Author Archives: Don Smith
Don Smith is a career coach and founder of The Personal Growth Channel, LLC. His specialty is in helping busy professionals find balance, become better leaders, and rekindle the joy in their life. To work with Don, please click here.
Saturday, I was in the gym, and Jeremy, my trainer, told me to do dips. “Give me three sets of ten. And for each one I see that you don’t go all the way down, you can do another ten.” Ouch. I knew what he meant, the last time I did dips, I cheated myself […]
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I recently decided to move forward with a purge on my email subscriber list. It was a tough decision as I’ve worked hard at growing it over the years. I like feeling like I’m helping people by emailing out articles, but I had to face the reality that if some people aren’t opening my emails, […]
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I’m a guy who likes free. Free games, free advice, free books from the library, I love that stuff. But you often get what you pay for, and the older I get the more I’m willing to pay for quality. If you have a wedding, you want to have a professional photographer present, because the […]
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“You can do anything you put your mind to.” Ahh, the sweet innocence of optimistic thinking. I love the intent behind that quote; hard work, practice, and dedication make many things possible. There’s just one problem. You CAN’T do anything you put your mind to. Occasionally someone will post a question with a completely unrealistic goal like, “How […]
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From Matthew 25:14-30 comes a story about those who choose to use the gifts they have wisely, and those who do not. As you read this story, consider which of these people you are. The Parable of the Investors “A man going on an extended trip called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one, […]
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I’m a pretty active guy. If you ask me how I’ve been, my response is likely to be “busy.” With five kids and two businesses, “busy” is normal. If I am not working, I feel like I’m being “lazy.” And “lazy” is a bad word where I come from, right up there with “worthless.” As in, “There’s that lazy bum, doesn’t […]
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I wrote about using credit cards the other day and got a lot of negative feedback. People or experience had convinced many that Credit Cards = Bad. Period. At one point, I thought that way too, so I understand their position, but today, I would have to disagree in certain instances. Like most things in life, it […]
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You may have seen me writing about the dangers of credit cards, yet if you go out to dinner with the owner of a company, does he pull out an envelope and hand over cash? Or does he pull out a beautiful shiny metallic card that looks a little nicer than the one you have? […]
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My daughter recently posted that she will miss cheer-leading and band as she leaves high school. It’s another sign that she’s coming to the close on this first chapter of her life as she approaches graduation. Yes, You’ll Miss This Yes, Lauren, you’re going to miss this, just like I’m going to miss being at […]
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I was mindlessly flipping through my statistics today. Twitter Analytics: Decent number of impressions this month.Google Analytics: Yep, traffic to my site is good. Bounce rate down.Shareasale: No new sales since the last time I checked five minutes ago.Amazon: No new sales since the last time I checked five minutes ago, but a fair number […]
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