The same thing frequently happens to me on Sunday nights. As I’m finishing up tasks that needed to get done over the weekend and planning for the upcoming week, the anxiety starts to set it. Anxiety about what I didn’t get accomplished during the weekend. Anxiety about the week to come and everything on my… Read More

Ryan Doyle and the rest of his Live to Give Foundation team have partnered with University of Michigan football player Mike Martin to change the world one tackle at a time. Mike has been fortunate enough to find athletic success, and he’s using that success to do good in his community.

We learn in college that we must know how to effectively communicate our skills and knowledge about the career we’ve chosen and our related experience in order to find a job. Once we start our careers, we must continue developing who we are both personally and professionally, distinguishing ourselves from the millions of other people who are in our chosen field. Essentially, we need to know how to “self-package” our unique attributes and what makes us who we are. This is personal branding.

I don’t think I will be alive to see the day when every single person on this earth has a home, but I know many homeless people will have the opportunity to let their voices be heard, all thanks to Mark Horvath and InvisiblePeople.tv.

I had a meeting tonight with a friend I see about once a month. We met at her office, and I noticed a vase with these gorgeous red flowers with long stems. I commented that they were beautiful. My friend then told me that her husband brings flowers to her office every single Tuesday. I… Read More

Success on the social Web can be measured in a variety of ways. This is not one of those “here’s how you measure social media efforts” posts. You can learn loads about ways to measure over on the Brass Tack Thinking blog. This post stems from me thinking a lot lately about how we represent ourselves online, and in turn, the various ways we define personal success online.

The weeks fly by so fast that sometimes we just go through the motions without really living life. Sometimes we are oblivious to what’s happening around us or how long it’s been since we’ve done something we have deemed as important. It’s incredible how six months can feel like six hours when we’re caught up in a whirlwind of activities week after week.

Summer is starting to wind down, and that means it’s almost back to school time for many children. Unfortunately, starting a new school year is not always a happy time for kids because many parents cannot afford all the necessary school supplies. You might be thinking, “How much can a few pencils, pens and notebooks really cost?” But trust me, it adds up.

When Jeff Pulver, 140 Characters Conference founder, visited Detroit a couple weeks ago to meet with our team about 140conf Detroit on October 20, he asked us all to make a short video to share our thoughts about the conference. The main point I want to get across about this conference is that just because it’s taking place in Detroit doesn’t mean that it’s a Detroit or Michigan conference.