Don't Judge a Person By a TV Show

I've never had an interest in watching The Jerry Springer Show. Growing up during the height of its popularity, I never understood why so many people spent time watching a show where people fight, argue and act inappropriately on national television.

My freshman year at Otterbein, I had an opportunity to hear Jerry Springer speak in person. My first thought was why should I spend the time to listen to this man speak? His show never appealed to me and I never understood why he gained popularity.

On the other hand, it was an opportunity to see someone who had an impact on American culture and a celebrity live in person. For that reason, I decided to go to his talk. I was young at the time and figured I may not get another opportunity to see him speak again.

I still don't have any desire to watch his show but Springer was more dynamic and well spoken in person. He only made a couple references to his TV show but the main focus was on the importance of voting (keep in mind this was an election year). Springer, who holds a degree in political science, clearly understood how politicians worked and made his message clear. Voters have the opportunity to vote who they want in there and influence how decisions are made.

My perception of Springer changed after seeing him speak. I understood better how intelligent he was and why he achieved the success he had. He had his facts in line, knew how to communicate his message and was an incredible speaker.

As mentioned earlier, I have never watched his TV show but understood the man he was beyond what you saw on television.

Don't Be Afraid to Change

I hadn't posted on this blog in quite some time but I decided it was time for a change. I started Networking, Interning, Marketing and More before I started my MBA program through Baldwin Wallace University. I thought the name was cool and would get the point across.

As I got further into my program, I realized the name for this blog had several issues with it. It was long, hard to remember and the URL took forever to type. It wasn't easy for anyone to remember and I realized that maybe the name I took wasn't so good after all.

I also used the blog to talk about online dating. I intended this to be a business blog so posts about using Match.com and eHarmony didn't fit the model I originally hoped for.

On Facebook and Twitter, I started posting messages of inspiration with the hashtag #dailywisdom. A lot of these posts started getting a lot of likes on both forms of social media. Many commented that these posts are helpful and I was making a difference. I didn't realize how much I was making a difference until some of my Facebook friends told me so.

I decided to change this blog to widen the topics it could cover and change the name. I had given thought to making this change and didn't have any fears to do so.

So here it is...welcome to Weekly Wisdom!