Learning

• Proverbs 22: 6…Train a child in the way he should go, and when old he won’t depart from it.
• 1 Nephi 19:23-24…We should liken the words of the prophets and the scriptures unto us (our lives today)
• 2 Nephi 28: 29-30…Don’t need to learn? Think again
• Mormon 9: 30-31…Learn from the mistakes of others (Book of Mormon)
• 2 Nephi 9: 28-29…It’s good to learn but don’t think you know it all
• 1 Nephi 19: 23…We should liken scriptures unto us to learn
• “The old saying, “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is so true. It doesn’t mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 109
• Marion G. Romney: “Can we see how critical self-reliance becomes when looked upon as the prerequisite to service, when we also know service is what godhood is all about? Without self-reliance one cannot exercise these innate desires to serve. How can we give if there is nothing there? Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves. Money to assist the needy cannot come from an empty purse. Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak.”
• … The elders are to ^a the ^b as they are ^c by the Holy Ghost, according to the commandments and revelations of God
• “Often those who struggle with adversity ask the question ‘why did this happen to me?’ They spend sleepless nights wondering why they feel so lonely, sick, discouraged, oppressed, or brokenhearted. The question ‘why me?’ can be a difficult one to answer and often leads to frustration and despair. There is a better question to ask ourselves. That question is ‘what could I learn from this experience?’ The way we answer that question may determine the quality of our lives not only on this earth but also in the eternities to come. Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.” (Joseph B. Wirthlin, Ensign, Nov. 2004, 101)
• Robert Millet said this in regards to an interview he was about to have with BYU to teach there. “I realized that I was what I was; I was what I had become. I could not feign brilliance or pretend to be some impressive intellectual that I was not. I could not don the robes of academic achievement if in fact, my years of reading and study and reflection had been inadequate. And if I had not prepared myself by living the gospel and attempting to be true to my covenants, they would certainly see through any facade of false spirituality I might attempt to present. It was a stunning realization but one that brought peace to my soul and settled my fears. Heavenly Father knew things the way they were, and surely he would reveal the same to those who had weighty decisions to make. I was content, knowing things were in his hands.” (Men of Influence, 64)
• “Rule: Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 64
• “Everything is learnable. And what others have learned, you can learn as well.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 64
• …28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. 29 But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
• “Your job is to identify your special areas of uniqueness and then to commit yourself to becoming very, very good in those areas.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 67
• “stuck on stupid.” It meant that you kept doing the same dumb things over and over without learning from them.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks) Page 31
• “Dr. Raymond Charles Barker, would repeatedly say, “When there is a problem, there is not something to do, there is something to know.”” You Can Heal Your Life(Louise Hay) Page 38
• “Often those who struggle with adversity ask the question ‘why did this happen to me?’ They spend sleepless nights wondering why they feel so lonely, sick, discouraged, oppressed, or brokenhearted. The question ‘why me?’ can be a difficult one to answer and often leads to frustration and despair. There is a better question to ask ourselves. That question is ‘what could I learn from this experience?’ The way we answer that question may determine the quality of our lives not only on this earth but also in the eternities to come. Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.” (Joseph B. Wirthlin, Ensign, Nov. 2004, 101)
• “Lonsdorf, Eberly, and Pusey found consistent sex differences in how young female and young male chimps learn from their elders. Girl chimps pay close attention to the adult (usually a parent) who is showing them the procedure. Girl chimps then do just what the adult showed them: she breaks off a branch, cuts it to the same length as the adult had done, strips the leaves as the adult had done, and so forth. But the young males ignore the grown-ups; they prefer to run off and wrestle with other young male chimps, or to swing from trees.” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 23
• “In 2008, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her intention to help create an action-packed video game to teach civics to middle school students. She explained that her grandchildren have taught her that technology is the best way to inspire children to learn. With all due respect to Justice O’Connor, for whom I have great admiration, I don’t agree that technology is “the best way to inspire kids to learn.”10 I believe that kids are more effectively motivated by interacting with the real world, or by team competition, or by some of the other approaches we discussed” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 61
• “knowing how”—experiential knowledge, Kenntnis—and has placed too much focus on “knowing that”—didactic knowledge, Wissenschaft.” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 62
• 2 Nephi 9:50...  Come, my brethren, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• 2 Nephi 9:42… And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches—yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them.
•  2 Nephi 9: 28…  O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.
• 2 Nephi 9: 29…  But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
• “The old saying, “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is so true. It doesn’t mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means to recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 109
•  April 30th, 1995 – Sunday.  Quito Ecuador… “I just got finished thinking a bit.  For a good while before I was a little scared inside because I wasn’t being as obedient as I know I should’ve been.  I would think a lot of the scriptures, and how the men would always receive punishments or tough trials when they weren’t righteous.  They would receive these things to be reminded of the Lord & to be humbled.  I was always scared that something would happen to me to frighten me to repent or humble me to repent.  At times I even asked for an experience that would change my attitude, that would help me to drop a lot of my carnal desires & sins.  Well, the Lord did answer me.  Because Elder Norris told me that experience of Satan which helped to make a change for the better.  But I still wasn’t even close.  I still had an inner feeling and knowledge that I had to change even more.  Well, I kind of put it in the back of my mind, justifying my little sins – I mean, I was spiritually strong enough – Right??  Yesterday, right when I saw that poor kid dead in the street, a song entered my head that said “Do you hear me?  I can feel you near me.  It’s the answer that I’ve been longing for.”  Seeing this boy woke me up.  It was the answer that I was needing.  It hurts me to think that I didn’t have the common sense or strength enough to repent for myself.  The Lord had to humble me through this experience.  It’s sad for me to think that one of the reasons for this kid’s death was to help me to re-evaluate my life and repent of the picky things that in my mind weren’t too big of a deal.”
• “As long as any part of the world remains obscure, the curiosity of a man must draw him there, as the lodestone attracts the mariner’s needle until he comprehends its secret.” Richard E. Byrd, Jr., Born: October 25. 1888- Death: March 11, 1957
• “As disciples of the Savior, we are commanded to “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.” We also are promised that “if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.”   David A Bednar, October 2020 General Conference