“Let me share two areas of counsel for those with elevated
starting points. First, can we show some humility for circumstances we may not
have created ourselves? As former BYU president Rex E. Lee quoted to his
students, ‘We have all drunk from wells we did not dig, and warmed ourselves by
fires we did not build.’ He then called on his students to give back and
replenish the educational wells that earlier pioneers had built. Failure to
reseed the fields planted by others can be the equivalent of returning a talent
without increase. Second, focusing on a high starting point can trap us into
feeling we’re thriving when our slope may be stagnant. Harvard professor
Clayton M. Christensen taught the most successful people are the humblest
because they are confident enough to be corrected by anyone. Even when things
appear to be going well, we must seek out opportunities to improve through
prayerful petition.” – Elder Clark G. Gilbert
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