Problems

By Scott Westerman “The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” Albert Ellis One of my favorite Earl Nightingale…

Hand in Hand

To my beloved Grandson: Once upon a time My hand was just as yours. Life was simple. Needs were few. Every day was something new. As time went by awareness came Of love and hate, of pride and shame Of black and white and shades of gray. And sometimes just to survive…

I Am That Man

By Scott Westerman “He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” – Clarence Budington Kelland My son had his first solo evening with his three-week-old on Friday night. While mom was enjoying her first post-pregnancy night out with the girls, Brandon and…

No Regrets

By Scott Westerman “Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future.” – Fulton Oursler Life happens. Time passes and we all tend to get caught up in the minutia of the day to day. It’s easy to forget the important…

Face Time

One of the reasons that the Apple iPad is so revolutionary is the Face Time application. We’ve had Skype for awhile, but the ease of use and portability that iPad and Face Time bring together is a game changer. When Hudson came a week earlier than we expected, it was…

The soundtrack of your life

417 disks. Just over 45,000 tracks. From WLS to KHJ. From WVIC to WITL. From WPAG to WAAM. From WBZ to KDKA. From WABC to CHUM. From Great Britain to Peru. Inside these Jewel cases you’ll find acapellas and sonovoxes, countdowns and commercials and thousands and thousands and thousands of the…

Be Proactive

By Scott Westerman “If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.” – Stephen Covey I recently spent the day with a group of Spartans who work for Google. I was there to ask them…

The Way In

By Scott Westerman “In every career… You build a body of work, but you also build a body of affection, with the people you’ve helped who’ve helped you back.” – Robert Krulwich Has anyone ever asked you one of these questions? “My position at the state is about to be…