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Johnny Can Read and Why It Doesn’t Matter

Earl R Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) John Locke I came of age during what might be considered the flowering of the American educational system. The Lockean

Finding Your Path

Finding your path is a truly life-changing experience. Life is no longer uncertainty - your connection between living and your purpose in life goes with you every day. When you honor your possibilities - allow them to become realities - you become the person you always could be.

It works better if you plug it in.

Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog It’s a silly thing that defines most lives. The disconnect from the fundamental fact of being alive. It’s as if

The Importance of Acting on Good Ideas

I recently came across this in one of my old journals. I remember the feelings that were there when I wrote it. Acting on good ideas is part of personal growth - part of an effort at self-improvement. The mind comes up with these flashes of lightening but it is the body that drives them into action.

Ways and Whys of Talking

Ever eavesdrop on a couple of people talking? Sure, we all have. I started to do a lot of that a while back – just to see if there were patterns. I wasn’t interested so much in what was being said but how and why it was being said. What I found was fascinating.

We turn our attention to this moment & let it speak to us of wonder, mystery, harmony & peace

This volume is written as a series of ‘thinking pieces’ that are to serve as points of meditation on important matters. Think of them as rocks leading to the shore. I’ll leave

Shall you live authentically who you are meant to be – the beginning

Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog Shall you live authentically who you are meant to be or will you spend your allotted time living the life

Mentoring Breakthroughs – Eureka Moments

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) This series of articles will focus on 'eureka moments'. Over the years I have had many. Most came with the

Decisions, Decisions

Earl R Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) Many of my mentoring engagements are with CEO’s who are dedicated to improving their abilities and growing into their ever

Mentoring Notes – Excuses and Such

Many of my coaching engagements start out covering fairly rocky ground. This is partially due to the fact that, when people come to me for help, they are in some sort of distress. Another factor is their tendency to diagnose their challenges rather than prospecting for their future.