by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 18, 2021 | Church News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Over the next month, a First Presidency counselor and six members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will lead a half-dozen streamed devotionals designed to reach Latter-day Saint young adults worldwide.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 17, 2021 | Psychology, TED Talks
I loved this Ted Talk about not taking things personally by Frederik Imbo About Frederik Imbo Frederik Imbo studied theatre at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent and has acted in lots of television series. He founded Imboorling and now has over 15 years’ experience...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 15, 2021 | Church News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Work
The Church News recently published two articles about 32 of the Mission Presidents that have been called by the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve starting in July 2021. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 14, 2021 | Books & Quotes, Innovation, Leadership & Personal Growth
Kotter’s 8-step model is one of the most well-known and widely used change management frameworks. It outlines how to systematically and effectively implement change in an organization.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 11, 2021 | Books & Quotes, Leadership & Personal Growth, Top Quotes
“Most US corporations today are over-managed and under-led. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership.”
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 4, 2021 | Books & Quotes, Psychology, TED Talks, Top Quotes
In her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Feb 1, 2021 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Work
The Church News published recently 3 articles about 48 of the Mission Presidents that have been called by the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve starting in July 2021.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 31, 2021 | Leadership & Personal Growth, Psychology
I read Davis Epstein’s book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World last summer and I really liked it a lot. The book makes you rethink about the prevalent idea that specialization is the right way to build your career. Perhaps for some it actually...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 29, 2021 | Books & Quotes, Innovation, Psychology, TED Talks, Top Quotes
If you had gathered the same people who created Linux, installed them in a giant conference room for a year, and asked them to devise a new operating system, it’s doubtful that anything so revolutionary would have occurred.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 25, 2021 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Videos from the Church of Jesus Christ
Clint tells how a single moment changed his life from being the fidgety classmate to discovering his talent because of one teacher who saw potential. Be the one to create moments of hope, he says. Other Hope Works Videos When God Delivers, He Comes with Arms Full |...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 22, 2021 | Books & Quotes, Psychology, TED Talks, Top Quotes
In The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, the authors make the case that our culture has embraced three Great Untruths in the past ten years or so: The Untruth...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 20, 2021 | Church News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Consistently with these beliefs and actions, and because of their age, Senior Church leaders over 70 now welcome the opportunity to be vaccinated.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 19, 2021 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History & Genealogy, FamilySearch
RootsTech Connect, hosted by FamilySearch, will be entirely online and completely free for the first time this year. Registration is open for what is considered the world’s largest family celebration event.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 18, 2021 | Top Quotes
6 Things You May Not Know About Martin Luther King Jr. 1. King’s birth name was Michael, not Martin. Martin Luther original name was Michael King Jr. In 1934, however, his father, a Baptist pastor, traveled to Germany and was inspired by the life of...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Jan 16, 2021 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Videos from the Church of Jesus Christ
A new Church News video, titled “The First Three Years,” highlights the ministry of President Russell M. Nelson, 96, who was set apart as the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on January 14, 2018.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 28, 2020 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Let me begin by reminding you that we so blithely say in the Church that life is a school, a testing ground. It is true, even though it is trite. What we don’t accept are the implications of that true teaching—at least as fully as we should. One of the implications is that the tests that we face are real.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 19, 2020 | Church News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Updates emphasize the work of salvation and exaltation, as well as principles of flexibility, agency and personal revelation
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 18, 2020 | Books & Quotes, TED Talks, Top Quotes
Peter Senge is the author of the book “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization.” The Fifth Discipline is focused on group problem solving using the systems thinking method to convert companies into learning organizations.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 11, 2020 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Top Quotes, Videos from the Church of Jesus Christ
“Over my nine and a half decades of life, I have concluded that counting our blessings is far better than recounting our problems.” – Russell M. Nelson
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 8, 2020 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Work
“However, the pandemic is revealing new and more creative ways of reaching out to the honest in heart,” said the member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who chairs the Church’s Missionary Executive Council.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 8, 2020 | Top Quotes
Warren Edward Buffett is considered one of the most successful investors in the world and has a net worth of over US $78.9 billion as of August 2020, making him the world’s fourth-wealthiest person. Buffett was born...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 7, 2020 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Temples
Update on December 7, 2020: Beginning December 14, 2020, one temple will begin Phase 1 of reopening and four temples will begin Phase 2. As early as December 21, 2020, four temples will begin Phase 3. See a full list of temples and their status as of December 14,...
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 6, 2020 | Church News, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Videos from the Church of Jesus Christ
The First Presidency invites members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their families, and friends to participate in the First Presidency’s Christmas devotional broadcast on Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. mountain standard time.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 4, 2020 | Family & Relationships
Marriages are becoming less common: in most countries the share of people getting married has fallen in recent decades. However, this is not true across all countries.
by Giuseppe Martinengo | Dec 2, 2020 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History & Genealogy
The free genealogy website FamilySearch.org has added 20 new languages since August, becoming the world’s largest genealogical service available to anyone in 30 total languages.