Reflection #7

1. Please describe a way you will apply a leadership concept you have learned about this year as you lead in your family

I think the most valuable leadership concept I learned this year was that it's people who are important. Not saying that business tasks are not important, because they need to be done and help facilitate individuals' growth, but when it comes down to the core, the core is people. Having stewardships, just simply sitting and listening in a calm and quiet environment are so powerful. They tell others that you care enough about them to take time out of you busy life and to give your full, undivided attention to them, because you truly care and want to understand them better and knit your heart with theirs. I want to bring this aspect into my future family.

2. Vice President Scharman talked about the importance of developing structure in your home based on your individual time commitments. Describe how you believe structure and order in your family life can help you lead in you family. How can some form of structure and routine help you develop leaders in your family?

A house of order is a house of God. Heavenly Father cannot reside in chaos, and I want my family to have His spirit present in our home. Life gets busy, but in order to have structure and order with time commitments you need to know where your priorities lie. Is FHE an important time commitment? Is having daily family prayer and scripture study an important time commitment? Is having family game night an important time commitment? You need to know that family should always be your number one priority and if you have your priorities in place, every other time constraint will fall into perfect placement. It is important to have this prevalent in the home because you are teaching your children how to be leaders through leading by example. Leaders who honor their commitments are trusted, and it is important for your family to develop those trustworthy qualities as they go forth to serve as representatives of the Church.