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Take a Chance – Change the Dance

Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog Take a different view. Think of your life as a dance. Some of the steps in that dance are free

Making Time

Earl R. Smith II, PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Read More From My Blog It’s an interesting pairing of words. I can think of half a dozen possible interpretations. But, in this case, I

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

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog)  You are at a restaurant and the waiter asks, “May I take your order?” So you look at the menu

Surprising Abundance

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) One of the real joys of mentoring comes when someone I’ve been working with has an epiphany. Most of the

The Conundrum of Personality

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) It has been well said that humility is no substitute for a good personality. Yet the emphasis in many discussions

Don’t waste your life living out other people’s visions of you

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) Like most such observations, the title of this chapter is subject to misunderstanding. I suppose it is inevitable that some

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

Two Kinds of Happiness

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) It happens every so often. It was during a mentoring session. I was asked a truly profound question. It was

Zen and Ambiguity

Earl R. Smith II. PhD DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com (Read More From My Blog) It’s a kind of clash of cultures; particularly amongst the educated in the West. The echoes of Descartes, Kant, Newton,