Christopher Christensen on excellence
From Comparing, Competing, and Individual Worth | Merrill J. Christensen | 2007 · · BYU Speeches
“Excellence does not call attention to itself. It does not need to. Excellence will be obvious to those who need to be impressed.”
On , Christopher Christensen, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at ENSIGN GROUP INC, spoke about excellence during Comparing, Competing, and Individual Worth | Merrill J. Christensen | 2007 on BYU Speeches.
About Christopher Christensen
Christopher Christensen, co-founder and executive chairman at Ensign, has delivered two recorded addresses. In a 2007 speech titled "Comparing, Competing, and Individual Worth," Christensen discussed the challenges of competition and comparison. He quoted President Gordon B. Hinckley, who said, "The world into which you will move will be terribly competitive." Christensen stated that "excellence does not call attention to itself" and that "integrity is not a hindrance to your academic and professional success. It is essential to it." He also said that "the proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others" and that "your value to Him is independent of your body mass index; your accomplishments in arts, academics, or athletics; your possessions, popularity, or marital status." In a 2017 address, Christensen spoke about trusting the Holy Ghost. He said that "the Holy Ghost speaks with a voice that you feel more than you hear" and that "revelation comes as words we feel more than we hear." He shared a personal anecdote about learning to recognize spiritual promptings and stated, "I have never had the spirit bear witness to me that Joseph Smith was a perfect man, but I have had the testimony borne witness to me by the holy ghost that he was the Lord's prophet and that the Book of Mormon is true and that Jesus is the Christ."