By Scott Westerman “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” Unknown “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” Mae West We spent Mothers’ Day…
By Scott Westerman “The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.” – Jack Kemp There are moments when you may feel like your contribution to the world is insignificant. This…
By Scott Westerman Planning your next career move, expanding knowledge, building networks, sharpening resumes and anticipating the future are things you should be doing now. Whether your personal brand is on an upswing or in need of some attention. It’s a good time to review some of the basic behaviors…
By Scott Westerman I watched The Blind Side again this weekend. The story of Michael Oher, is, itself, is a great Monday Motivator about courage. The courage it takes to do right, when everybody else is doing wrong. The courage it takes to care for someone with potential, when everybody else is…
By Scott Westerman The best speech of the 2010 Final Four happened on Saturday night. Michigan State University’s Draymond Green gave it. “We know we have to change a lot of things that we do as a team and as individuals… We have to go back and take a look…
By Scott Westerman I rode Amtrak into Chicago this week to spend the day with Jana Obrien. We first met at Michigan State when I was spending to much time on the radio and she was building the fundamentals of a brilliant career in advertising research. We contemplated our reflections…
By Scott Westerman Sometimes I get on a roll. As I research these Monday missives I admit to occasions when I have so much I want to share that the normal pre-caffeinated attention spans in our mornings together don’t quite have the stamina to keep up. Such was the feedback…
By Scott Westerman If I could make one recommendation to improve your mood, energy capacity and proclivity it would be this: Get rid of the Energy Suckers in your life! “If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or…
My wonderful daughter, Shelby, is one of my biggest cheerleaders. From the time she first understood speech, she heard me talking about how attitude is everything and she practices what I preach. When she was very young, I loved the times I would tuck her in at bedtime and we…
By Scott Westerman When I took the job in suburban Peoria, I knew it would be three months until Colleen and our then very young children could join me. I was house sitting in a cavernous home with just a TV, microwave and a mattress and had, as usual, jumped…