Starting Right

In a startup, the team is very small. You might only have three or four people. Because of the size, everyone is wearing multiple hats. The CEO might be the sales guy and marketer. The software engineer may also be the CFO. Everyone takes on additional responsibilities.

In a startup, there really is no room for envy and strife. There is just too much to do.

It is amazing to me; startups usually die at the beginning. Many times, it is a result of conflict within the founding team. I have seen it myself. However, once everyone finds their purpose, the propulsion to grow and succeed solidifies the success of the startup.

This movement is a start up. We need to make sure envy and strife are far from us. That was the downfall of the LDS church in Joseph's day. You really can't get a startup off the ground with that. Aspiring is unhelpful. Envy only distracts and is counterproductive. Strife destroys progress. Egos must always be in check.

The greatest concern this movement should have is repeating the mistakes of the past.

"And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received--
Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.
And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.
And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which I have written" D&C 84: 54-57

"Behold, I say unto you, there were jarrings, and contentions, and envyings, and strifes, and lustful and covetous desires among them; therefore by these things they polluted their inheritances.
They were slow to hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; therefore, the Lord their God is slow to hearken unto their prayers, to answer them in the day of their trouble." D&C 101: 6-7

Perhaps focusing on the opposite of envy, jarring, strifes, etc. is the way to go. When someone receives mysteries, should we not rejoice? When there are self-selected, God ordained projects, shouldn't we be awestruck? The scripture project is a perfect example. There is enough and to spare for everyone. Being jealous or contentious is like complaining that someone is preventing you from playing in the ocean because they are getting to close to you. There is a lot of ocean to play in.

The goal God has for this movement is that everyone becomes a King and a Priest or a Queen and a Priestess. Everyone has the opportunity to receive their calling and election. This is offered to all. There is no need to be envious or have strife if all blessings are offered to all without stakes or bounds.

Startups fail most often in the beginning. Let's not do the same thing