Author: Scott Westerman

My friend Gary Berkowitz is what radio guys call “a legend”. His clients have included most popular radio stations in the land, including Detroit radio powerhouses like WJR and WNIC. Gary is the guy who conceives and builds a station’s sound. From the type of music played to the formatic elements of jingles, commercial placement and…

“The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.” – Norman CousinsThe holiday parties I’m attending this year seem to have a common theme. Fear, uncertainty and doubt pervade.  Many people are feeling stuck in assignments that don’t…

“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” – Gandhi The last pre-game event I visited during the 2010 regular football season was Sparty’s Middle Eastern Tailgate.  It was a co-production of the MSU Jewish Student Union and the MSU Arab Cultural Society. The food was terrific. But that…

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I originally wrote this in November of 2010. Ironic that every word still applies, both to our football team and to life.“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”Yesterday my Spartans…

Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of  The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working. He also blogs for the Harvard Business Review.Tony recently shared some excellent thoughts on “Fueling Positive Emotions in a World Gone Mad”  that are worth repeating. We’ll turn this week’s Motivator over to him.If…

Help! I need advice on the perfect cell phone!I admit it. I’m starting to tire of how ineffective the iPhone keyboard works with my fat fingers. I miss my Blackberry Pearl and it’s fast, intuitive thumb board.And, of course, AT&T’s coverage in my neck of the woods (perhaps it my phone) leaves a lot to…

“Being Politically Correct means always having to say you’re sorry.” – Charles OsgoodNothing torpedoes a career these days like being politically incorrect. Unfortunately, its definition has become so broad that whatever you say, and how you say it, is certain to offend somebody.Juan Williams is the latest to be caught in the vortex of our…

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters. Compared to what lies within us. – EmersonWhen we find ourselves in the depths of an adventure, a challenge or an emotion, the topography of our environment can be an unwelcome distraction. Get a promotion, win the lotto, announce that you’re considering a…

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.Running has been an important meditation practice for much of my adult life. There is no high like a runner’s high. When the endorphins are flowing, new ideas seem to flow with them. And a regular commitment to cardiovascular activity has…