By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “The superior person is modest in speech but exceeds in actions.” Confucius Let this be the year when you make something happen. That was my challenge in the first MM of the new year. We’re half way through it. Where…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela Think about this: Everything that has been accomplished was first…
Here’s my mini-review of the Samsung Galaxy Note SCH-1605. Chris Horner turned me onto this amazing device and, in short, if it weren’t for my unlimited ATT data plan and iMessage, I would be jettisoning my beloved iPhone. The Note is easier to read, and just enough smaller than an…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “My father gave the me the greatest gift anyone could give another person. He believed in me.” ~Jim Valvano The world needs more father figures. We need more men who listen to us with full attention, pick us up…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. Scott’s Maxim – “Leading a team is one continual story problem. Those closest to the customer know the answers.” The Apple Campus on “Infinite Loop Drive” in Cupertino radiates innovation. So having lunch with a Spartan who is part…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “Motherhood is.. the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs In Heaven Robyn Ackerman wrote a great post this week about a certain group…
By Scott Westerman Our daily challenge is separating the wheat from the chaff. Deciding “What’s Important Now” can make all the difference. I received an email tonight from my friend Brian Willis. He teaches cops the things that they don’t teach at the academy. In his world, survival isn’t just…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “If it is to be, it’s up to me” William H. Johnson With another crop of Spartans about to write the next chapter of their personal adventure story, it’s a good time to review the rules of engagement. It’s up…
By Scott Westerman “I Don’t Have A Single American Friend..” Tamerlan Tsarnaev – The Boston Marathon Bomber Listen to an audio version of this message. He stood in the corner of the room. The rest of the students were coalesced at it’s center, speaking an amalgam of heavily accented English that…
By Scott Westerman From a speech I gave to the Spartan Battalion ROTC graduating class on April 16, 2013. Listen to an audio version of this message. Thanks for the honor of spending time with the finest graduates of the best ROTC program in the nation. Normally my remarks are…