Author Archives: Don Smith
Don Smith is the founder of The Personal Growth Channel, LLC., and a certified life coach who helps people get results while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Happily married with five children, he lives in Springfield, Illinois. If you would like to work with Don, please click here to visit his coaching page.
If I had a dime for every time someone has told me that they aren’t happy even though they make lots of money, I’d be a very rich man. Well, maybe not rich, but at the very least, I could buy myself some caffeine to stay awake this afternoon. Listen, I’m not going to tell […]
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The most valuable painting in the world, The Mona Lisa, was valued at 100 million dollars back in 1962. In today’s dollars, that’s nearly a billion dollars. While they’ve put a value on it for insurance purposes, it’s not for sale. It’s priceless. It’s a neat painting, but honestly, I’d have a tough time parting […]
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Bruce Lee, one of the most well known martial artists of all time, had this to say about the opponents he most feared: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Are You Practicing 10,000 Kicks or One Kick 10,000 […]
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My wife and I took a long walk Sunday with the dogs, and on our way back, I challenged her to do the first couch to 5K program (C25K) with me. The program is designed to take someone from sitting on the couch to being able to complete a 5k (3.1-mile run) by using interval […]
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I’ve gone back and forth over the years on publishing prices and not posting them as a certified life coach. It’s easier to sell people services when you meet with them first and figure out their pain points, which is why most coaches don’t list the prices. The other day, I quietly published my prices […]
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This morning I found out that I weigh the same as my personal trainer. We’re roughly the same height as well, and numbers don’t lie, so we’re the same, right? Well, almost. I’ve just got a little more…abdominal muscle. The fact of the matter is that I’ll probably never be as strong as my trainer. […]
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You’ve probably heard the advice go after your passion in life, do what you enjoy doing, and the money will follow. That advice may be both the best, and the worst advice you have ever received. Let me explain. My daughter Emma loves to sing; it’s her passion. She is an incredibly talented and accomplished […]
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I left work at 5:01 PM yesterday, a rarity for me. Pulling out of the parking lot, I realized I was stuck in a traffic jam, at least as bad as traffic gets in Springfield, Illinois. Raised in the country where the nearest neighbor lived a mile away, I hate traffic with a passion. While […]
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On my drive this morning, my mind was a million miles away, and I took a wrong turn. As soon as I realized my mistake, my mind suddenly started making excuses as to why I should stay on the same course. “It’s only a little longer this way.” “There’s a gas station up here, why […]
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Have you ever felt isolated as a small business owner, CEO, or leader? If so, you’re not alone. Half of the CEO’s surveyed in a study published in The Harvard Business Review reported feelings of loneliness in their roles. More than two out of three first-time CEO’s who reported loneliness also felt like it was […]
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