Category: Monday Motivator

“Faith is the ability to step back and imagine your life as an enduring work of art before it’s fully created. Commitment is the discipline to zoom in and start creating it.” In 2005 Alex Tew earned a million dollars, one pixel at a time. The student from Wiltshire, England, wanted to raise money for his…

“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.” Walter ReutherIt was amoment I had been waiting for all week. Lunch with Brittany Fox and Jackson Kaguri. Jackson is the inspiring Founder…

A flashback to some of my thoughts after we earned  beat Michigan last year in Ann Arbor. I can report that almost every fan interaction I saw in East Lansing was classy. I’m sure there were probably some alcohol induced slip-ups, but I was very proud of my Spartans, both on and off the field.“True…

“Character is what you do when nobody is watching.” – H. Jackson Brown”Someone is always watching.” – Scott Westerman Suzy Merchant is one of my favorite people. She is competitive but humble. She embodies the Spartan Work Ethic, but always tries to prioritize family first. She has a terrific sense of humor but can focus intensively on…

“Happiness is a choice we make”What can a Las Vegas cabbie and a TSA employee teach us about life?It was 3AM. I was running on the kinetic energy that seems to keep me in high gear for hours after a productive presentation. Time to head to the airport. The cabbie must have been pretty close…

I’ve been thinking long an hard about what’s appropriate for this 10th anniversary of 9/11. There can be no doubt that this horrific day was a defining moment for a generation of Americans. It brought sadness, suffering and death into our collective focus. We should never forget it.We should also never forget Pearl Harbor, The…

“Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you…

“Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – GandhiRunning through the streets of Oxford in the pre-dawn Great Britain darkness, one can feel the presence of intellects past and present who came to this place with one common objective: To keep learning.I am here with 40…

“The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire.”Over the last decade, Colleen and I have been among the care givers for four loved ones we ultimately lost to cancer. A year and a half ago, I took on the caregiver role when Colleen was diagnosed.Nobody. Nobody can truly empathize with a cancer caregiver unless…