Lesson #11 Journal Entry
This week we read an article called "Attitude on Money." My attitude towards money isn't so great or healthy, most days. Ever since my husband was laid off and out of work for almost a year between 2008-2009, I'm terrified the same thing will happen again. School has been a big blessing for me for two reasons. The first is that I'm getting an education so that I can get a good job and secondly, it takes up a lot of brain power that used to be used in obsessing over the budget. Not that I don't still obsess over the budget, but I feel like I have more control over it now. This view of money can be really debilitating. For a long time our quality of life wasn't what it could be because I wouldn't let us spend money on anything fun or frivolous. While there are thing that can be improved in our money managing skills and decision making, I think that we are finally coming to a good point where we make smart decisions, but still have some fun things in our life. I work to keep this balance every day. The article talks about how we can use money to help others or to help ourselves. If we don't have a giving heart while we have less money, we won't suddenly become better when we do. We need to have a change of heart no matter what our circumstances are. The rules for prosperity listed in the article are seek the Lord, keep the commandments, think about money and plan to become self-reliant, get educated, learn the laws of the blessings of wealth, and help those in need.
This week I also started reading "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." We read a synopsis a couple lessons ago and I really wanted to read the full book. I haven't gotten too far yet, but I like what he talks about when he says we much shift the paradigm and our point of view. It's actually very similar to points made in the attitude on money article. I've been trying to see places where I can implement that thinking in my own life and see if there are places of tension where I need to look at it from another point of view, so that I can get past the road block. I also liked some of the concepts that the author talked about in relation to his son, and how he was able to use this paradigm shift to help him become a better person. He focused on his own thoughts and feelings and when he truly believed what he said, it resonated with his son and there was a positive improvement. That really resonated with me and my own daughter. I'm trying work on the same thing. That might not be business related, but if I can practice the concept and make a positive impact in my daughter's life, I can move that forward into other aspects of my life.
This week I also started reading "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." We read a synopsis a couple lessons ago and I really wanted to read the full book. I haven't gotten too far yet, but I like what he talks about when he says we much shift the paradigm and our point of view. It's actually very similar to points made in the attitude on money article. I've been trying to see places where I can implement that thinking in my own life and see if there are places of tension where I need to look at it from another point of view, so that I can get past the road block. I also liked some of the concepts that the author talked about in relation to his son, and how he was able to use this paradigm shift to help him become a better person. He focused on his own thoughts and feelings and when he truly believed what he said, it resonated with his son and there was a positive improvement. That really resonated with me and my own daughter. I'm trying work on the same thing. That might not be business related, but if I can practice the concept and make a positive impact in my daughter's life, I can move that forward into other aspects of my life.
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