Making Wholes From Parts

 The questions I’m answering in this blog post are related to the article “What’s a Business For?” written by Charles Handy Based on what you read in the first two pages (pages 3 and 4), why are virtue and integrity so vital to an economy? Companies underestimate how much the consumer depends on being able to trust companies. “Markets rely on rules and laws, but those rules and laws in turn depend on truth and trust. Conceal truth or erode trust, and the game becomes so unreliable that no one will want to play.” Consumers rely heavily on companies. They are not able to make for themselves everything they need, the things they can get at the store. Or they may not have the time or means to make things for themselves. But does this mean that companies can just willy-nilly take advantage of consumers? I don’t believe so. Companies should have the mindset of virtue and integrity, not just how much money they can make. I believe companies could have a great influence on our nation i...

Honestly, I am unfamiliar with how to handle money. I grew up in a very unique situation. My dad developed heart failure in his 30s. A few years after his official diagnosis his condition worsened to the point where he was not physically able to work anymore. He had to go on disability. He had a young family of six kids and his career came to an abrupt halt. We lived from disability check to disability check and the charity of others for years. My parents didn’t have the best money practices, because they didn’t have enough money to pay for all of the regular life bills and medical bills that they incurred because of my dad’s health. After praying for guidance, they felt my mom was needed more at home with her six young children and a very sick husband. Then they didn’t have the means to get more income. Eventually, my dad received a heart transplant. Thankfully, he can work again (he still can’t have the career he always dreamed of having), but he will always have medical bills. After...

 Pres. Dallin H. Oaks talk that we read this week “The Challenge to Become” was very thought-provoking to me. “In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become something.” – Pres. Dallin H. Oaks. It is very inspiring to know that we can become something new! But how do we become something new? Pres. Oaks tells us that, “…the Final Judgement is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts – what we have done . It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts – what we have become . It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions. The commandments, ordinances, and covenants of the gospel are not a list of deposits required to be made in some heavenly account. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become.” We need to work and give a sincere effort to be obedient to our Savior and his command...

I was able to interview my amazing aunt Heather Pinegar for my entrepreneur interview this week. While I was talking with her, I felt more and more confident that the direction Tyler and I feel like we need to go as a family is the direction the Lord needs us to go. It was so comforting and reassuring, especially during a “refiners fire” week of illness in our house. My aunt said several things during our interview that struck me, that really stood out to me. They weren’t really business-related, they were more Christ-related, yet she was able to incorporate them into her business and is finding success with it. She started her business from a prompting, from inspiration from the Holy Ghost. By following this prompting and starting this business it would help her in her grief of losing her son Mick. She tells the story of losing her son in an accident when he was a teenager. By sharing her story, she gets messages from many people, customers and not customers, who are in need of he...