Sam Davidson is a speaker, writer, and dreamer who tells stories that need telling in order to motivate others to change the things that need changing.

Sam Davidson is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has keynoted conventions, led workshops, and spoken at universities all around the US.

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Speaking Event: Creativity Moves

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at a brand new event in just a few weeks. Creativity Moves is a new event series beginning in Nashville on May 24. The four-day event is designed to uplift and inspire creative professionals to use their tools and art to make a difference in the community. [...]

May 12, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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“I want to do it.”

I try to help her clean the cupcake icing from in between her small and sometimes uncoordinated fingers. “I want to do it,” she says as she grabs a wet wipe and gets to work. She grunts as she attempts to pull Legos apart, blocks that I attached rather well so we could build the [...]

May 11, 2012 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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Use Your Art in Service of the Good

What are you doing with your art? I don’t mean your paintings or sculptures or your songs (unless of course you do those things). Your art is that thing (or things) you do well, perhaps better than anyone else. It’s the discipline, the talent, the gift you have that allows you to excel at something, [...]

May 10, 2012 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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How to do a 1080 on a Skateboard

It looks like the first person to ever land a 1080 on a skateboard is 12-year-old Tom Schaar. Here’s the video: As you’ll notice, most of the video is of him falling. That’s what success looks like – lots of falling down and getting back up. Two things also made the impossible possible (as noted [...]

May 9, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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The Beauty of Human Resiliency

There’s a great, redemptive article in this month’s Fortune. It tells the story of Leigh Steinberg, upon whom the movie “Jerry Maguire” was (sort of) based. Steinberg was once on top of the sports world and then it all came crashing down, largely due to alcohol addiction. What I love about the piece is that it [...]

May 8, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

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