Courage
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Stories (5)
Wylene Benson
The First Sale Confirmation
While informing her broker she was leaving her office manager position to pursue real estate full-time, Wylene received a text from her first client. The timing felt like confirmation. That client became her first sale. It became the defining origin story of her career — a moment when confidence arrived as a consequence of commitment, not as a prerequisite for it.
Mark Johnson
The Vaping Ordinance That Started in Lehi and Moved the Nation
After attending a Utah County Health meeting about youth vaping addiction, Mayor Johnson passed a local ordinance — then personally worked Utah legislators to get 42 House co-sponsors, pass both chambers, and spark national legislative attention.
Phil Hanks
Called as Mission President at 28 — Before He Even Knew
Phil and Donna were in Samoa teaching at a Church school when congratulatory telegrams began arriving. First his mother, then a cousin: 'Congratulations, President.' He had no idea what they meant. After six weeks of delayed mail due to a Pan-American Airlines strike, letters finally arrived including a call from the First Presidency to preside over the Samoa Mission. Phil was 28. Donna was 27. They came home for ten weeks, attended the mission presidents' seminar with all 61 mission presidents in the world at the time, were set apart, and returned July 1 to lead the mission. Phil said simply: 'We should have been afraid, but I wasn’t.'
Quotes (10)
"Once you start doing scary things, embracing the unknown and failing a lot, life gets really fun."
Savannah Romney
Failure Is Fun — Savannah Romney
"Once you make that decision to go forward, you just know that forward is the only way."
Wylene Benson
Security Is Something You Build — Wylene Benson
"Are you going to retreat and freeze and be paralyzed and scared? Or are you going to open yourself up to possibility?"
Nikki Lemon
Stop Waiting for Perfect — Make the Next Chess Move: Nikki Lemon
"You can't answer the what-ifs until you try."
Kaylee Kendall
Home Is Not Just Something You Borrow — Matthew & Kaylee Kendall
"We should have been afraid, but I wasn’t."
Phil Hanks
I’m Ready Now — Phil Hanks on Pioneer Legacy, a Life of Service, and What 92 Years of Faith Looks Like
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(4)"Once you make that decision to go forward, you just know that forward is the only way."
— Wylene Benson
"Are you going to retreat and freeze and be paralyzed and scared? Or are you going to open yourself up to possibility?"
— Nikki Lemon
"You can't answer the what-ifs until you try."
— Kaylee Kendall
"We should have been afraid, but I wasn’t."
— Phil Hanks