Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 81
October 9, 2014
Just Couldn’t Bring Himself …
Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The deer in the headlights – we all know the story – the car rounds the bend on a dark night – the deer stands frozen in the glare and cannot move even as its death approaches. Humans sometimes act this way – and sometimes with similar [...]
Moving the Ball
Dr. Earl R. Smith II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes management teams lose focus on the fact that the principal goal of business involves producing increasing revenues. Sometimes they get caught in the trap of incessantly talking about increasing revenue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently facilitated an all-hands session for a company. We were focusing on the results of an [...]
The Other Side of the Coin
Dr. Earl R. Smith II Managing Partner, Growthers DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Self-knowledge is the crucial component of self-improvement. How can you improve what you don’t understand? Of course, the other side of that coin is ‘what you don’t understand can cause you great harm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Perfectionist: During a recent coaching engagement, I came to [...]
Sea Change Brings Change
Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Change is one of those altars that is well worshiped at – not one of those forgotten gods whose supplicants infrequently visit their shrine. But wanting is not the same as having – it is sometimes not logical – but I have found it to be true. [...]
Mentoring
Mentoring for Those With the Courage to Make the Journey Based on my years of coaching hundreds of people – helping them overcome some of life’s most daunting challenges, I have developed an approach that is truly life-changing. I have found that questions of personal growth and empowerment come down to a a handful of [...]
October 8, 2014
Don’t waste your life trying to be someone else.
Dr. Earl R Smith II, Mentor & Adviser DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Much of my mentoring work begins with a fairly standard initial session. Perhaps someone who has talked to a friend of mine and or past client (for the most part, they tend to be the same) has expressed dissatisfaction with the way their life is turning [...]
Don’t spend your life trying to live up to your performance expectations
Dr Earl R. Smith II Mentor and Adviser DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com www.Dr-Smith.com In the early stages of mentoring – during those first crucial sessions – there are a number of ideas that I introduce. One of the most difficult to comprehend is a suggestion that a person should not spend their life trying to live up to [...]
Don’t waste your life living out other people’s visions of you
Dr Earl R. Smith II Mentor and Adviser DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com www.Dr-Smith.com Like most such observations, the title of this chapter is subject to misunderstanding. I suppose it is inevitable that some readers might take the easy way out and prefer the simpler interpretation. But I’m not writing for those people. The idea in this chapter is [...]
Mentoring Through Tough Times
Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com “There are two kinds of tough times”, an old friend used to say. “Times can be tough because that’s the way they are – and they can be tough because that’s the way you are.” Many of my Mentoring clients start out with the first type of problem. [...]
October 7, 2014
How Many?
Dr Earl R. Smith II Mentor and Adviser DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com www.Dr-Smith.com As we begin, let me set the stage. It’s our first session. We’ve dispensed with the preliminaries and I’ve decided to take you on as a mentoring client. You’ve thought through things on your end and decided that working with me is a good way [...]
