Category: Monday Motivator

History is filled with hero’s journeys about individuals who used the heat of horrific suffering to forge steely determination to transform pain into immense forward progress. In fact, every powerful life story rests on the foundation of discomfort, setbacks and distress.

The years beyond seventy can offer the richest canvas for meaning; a time when ambition is no longer mistaken for purpose, when the frantic need to prove oneself yields to the more generous desire to understand.

My father, “The Real” Scott Westerman was born 100 years ago today. I often wish I could ask his opinion about the world we are living in. I expect he would say what he always said. “Do good things anyway.”

Remember the old saying. “Live each day as if it’s your last?” Let’s flip the script.Live each day as if it were your first.

Friendship across the divide isn’t weakness. It’s wisdom. It’s choosing grace over judgment and connection over certainty.

Each Father’s Day, I find myself revisiting the lessons my father, “The Real Scott Westerman,” shared. Here are a few…

Manifesting what we desire isn’t just about positive thoughts. It’s being willing to keep your eye on the prize and going after it when everyone is telling you it’s out of reach.

Sometimes we focus so much on achievement that we lose the joy of the journey. And when that happens, comparison creeps in.

We prefer our truths quick, our opinions ready-made. Unfortunately, if it sounds like someone knows what they’re talking about, they might not.

Everything is all about perspective. It’s a lesson I relearned last summer when I had the opportunity to spend the day on the set of a motion picture.