🎲 Random Story
The Stake President’s Role in Welfare Services
The speaker finished college intending to become a banker but found no banking jobs due to the Great Depression. He took a department store job for fifteen dollars per week and considered himself fortunate to be employed. Through this experience, he learned the rewards of hard work.
I lived through those hard years and saw firsthand what it was like. I had studied economics and business in college with the desire of becoming a banker. I completed my schooling shortly after the beginning of the depression and came to Salt Lake City, only to find that bankers were, as they then said, “ten cents a dozen.” I found a job in a department store and was paid fifteen dollars per week and was fortunate to have a job. I learned the rewards of hard work.
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👤 General Authorities (Modern)
Adversity
Education
Employment
Self-Reliance