Sam Davidson is a speaker, writer and dreamer who tells the stories that need telling in order to motivate others to change the things that need changing.
Having worked in both the corporate world and the nonprofit sector, he has seen the potential of individuals and companies to do the right thing when needed. To this end, he seeks to help people make better choices in order to have a positive impact on those around them.
In 2006, he and Stephen Moseley began dreaming about CoolPeopleCare, Inc. and put that dream into reality shortly thereafter.
Sam writes regularly on his personal blog and has been syndicated on such sites as EthicsDaily and YPCommons. His favorite topics include the potential of the next generation to change the world for the better.
His first book, New Day Revolution: How to Save the World in 24 Hours was published on November 1, 2007 from Xyzzy Press.He frequently travels and speaks on issues related to social entrepreneurship, the next generation, and saving the world.
Sam has been married to Lynnette for four years.
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I’m not here to add one more voice to the nearly endless chatter regarding Gen Y’s potential or its ignorance. I’m here to tell everyone to stop yelling and start moving. Plus, another book giveaway!
It’s a vital topic that today’s leaders are interested in, curious about, and desperate for advice and information.
Find and live your passion – but understand that its pinnacle may not be doing so in front of others. It may be at a place where you’re happy, healthy, and lucky to be doing what you love and getting paid for it. Be your best - even if no one’s watching.
And ultimately, for me, I was more drawn in by the stories of Rocco’s normalcy, his seeming out-of-place-ness, the fact that he didn’t belong. Because despite all that, he still showed up, still played his heart out, but just came up short.
When finances are tight, if there are disagreements, or if things aren’t going as well as you hoped, you want someone on board with you who you enjoy being with. You want someone you can stand to be around when the picture isn’t so rosy.
One of the most important skills you can learn in life is knowing when to quit. This skill is rarely taught in school, and there are not many books on the subject, either. So, grab a seat: this is your education on quitting.
Sometimes in the quest to get where we’re going, we forget what it will be like once we get there. What looks like a refusal to settle may be only an inability to sit happily underneath the very tree you planted.
I don’t really like to blog about blogging. Mainly because ‘blogger’ isn’t a title I toss out there. And mainly because this blog doesn’t consistently rotate around any hub of a common theme. And because unless you’re Tiffany Monhollon or Seth Godin […]
It’s 5:16 on Friday and I’m done.I just finished the behemoth known as a ‘business plan.’That’s right - we’re looking for funding.For over 18 months, we scraped by as we built the concept for CoolPeopleCare. We pieced together site development with […]
And Britt Bravo is showcasing how:My job was to help them integrate some of their experiences into an action plan of next steps towards figuring out how they wanted to make an impact in the world. One of the things that struck me was that unlike my […]
