W08 Overcoming Challenge

 

Hello everyone, this week I learnt about how I can overcome challenges especially in my business and career and I will be sharing few of the things I learnt. I learnt that I will face some delays and disappointments at this formative time in my life and feel that no one else in the history of mankind has ever had my problems or faced those difficulties and when some of those challenges come, I will have the temptation common to all to say, “This task is too hard. The burden is too heavy. The path is too long.” And so, I might decide to quit, simply to give up but I should not give in to the thought. I should never quit, I should keep doing the right thing and the Lord will help me every step of the way to accomplish great things and if I involve the Lord in what I do, I will see him open doors. I will see him provide ways, I will see myself do great things and be able to take advantage of great opportunities.

I also learnt about the 5 whys, and the idea is that whenever something goes wrong, we want to understand what’s the root cause and this is a little bit frustrating because it means that behind every supposedly technical problem, there’s actually a human problem that caused it. And if you don’t find out what those human problems are, you’re never really going to learn and make progress. I also learnt that I have to persevere, Our lives “a monument to Mormon perseverance” “however long and hard the road”. The world can at times be a frightening place in which to live.

According to President Thomas S. Monson “At times there appears to be no light at the tunnel’s end—no dawn to break the night’s darkness. We feel surrounded by the pain of broken hearts, the disappointment of shattered dreams, and the despair of vanished hopes. We join in uttering the biblical plea “Is there no balm in Gilead?”⁶ We are inclined to view our own personal misfortunes through the distorted prism of pessimism. We feel abandoned, heartbroken, alone. If you find yourself in such a situation, I plead with you to turn to our Heavenly Father in faith. He will lift you and guide you. He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face.”