Sam's Dream Blog

Educators: On the heels of Teacher Appreciation Week, here is another educator making a profound impact.  Kaya Henderson is Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools. She is one of TIME’s “12 Education Activists to Watch in 2012″ as well as one of Forbes’ seven most-powerful educators in the world. Sam’s Dream Blog: What’s your dream for [...]

Teacher Appreciation Week: This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Who better to feature on Sam’s Dream Blog this week than Leslie Jacobs? Jacobs has helped to re-shape the New Orleans school system to the point that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called New Orleans the most improved school district in the country in [...]

Whitney Johnson is the author of “Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream,” to be released May 8. She is President of Rose Park Advisors and is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Sam’s Dream Blog: You left a highly successful Wall Street job.  When did you know it [...]

 Going Back to School: Tara Ruiz currently works for a packaging and forwarding company, but that’s not even the half of her story. Tara is going back to school to pursue her Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management through Ashford University’s online classes. “Before my recent employment, I could not find a job to save [...]

Carol Roth: Carol Roth is a business strategist, former investment banker and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Entrepreneur Equation. Hundreds of organizations have employed Carol’s business expertise. Listen as Carol shares with Sam’s Dream Blog about gaining credibility and about what kind of business is right for you. Check out Carol Roth’s Web site [...]

Life Coach: Sabine Brandt has served as president of Nobility Coaching & Consulting, Inc. since 2000. Consulting clients include Express Scripts, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, RBC Wealth Management, 3M, Target, Prudential and more. Sam’s Dream Blog: What’s your dream?  How did you get to this point? Sabine Brandt: My dream was to build a successful, [...]

Dave Kaplan is the director of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Montclair, N.J. Kaplan has co-authored multiple books with the legendary New York Yankees catcher and American icon. Sam’s Dream Blog: How did you become the Director of the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center? Dave Kaplan: When plans for the Museum [...]

Here is another post in the Featured: “What’s Your Dream?” series on Sam’s Dream Blog. It allows readers to share what is the latest with their dreams, along with an e-mail address or Web site for more information. Today’s guest, Sujata Kumari, is the founder of Flyhigh-world.com, an adventure travel Web site. She is also [...]

Today marks the debut of a new type of post. It’s called Miller’s Musings. Actually you’ve read a couple of my musings already. Periodically I’ll share my thoughts or break away from the interview format in some way. This week, I’m encouraging you to pick up a book I just finished reading. John Maxwell’s “Put [...]

LPGA: Four years ago, LPGA Futures Tour golfer Seul-Ki Park concluded her Illini career with the third-lowest career average in program history. Has it really been that long, Park wonders. Nowadays, instead of a team pushing her, it’s just Seul-Ki, her instructor and her trainer. She’s seen peers give up at this point and decide [...]