Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 40
February 24, 2018
A New Direction
Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog Many people who come to me for mentoring support are certain of one thing - that they are facing a
How a single habit feeds gluttony
The need that seems to have infected modern humans - particularly those who see themselves in proactive terms - drives an acquisitiveness that dominates their lives - both for good and bad. Dissatisfied with the moment, they attempt to reach out to the entire span of time - past, present and future.
February 23, 2018
Situational Awareness
Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) It's such a simple idea - knowing what is going on around you. So why are people often so bad
February 22, 2018
Second Order Effects and How They Define You
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early on in most mentoring engagements I introduce the idea of Compromising Up. The idea is simple but very difficult to absorb. Literally hundreds
February 21, 2018
Breaking Out of a Rut
One of the reasons that people have such difficulty breaking out of ruts is that they tend to see them as landscape rather than grouped behaviors. It is important to understand the dynamics that are driving the behaviors.
The Principle of Least Effort: Mentoring The Ready
Many of them have built wealth as a result of those successes. But they have reached a point in their life where a far more fundamental question has taken center stage. 'What should I be doing with the rest of my life?'
He who acts as his own lawyer, has a fool for a client!
Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) Conspiring against your own interest can become a way of life. Resolution after resolution can go down the drain because
Don’t waste your life trying to be someone else.
Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) Much of my mentoring work begins with a fairly standard initial session. Perhaps someone who has talked to a friend
Walking Together Alone – Searching For the Self
Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) There is an important difference between Coaching and Mentoring. Coaching tends to deal with the finishing details while mentoring focuses
February 19, 2018
Zen and the Concept of Time and the Present
Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog A foundational aspect of much of Western philosophical and Western spiritual thinking is centered around a particular understanding of time.
