{"id":12234,"date":"2023-05-23T11:45:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottburrows.com\/?p=12234"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:45:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:45:40","slug":"scott-burrows-texas-motivational-speaker-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottburrows.319heads.com\/scott-burrows-texas-motivational-speaker-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Burrows, Texas Motivational Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How Can We Not Feel Pride in Texas?<\/h3>\n

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\u201cOptimism isn\u2019t just a state of mind, it\u2019s a practice. But seizing an opportunity to improve things can rarely be done alone. Texans work together every day<\/em> to help their neighbors, respond to disaster, and build brighter futures.\u201d \u2013 Texas Optimism Project, 2023<\/p>\n

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As a Texas Motivational Speaker<\/a> who has had the opportunity to speak throughout the state, I have never failed to appreciate the optimism and pride that seems almost hard-wired into business. Where does this optimism originate and what does Texas have to teach all of us?<\/p>\n

Texas may be the Bellwether state<\/strong><\/p>\n

Near the end of 2021, when the nation was emerging from pandemic, The New York Times<\/a> ran an opinion piece entitled: Texas is the Future of America. The author makes several important points:<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas has a much more diverse, broader group of community and policy stakeholders than you\u2019d find in California, where city, state and county officials and metropolitan planning organizations are hugely powerful. Texas is no longer just about big oil and cattle; we have one of the most diversified economies in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The diversity is not just about the mix of business, but much more about the mix of its population. Cites the article:<\/p>\n

\u201cFor every new white resident that Texas welcomed over the past decade, there have been three Black residents, three Asians, three people with multiracial backgrounds and 11 Hispanics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas is misunderstood, and as a Texas Motivational Speaker, I have never failed to admire how Texans come together to solve their challenges. Liberal or Conservative and regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation, when problems need addressing, Texans work together to solve it.<\/p>\n

In a February 2022 article, written by Margaret Spellings and A.J. Rodriguez, the writers discussed the concerns of 4 out of 5 Texans that education needed to be improved. They found that:<\/p>\n