Time Magazine ran a poll: Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America’s most trusted newscaster? And I gotta admit, I completely agree with the majority here and have said so for a long time. I didn’t realize I was in such popular company.

Apparently our nation likes casual, funny, honest, passionate, and biting more than ponderous fear-mongering and ad-naseum redundancy. That’s not the part I consider a bad sign. The part that’s bad is that, well, the person we most like to get our news from… claims he’s not a newscaster.

I would actually disagree with him, but it seems to me a sign of the times that America’s favorite newscaster doesn’t come from the traditional news establishment. We need to take a serious look at what we as a nation are holding on to “’cause that’s the way it’s always been done!” and what actually works. And we certainly don’t need to start a “new establishment” of copy-cats trying to imitate what’s popular. Our favorite newscaster works because he is a smart man doing what he loves and saying what he believes, not because he followed a trend.

I guess what I’m saying is that the world will become a better place as more people feel empowered to follow their hearts, instead of following the crowd. I hope that every day you find time to pursue being the person you want to be!