What Job Training Should I Pursue?
The job market is constantly changing. And we often hear that technology will replace workers. So how do we prepare ourselves for the future?
Find a Better Job: Talk with God, Not at Him
We all follow our unique path in life—a winding path that doesn’t always take us where we envision.
Budgeting Will Get You Where You Need to Be
It always seems so easy on paper: there they are, neat columns and rows that all add up. The only thing we have to do is follow the numbers.
Interview Skills: How to Stand Out in a Crowd
We all have unique skills and talents, but we can’t always put these to good use unless we let others know what they are.
What is Self-Reliance—Really?
Self-reliance isn’t just about taking care of our families temporally. It’s also about being spiritually prepared for life’s ups and downs.
Happily Ever After Begins by Budgeting Together
Financial conflict is a leading cause for divorce. Here are a few tips on how to stay on budget and stay together.
Personal Finance Hacks
We all want to save a little money, and we all want to make our money go a little further. So why is it so difficult?
Life’s Challenges Require Extra Work and Faith
The possibility of attending school and owning his own business disappeared with the death of his parents. But faith taught him to persevere.
Interviewing Hacks
You have your power statement memorized. You are ready to introduce yourself. And you have prepared for the interview by practicing your answers to an array of questions. What more can you do? [Find a Better Job]
The Secret to Great Leadership? Humility.
Determination, drive, education, hard work; all make for good leaders. But the trait employees respect most is a leader humble enough to listen and learn. [Starting and Growing My Business.]
Managing Your Money
The ultimate goal is more than financial security. It’s about being in a position to support others and helping to answer their prayers.
Investing for the Future: 3 Things that Pay Off
The mistake most of us make is thinking we have to do something big to ensure a secure future. But having enough money in those years when we slow down a bit is more about the little things we do today. [Personal Finances for Self-Reliance, lessons 10 and 11]
What Are You Good At? Three Questions That Could Direct Your Life
We’ve all had that awkward moment when someone has asked us what our future plans are. It’s part of being in those in-between years—between starting college and having a career. [My Foundation]
Does the Lord Trust You?
As you begin your journey to create or improve your small business, it’s good to ask this simple question: Can the Lord trust me with success?
You Have Worked Your Way to Self-Reliance—Now What?
Let the goal of being able to help others motivate you to become self-reliant.
Secrets of Managing Personal Finances
To stick to a budget, sometimes you have to trick yourself into changing your own behavior.
Running Your Business Is Like Coaching a Soccer Team
We talk about teamwork in business, but what does that really mean?
Taking Personal Responsibility
When we take responsibility for our choices and rely upon God to direct us, we are blessed in many temporal and spiritual ways.
Work toward Self-Reliance
Spiritual and temporal self-reliance don’t happen overnight. We develop self-reliance progressively by making a series of right choices. No one wakes up one morning and says, “Today I will be self-reliant!”
Eight Things You Must Give Up to Be Happy and Productive
We all want to be happy and productive, yet there are countless obstacles that stand in the way. However, we can choose what we do with those obstacles, and we can choose to be happy.
Setting Goals Increases Hope
Hope—sometimes it is elusive, yet it is the beginning of faith. When we take charge of our lives and become spiritually as well as temporally self-reliant, we are filled with hope.
Six Ways to Get Your Business House in Order
“Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God” (D&C 88:119).
Seven Life-Changing Behaviors That Allow God to Bless Your Efforts
We hear the word “repentance” a lot in the Church. More than forsaking sins, repentance means to change and progress. And progression is what God’s plan is all about.
Four Ways Obedience Makes You More Successful
We don’t always think of obedience as a business principle, but to God, all things are spiritual.
Obeying Spiritual Laws Brings Both Spiritual and Temporal Blessings
Obedience to temporal laws helps us understand the blessings of obeying spiritual laws.
How to Build Confidence and Self-Esteem
Our continued success and progression depend on our confidence to move forward. In addition to building our faith, we need to learn skills that help us overcome low self-esteem.
Becoming Emotionally Self-Reliant
Being overly dependent on someone else to keep you emotionally secure creates a spiritual imbalance. If you feel this way, maybe it’s time for an emotional-health checkup.
Leadership and Self-Reliance
As we progress with our own spiritual and temporal self-reliance, it’s our job to teach others to do so as well.
Time: How to Make the Most of It
“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you” (Carl Sandburg, in The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs [2008], 116).
Be Pure in Heart. Be Successful at Work.
We know that living biblical principles increases our happiness quotient. But they also make us more successful at work.
What the Book of Mormon Teaches Us about Managing Money
When looking for practical ways to help manage money, don’t overlook spiritual principles.
Self-Reliance. Loving God. And making waffles.
Adam Terry loves waffles, and he built his passion for pastry into a successful business. That makes for a great story, but it’s not the half of it.
A Career Change at 50 Years Old?
The upheaval in some industries takes its toll on workers. Some workers adjust, some just put up with it, and some make wholesale changes.
Overcoming Discouragement
Everybody gets discouraged, but chronic worries about failure not only impede your progress but also are bad for your mental health.
First Things to Do When You Get Laid Off
We’ve all been there, and if you are one of the lucky ones who hasn’t, there’s a good chance you will be at some point. Life is full of uncertainty, but you can minimize the angst by following these tips.
Launching a New Business? Read the Book of Mormon First
The Book of Mormon contains lessons in human relationships that are valuable today. Learning these skills and learning to rely on God will help you get started on your new adventure.
8 Things Newlyweds Should Talk About
Most couples fail at finances in the first year or two and spend years recovering from their money mistakes. Avoid debt and other money problems by discussing these eight simple things with your spouse.
