Motivated Innovation

*formerly posted on "Welcome, International Students!" blog Two weeks ago, I was looking at my Facebook News Feed and reading what my friends and former classmates were sharing. One post caught my attention. It was a heartfelt article written by a colleague of mine at Xavier University. We were both Student Senators at Xavier and had spent several hours talking together about campus leadership and campus life. His article " A Stranger Called Me a 'Terrorist' and I Didn't React " is a good reminder about the difficulties and learning experiences that our world sees on a daily basis. I know that I have been in his shoes before, and it hurts. It hurts to not feel welcome. It hurts to be attacked without any regret by the attacking party. It hurts to be publicly shamed and embarrassed, especially without just cause. It reminded me of a time when I was at my friend's birthday party with my older brother and other friends. At this particular sports r...

In 2010, I wrote a couple of business articles on Suite101.com. Since then, the website has revamped its operations and shut down its previous operations. Therefore, I have decided to re-post these two articles here. They were: " Remember When Enron was Overpriced? " " Lessons Learned from CEO Chainsaw Al Dunlap " I also wrote sports articles on Suite101.com and Yahoo! Contributor Network that can be found on my sports blog CAVS.SPACE (formerly known as Hard Workin' Team).  I hope you enjoy these articles!

During my time as a graduate student at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), I had the opportunities to serve as a graduate assistant and as a class officer in the MBA program. As a part of both roles, I wrote on a couple blogs/websites, neither of which is currently active. However, I do have the rights to re-post all of my previous posts, so I have selected several of them and have added them to the "Motivated Innovation" blog. These blog posts can be found under the secondary labels " MBA Blog " (for writings from my graduate assistant role) and " MBASA Blog " (for writings from my class officer role). Feel free to browse through these posts. I hope you enjoy!

In September 2007, college professor Randy Pausch made a presentation at Carnegie Mellon University as part of a university lecture series. Pausch, who was dying of cancer, decided to give a presentation called "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", which also became known as "The Last Lecture". The topics covered are ones that most, if not all, people think about at some point in their lives. There is a lot of discussion and introspection around personal passions and career & life goals. My favorite quotes from the presentation are: "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game." "Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things." I highly recommend watching "The Last Lecture" on YouTube . The video is a little over 75 minutes long, so, depending on your schedule, you may want to ...