Tweet Excuse me while I rant for a minute. On social medial, about social media (ironic I suppose).  I have a love-hate relationship with the entirety of social media. I use my Facebook to communicate, keep track of the friends I have literally all over the world, and support some causes very near to my heart. However, most days I hate how people use social media to proclaim their thoughts or beliefs on something. As if social media wasn’t impersonal enough, we now feel the need to share a blog post condemning the entire race of humanity (maybe a slight exaggeration). Bloggers, we are partly at fault for this over-sharing.…

Tweet While I was working on my master’s degree, I had to interview and write a paper on a local individual I considered a leader.  After much debate, I interviewed a leader I had actually never met, but someone who I respected from a distance.  As I sat and listened to him, I realized why I was so impressed with his leadership-at his core, he was just a regular guy with big dreams and a big heart. At this point, I don’t remember much of the conversation, although I have it recorded somewhere I think, but I do remember one thing he told me when he is looking for leadership…