Be A Better You!
Motivate and inspire, Convey vital knowledge, Entertain. These are the three objectives in teaching, and only when all three occur has the goal been achieved. From education and experience, Bob Copeland has developed a series of firesides related to success in important areas of our lives. He was educated in English, Psychology, and Law, and […]
RC © 2007. In a television debate between a Christian and an Atheist, the Atheist mocked “absurdities” of Christianity; the Christian, in response, earnestly countered each point. No one “won”, and surely none of the audience were moved to alter their views either way. Debating atheism on its own terms seems puerile, and a possible […]
(ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE) Bob Copeland © 2004 The universe began with the “Big Bang”, according to current scientific dogma. An infinite mass, compressed into an infinitely small space, exploded nearly 14 billion years ago and has been expanding outward ever since, with concomitant development of the universe and life. Science cannot conjecture how that […]
-Bruce R. McConkie, Ensign, May 1985 I feel, and the Spirit seems to accord, that the most important doctrine I can declare, and the most powerful testimony I can bear, is of the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. His atonement is the most transcendent event that ever has or ever will occur from […]
– Stephen Robinson THE GREAT DILEMMA God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance (D&C 1:31). Everybody sins. Since we all commit sins, and God cannot tolerate sin, none of us are worthy to enter God’s kingdom. THE GOOD NEWS Atonement: Taking two things that have become separate or incompatible and bringing […]
[Excerpts from the Scriptures] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. . . Have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner? [For] “This is my work […]
“Happiness is the design and object of our existence, and will be the end thereof if we pursue the path that leads to it.” –Joseph Smith “People are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.” –Abraham Lincoln “People worry a lot about happiness. If they’d quit worrying about it and get […]
– Ps 82:6 How is your self esteem? Can you judge? Know how it differs from ego? How it relates to umility? Self esteem is crucial: [Steinbeck:] to like others, [Maxwell:] to love God, [Kimball:] to CTR Psychologist MacDougall [quoted by Kimball]: “The first thing to be done to help a man to moral regeneration […]
-David Lieberman, PhD SIGNS OF DECEPTION [Some of these seem contradictory. Look for number, combinations, and patterns] Body Language Little eye contact; will not face, head or body shifts away and shrinks, slouches Limited physical expression, stiff mechanical movements, arms and legs held close to body Gestures don’t match and are out of time with […]
–Wm. Byham Zapp! is the key to successful organizations Only way for continuous improvement Only way to continue to adapt in constant change Only way to succeed against increasing competition Only way to get excited about work, to take responsibility Only way to achieve “critical mass” It is easy to Sapp. It is hard to […]