A Hero's Journey

Jeff Sandefer has written a book, and given a speech at BYUi about the Hero's Journey.  A few of the things he said really caught my attention.  He teaches at a school called the Acton School of Business and he said they guarantee their students three things, that they will learn how to learn, that they will learn how to make money, and that they will learn to make meaning.  I love that he said that most of the students are drawn to the school to learn to make money, and years after when they talk to them, they almost brush that aside as they discuss how to make meaning.  It strikes true to me, what he says about not waking up at 50 and finding you have wasted your life.  Or the sad observation that time spent with a young child's life is fleeting and doesn't come around again.  I loved how honest he was about his own losses and the personal failures he has been through and how it made me think of the quote, "no other success can compensate for failure in the home." (President David O. McKay)

I love what Jeff said about finding your calling in life.  When he talks about finding your calling in life, it is about asking yourself questions like, What am I good at? What do I passionately care about?  What is a problem I can solve?  Your calling is what you where put on this earth to do.  I love that it is based more on meaning than money.  I love that the over arching ideal is how will you serve? Meaning is about service, and making the world a better place.  Too many people are concerned about making money, and will do so at great cost- but making meaning is a much greater endeavor and I am so grateful Jeff and constituents have figured that out.

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