By Scott Westerman My friend Kathleen reminded me of the spiritual maxim, “Bloom where you are planted,” this week. She’s a shining example. After relocating with her young child, she discovered that the teaching career she had planned on wasn’t materializing. Rather than abandoning her home base, she pondered what…
By Scott Westerman Let’s talk about one of the most important laws of success. It’s a fundamental, universal law that every spectacular achiever understands and practices every day. And it’s a law that influences everyone from the most destitute homeless person, to the multi-millionaire. If you understand and act based…
By Scott Westerman “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” – Jim Rohn I recently met a retired medical man. He was in his 80s and still vigorous, working as a consultant to other medical people who wanted to sell…
By Scott Westerman “Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it” Friday at 1:47PM, we heard the words we had been hoping for for the last six months. Dr. Reynolds smiled and said to Colleen, “You are cancer free”. The roller coaster ride began in Just after…
Back in the days when I was nearing graduation from College, I was filled with idealism and energy. And even though I had worked my way through school at a local radio station, I was still relatively clueless about the big, shining world that waited for me at the other…
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…