Episode 543: Dr. Shawn Tucker, New Book Called “Humility: A Practical Approach”

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Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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My friend Shawn Tucker (Humanities Professor Elon University, Married Father of 4, Active LDS) joins us to talk about his new book about humility. The book explores qualities like devotion to God, meekness, vulnerability, seeing your weakness, respect, modesty, friendship. The book gives practical insights into what it means to be humble in your relationship with God and with others. I learned so much listening to Shawn’s insights about humility. It helps me see some of my blind spots and want to do better. It helps me find more peace in my life to be normal—and finding joy in being normal. Please check out the book at: https://www.amazon.com/Humility-Practical-Approach-Shawn-Tucker-ebook/dp/B09ML7BQNM Thank you, Dr. Tucker, for being on the podcast and your insights and gifts to help us become a more Zion like people.

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.0	We have an author, an LDS author on the podcast, Dr. Sean Tucker, to talk about his new book.
0:15.5	Welcome to the podcast, Sean.
0:17.5	Thank you for having me.
0:18.8	I'm honored, honored to be here.
0:21.6	Sean is joining us. He lives in North Carolina and Elon North Carolina, which I think is east
0:29.1	of Greensboro. But he's joining us while visiting a son. You're in Manhattan, New York right now.
0:34.6	Is that right? Yes, yes. Listeners, let me introduce Dr. Sean Tucker. He was born in Ogden. He grew up, but he grew up
0:43.6	in Sterling, Virginia. He served in the Santiago North Mission that's in Chile from
0:49.5	1987 to 1989. So that puts him in his early 50s. He graduated with a degree in Humanities in Brigham Young
0:58.6	University. He married Nicole Jones there. They are the parents of four kids and two grandkids. He has a
1:06.2	master's degree and a doctorate, both in humanities from Florida State University, and he's taught at
1:12.9	Elon University, a four-year private university since 2000. He's written four books, some scholarly
1:22.0	books, and some for the LDS community that we're both a part of, but we're going to talk about
1:27.1	his book, Humility, a Practical Approach.
1:31.1	And so that'll be the focus of this podcast.
1:33.1	I'm excited to learn more about this book.
1:35.6	I hope we all check it out and help us to do better as Latter-day Saints within our community.
1:41.9	Talk a little bit about just the goal of the book. Most authors
1:46.3	decide to write a book with a goal in mind. Originally the goal was to make a lot of money.
1:53.8	No, not at all. I, it's funny, my patriarchal blessing warns, to be humble. So I've always sort of like,
2:03.1	so what does that exactly mean? I thought about that, you know, ever since being a missionary
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