Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Whether you think about it in terms of a newborn baby or a pre-language ancient human, the thoughts can lead you to the realization that,…
Category: Mentoring
Don’t Do What?
Dr. Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief#Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Mentoring is about helping a person to reclaim their life and find the true path – the one that they were made to travel.…
Days Within Days
Earl R. Smith II, PhDDrSmith@Dr-Smith.comDr-Smith.com I often think about the day that has just passed – in the evening as I sit in the quiet and remember things that have…
Bucketing Out
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Robert Bly retells a remarkably interesting and useful ancient fairytale in Iron John: A Book About Men. The story begins when a hunter shows up…
Extending Your Reach
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info If I am faced with the choice of mentoring someone who is too cautious or someone who is too rash, I inevitably choose the former.…
Seven Doorways to Better Relationships
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info One of the indicators of emotional intelligence is the way certain individuals seek out, and take in, information about the people they encounter. Most people…
The Hungry Ghost
We all create virtual realities as we attempt to come to terms with the world as we find it. Our virtual world is populated by conceptual interpretations. These symbols are…
Your Foundation, Why Yours Might Be Shakey and How to Firm It Up
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.info Dr-Smith.info An old friend was fond of saying that most people begin at paragraph two. The point he was making was that the foundational assumptions…
Your Life as a Work in Progress
Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the first steps in my mentoring engagements is to have the client begin to understand that their life is a work in…
Zen and Ambiguity
Earl R. Smith II. PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info It’s a kind of clash of cultures; particularly amongst the educated in the West. The echoes of Descartes, Kant, Newton, the Socratics, and generations of…
Seven Reasons Why Finding a Mentor Can Be Difficult
Chief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info And, when you do, why doesn’t it work out? I regularly get approached by people looking for a mentor. Many of them are dealing with a crisis. They are…
Zen and the Concept of Time and the Present
Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info A foundational aspect of much of Western philosophical and Western spiritual thinking is centered around a particular understanding of time. Time is seen as a…
Finding the Right Mentor
Earl Smith, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info There is a saying in Zen Buddhism, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” I have found that to be true in my mentoring practice.…
The Tragedy of Contradicting Reality
Earl Smith, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info The Zen proverb is thousands of years old. It contains a fundamental truth. Those who choose to ignore it damage their lives and the lives of those…
Zen Mentoring Can Change Your Life
Dr. Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Hesitate and lose the chance to live your dream. Act and begin living them today. It’s hesitancy that destroys a life’s potential. The possibility…
The Benefits of Quiet Time
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info There is danger in living on a non-stop endorphin high. In the first place, the human body is simply not engineered for such an existence.…
The Passion Quest – Finding Your Center
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Finding your path starts with finding your center. The hard truth is that most other people are of little help on that inward journey of…
Knowing What Matters
Dr. Earl R. Smith IIChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was during one of the first mentoring sessions with a new client that the following exchange occurred: Me: Life is much like that…
If you are falling, dive
Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info It was a favorite saying of the Great American mythologists Joseph Campbell. Like most profound things, an initial interpretation is almost guaranteed to miss the…
Mentor or Coach? What’s the difference and why it might be important to you?
Dr. Earl R. Smith IIChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info You have to make changes … Many people stand before the door of opportunity and never knock – let alone open it and go through.…
Life Is To Short To Drink Bad Wine
Dr. Earl R. Smith II, PhDChief#Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Mentoring is about helping a person to reclaim their life and find the true path – the one that they were made to travel.…
Do You Envy?
Dr. Earl R. Smith IIChief@Dr-Smith,infoDr-Smith.info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How many times has it happened to you? Maybe you’re watching TV or listening to someone describe their life, and you hear something like:…
Leadership – The Fire of the Mind
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info ‘Give a man a match and he will be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he will be warm for the…
Entrepreneur? What the hell is that?
Earl R Smith II, PhDChief@Dr-Smith.infoDr-Smith.info Last week I could not even spell entrepreneur now I are one! One of the traps that self-identified entrepreneurs find themselves in comes as a…
