Scott Smigler's BlogFounder of Exclusive Concepts and Conversions On Demand

A year or so ago I received a random call from a high school teacher asking me to come speak at her school. I said I would be happy to, and I asked her how she heard about me. It turns out she teaches a class on entrepreneurship, and some how my story had made it in the textbook without my knowledge.

The funny thing is that it just happened again. I was browsing Amazon, and I decided to do a search on my last name. I came across a book called Automatic Wealth for Grads… and Anyone Else Just Starting Out by Michael Masterson.

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I logged in, took advantage of Amazon’s “search inside” feature, and sure enough I found a passage that tells my story of entrepreneurship. The story was 3 years old, but it was pretty accurate.

What’s strange is that people are using my story without calling me for it directly. It’s kind of fun… but i’m always happy to get a phone call about something fun like this:)

Once, someone asked me what my favorite day of the year is. I thought hard about my answer. New Years is great, because with the passing of a single day you start a brand new year with a blank slate. Growing up on the Jersey shore, the 4th of July has always been up there as well.

For me, however, my favorite day of the year is Election Day. And yes, I know that sounds very geeky, although I’ve always thought of myself as kind of a civics geek.

I like Election Day so much because it is really a day of substance. It’s a day when the people of America have an opportunity to take control of their democracy and cast a verdict that will influence the direction we move in for the next few years. So many people have dedicated their lives to causes that allow us to vote, and many more have died in battle to preserve the rights that allow us to shape a more perfect democracy. To me, voting is not about patriotism though… rather, it is about fulfilling a responsibility to a country that offers its citizens limitless opportunity, and to the people who made that so.

I know where i’ll be the night of November 7 – i’ll be watching the results stream in, eager to learn the direction the people of America have chosen for us. Don’t forget to vote.