Harry Potter on Personal Development:: Belief Equals Reality
In the book “The Half Blood Prince,” Ron believes that he has been given , the lucky potion. Because his own belief system is changed, his reality also changes. He performs as if he had been lucky. Clearly this effect would only work if Ron already had the skills necessary to perform. The important point is how our own beliefs change our reality.
Read MoreOld Stomping Grounds
This weekend we traveled to Rock Springs WY to visit family. Saturday night we decided to take a small trip down Jacob memory lane. We drove over to “my side” of town and went through my old neighborhood. As to my house (where I spent the first 18 years of my life) I’m glad to…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: Decision Making
“Sometimes making a decision is more important than making the best decision.” Harry Potter is a very decisive person. When confronted with decisions he certainly doesn’t always make the best one but I would argue that by making one right away vs weighing it out in his mind for too long he tends to come…
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Coyote Gulch Backpacking Trip
I had my doubts about the need to travel 7 hours just to have a good backpacking trip with the young men in the ward. All my doubts disappeared once we got there. As you can see from the pictures… GORGIOUS! Too get into the gulch we had to drop our packs…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: Choices Define Us
“It is our choices Harry, that define who we are; not our abilities.” -Albus Dumbledore Our society is a place of constant victomhood where people blame their failures on their own circumstances. If I had been born in a different place or to a wealthy family then my life would be different. If I was…
Read More1/2 Marathon. Goal Completed!
Back in March of this year I publicly declared my goal to run in a 1/2 marathon at the end of the summer. I registered for a race on August 8th and have been training all summer. I had some good stretches of training and some times where I was less faithful. Every single time…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: What We Fear
Lesson 1: “Well, well . . . I'm impressed. That suggests what you fear most of all is — fear. Very wise, Harry.” -Professor Lupin
The above quote comes from book 3 in the series and has had me thinking all day. Most people set there fears on specific things such as spiders, heights, water, death, and even commitment.
Pioneer Day
Had a good time at my first ever 10K race last Friday. This was a good prep race for my 1/2 marathon on the 8th of August.
Read MoreSimple Service Project
On Saturday the teacher’s quorum and I built a deck for a couple in the ward who live in a RV. The man can’t get in and out of the RV anymore because of the steep and small stairs. We spent the last couple of Tuesday nights measuring for and buying supplies for the deck…
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