By Scott Westerman “Being Politically Correct means always having to say you’re sorry.” – Charles Osgood Nothing 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.
By Scott Westerman What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters. Compared to what lies within us. – Emerson When 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…
By Scott Westerman 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…
Friends! Your kind words for my humble Monday Motivator have been truly inspiring. Writing these short essays each week is a labor of love for me. I have enough of these tomes down on paper to fill a small book and will be publishing them under the title “The Spartan…
By Scott Westerman I’ve been seriously reconnecting with my running these past few weeks. The cooler fall mornings have arrived and with tools like RunKeeper and an iPod GPS, the real time feedback you get is great. That’s if you can get out of bed, get stretched and get out…
By Scott Westerman School starts at MSU on Monday. The dorms are brimming with kids who can’t wait to get rid of their parents. Text books are flying out of the bookstores and tomorrow begins a brand new year of enlightenment, inside and outside the classroom. For my business friends,…
The Michigan State University Alumni Association Service Excellence Tour kicks off with an inside look at Zappos.com. Join us as we take you behind the scenes at one of the most innovative, fun and profitable on line retailers in the world.
Video by MSUAA’s Dave Brown.
VIDEO: Take an HD Video Tour of Brody Square with MSUAA’s Dave Brown For those of us who had a meal in the Brody cafeteria anytime before 2010, your next trip to what is now known as Brody Square will blow you away. Until now, Snyder Phillips set a high bar for academic…
By Scott Westerman “When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.” – W. Clement Stone I was recently assigned the task of reading the mission statements of a group of business units.…