Continue reading
This has been a favorite scripture for years, particularly with my service to youth. "Be men"! "21 And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart might leave this world with gladness because of you, that I might not be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise … Continue reading
We seem to have fewer face-to-face connections with people, and many more digital ones. I wonder if digital connections can't at times be a bit more like junk food. Learning how to share ourselves more deeply may become as important in our social health as eating vegetables is to our physical health. I think that's … Continue reading
Large oxen aren't necessarily as powerful as a well-unified pair. “...the little oxen had better teamwork and coordination. They hit the yoke together. [They] jerked forward at exactly the same time and the force moved the load”. I'm grateful for a spouse who is willing to hit the yoke in a unified way. Look … Continue reading
Purity is likely closely related to the scripture term justification. But sanctification is something more, a becoming holy. It is something deeper. I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but I sense it is real. " 29 And we know that all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and … Continue reading
I heard a quote once from Eisenhower that said something like, "What we think is not as important as what we feel." A similar quote by Masami Atarashi, a management expert in Japan is that "Humans are convinced by logic, and moved by emotion." Nurturing our emotions is critical to movement and progress.
Kip on Character 