Saturday, March 14, 2020

March 2020 Leadership Academy

March 2020 Leadership

Apprentice
Paperback The Success Principles for Teens : How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Book

1.  Read Chapters 16-18 in Success Principles for Teens.

Ch. 16
Make a list of the 5 people you spend the most time with.  Answer the following questions:
  • 1. When you are with these people, do you generally feel a positive or a negative energy?  
  • 2. What do you think they would say about the energy that you bring to that relationship?
  • 3. Do your friends encourage you and help you become a better person?
  • 4. Do you do that for them?
  • 5. Make a goal for one day to only say positive things and not to complain.  Keep track of how well you do and write about your experience. 

Ch. 17

This week, keep a running list of the things you do right.  You can get some ideas from the stories in this chapter.  

Chapter 18 

1. List some challenges that could arise in your life because of the coronavirus.
2. What are some ways that you can overcome them?


2.  Are you excited for General Conference?! I know I am!!!

Here’s a talk I found in the 1990s from Elder Nelson. Does he look younger now or then??


  • I feel as if the heavens opened up and angels sang hallelujah!  This is the talk! For us! Today! Look for ways the Spirit is inspiring you to prepare for the upcoming General Conference!
  •  Stephen R Covey speaks of Seek First to Understand, Elder Nelson in 1991 referred to it as Listen to Learn.  
  • In your CPB, write what most inspired you in Listen to Learn. 
  • Write down 2 ways you will follow, then Elder Nelson’s council as you prepare to Listen to Learn the Lord’s will for you in this upcoming General Conference. 

3. Watch the video of the allegory of the Olive tree in this weeks Come Follow Me, how does Listen to Learn benefit or apply to missionary work?


  • Write answer in common place book. 

4. Ponder...


  • According to Elder Anderson, does listen to learn mean the same as agreeing?
  • After reading this General Conference talk, write down a reply you might give to someone who asks you to explain why you believe in Christ and/or Joseph Smith. (1-2 sentences each). 

Journeyman
The Tuttle Twins and the Fate of the Future
Read The Tuttle Twins Fate of the Future

Write a paragraph that summarizes the ideas in the book. See the glossary on the last page to give you some ideas of things to talk about. Then answer the following question:  Can a peaceful society ever exist and last that doesn't use coercion?