Reaching Greater Heights
Guest blogger Ashley LeMieux, founder of The Shine Project, shares her thoughts about how becoming self-reliant enables us to better love and serve those in our community.
Handling Adversity and Disappointment on the Road to the Olympics
Sometimes even when you do everything you can, things just don’t work out. It’s in these times that we have to trust that God has a plan for us.
Habits of Olympic Athletes That Will Improve Your Work Life
We all dream of greatness. We can apply the same habits that Olympic athletes use to achieve greatness to improve our own productivity.
Deliberate Practice Makes Perfect
Practice makes perfect, so the saying goes. So whenever we try to change our habits, we have to focus on the details to make sure we’re getting it right.
Building Your Personal Brand
Reputation is everything: The way you present yourself. How you follow-through on commitments. What you do when no one is looking. Here are tips on how to build a personal brand people can trust.
Creating Financial Wealth in Up Years
We all have down financial years, but what do we do when our financial health is rockin’? Invest? Save? Give more to the poor?
Teaching Children to Be Self-Reliant
Children are learning life skills at blazing speeds. As parents, we need to be patient as they sort through the information overload, make sense of their emotions, and work toward independence.
10 Inspiring Quotes from Our Leaders about Self-Reliance
We all need a little inspiration to get us through the day. Our spirituality, our emotional health and often our physical well-being is boosted by the words of people we trust are close to God and live Christ-like lives. Here are a few to get you through the week.
Are You Learning Something New Every Day?
There’s a lot of talk about developing good habits, and that’s great. But stretching your brain by learning new things is good for your mental health, and some research suggests exercising your brain by learning new things might help prevent Alzheimer’s. It’s easier than you think, and full of benefits.
Why Self-Reliance Begins with Faith in Jesus Christ
5 principles to guide you on your path to self-reliance by building your faith in Jesus Christ.
Prioritizing Life’s Demands
Few challenges seem greater today than delaying instant gratification and focusing on the activities that require greater effort but ultimately yield more enduring value.
The Power of Saving Money: 6 Tips to Reduce Stress
According to a recent study, financial stress negatively affects our sense of well-being and our physical health.
Helping Your Employer Succeed
Do you want to succeed in the workplace? Read on for tips and suggestions on how you can be successful at work.
Earning Trust
If you want to be trusted, you must learn how to trust somebody else. Read about three tips that will help you earn trust.
What Is the Best Education Path?
Choosing the best education path can be vital to your success. Read to learn some tips that will guide you down your education path.
Building Trust in Work Relationships
Trust is a valuable asset to have in the work environment. Read on for ways that you can build trust in work relationships.
Self-Reliance Principle 12: Stay on Task, Receive Ordinances
Staying on task is one of the best ways to keep your day productive. Read to find more ways to stay on task and be productive.
Self-Reliance Principle 11: Seek Learning and Education
Always strive to learn more and better yourself. Read on to find some tips on seeking to learn more.
Self-Reliance Principle 10: Show Integrity
Learn eight ways to build integrity and thereby build your reputation in the workplace and in life.
Self-Reliance Principle 9: Persevere
Learn how perseverance is a key principle in success and self-reliance.
Self-Reliance Principle 8: Communicate: Social and Spiritual Listening
Communication is key to personal development in self-reliance. Read more on how to be an effective communicator.
Self-Reliance Principle 7: Become One, Work Together
Projects are best accomplished when teamwork is involved. Read more on how to become one and work together.
Self-Reliance Principle 6: Solve Problems
Solving problems is the sixth principle in self-reliance. Read more to find out how to become a better problem solver.
Self-Reliance Principle 5: Work: Take Responsibility
The fifth principle in self-reliance is work: take responsibility. Read more for some tips on taking responsibility for your work.
Self-Reliance Principle 4: How to Manage Your Money
It is essential that we develop good spending and saving habits. Learn how to implement principles that will build effective money management skills.
Self-Reliance Principle 3: Be Obedient
The third principle of self-reliance in the My Foundation manual is “be obedient.” By being obedient we can be blessed both spiritually and temporally.
Self-Reliance Principle 2: Use Time Wisely
Using time wisely can be a very valuable asset when becoming more self-reliant. Read on for more tips on how to better manage your time.
Self-Reliance Principle 1: Exercise Faith in Jesus Christ
There are 12 principles in the My Foundation manual that are used in the self-reliance devotionals. Learn how to utilize principle 1, “exercise faith in Jesus Christ,“ in your daily life.
Success Story from Armenia
Read Armine’s story on how the power of faith and the principles of self-reliance helped her achieve her goals of owning her own business.
Lord, I Believe
God has no limit, and with His help, neither do we.
A Pure and Simple Faith
Between bills to pay, groceries to buy, and the travel fare needed to get to church, money was stretched thin for this young woman.
Simple Steps to Your Best Self
Each day is a chance for us to be better than we were yesterday.
Education for a Better Life
Growing up in a remote area of Kenya, Elder Joseph W. Sitati faced many barriers to education.
It’s Working; It’s Really Working
Dorothy from Accra, Ghana, built her own business literally from the ground up: she sold groundnuts.
Planes and Prayer
Both in aviation and in life, before you can fly, you have to create lift.
When Challenges Arise, Faith Helps Us Rise Above
When unexpected challenges arise, faith helps us rise above.
Out of Work Doesn’t Mean Out of Hope
Out of work doesn’t mean out of hope. You have more help than you realize.
Daily Job Search: Contacts
Making contacts is a vital part of your job search.
Problem Solving
How you can become more of a valuable asset.
