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		<title>Orthodoxy or Optimism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having drinks with a friend a couple of weeks back when the conversation took a strange turn. As a matter of background, I have known him for a couple of decades, considered him a valued friend and someone who thought before he spoke. We were discussing alternative energy and the likely way forward. What set me back was his insistence that there was no future other than through existing technologies.]]></description>
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		<title>“Grant me the wisdom &#8230;”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s how the old saying starts off. The rest makes a distinction between ‘what I can’t and can change’. Wisdom, it is posited, is knowing the difference - accepting what can’t be changed and changing what can. Clear enough as it is but these is a wrinkle - an oversight - that most people routinely make - one that flies in the face of such ‘wisdom’. They focus almost exclusively on what can’t be changed.]]></description>
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		<title>Reason Why or Thinking How?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my coaching engagements focus on the personal tendencies of my clients. Those journeys take us into very personal areas; many of which have been either avoided or ignored for many years. One of the most productive assaults centers around a tendency that is ubiquitous among humans - enabled by the human capacity for selective memory.]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing What Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was during one of the first coaching sessions with a new client that the following exchange occurred:]]></description>
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		<title>Wondering Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my coaching engagements begin with a focus on the kinds of questions that a client has been asking themselves. It may seem strange at first to suggest that it is the question rather than the answer which is important; but that is the case more often than not. The seminal indicator that this is the case is the ‘why’ question.]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of discussions about what makes a good leader. Many focus on character issues like integrity, honesty, openness or charisma. Others talk about skill sets like communication, literacy, technical capabilities or understanding of finance.]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Coaching Means Putting Your Key People on Their A-Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last decade has seen a major shift in attitude towards executive coaching. Ten years ago the most likely engagement would have been with a client who was having serious problems. Organizations tended to hire executive coaches when one or more of their people was either having or causing serious problems.]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Rut Means Growing Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of living has shown me how much wisdom there is in that simple statement. All of us have the same experience at times. We realize that we have settled into a rut and wonder how we came to be there. ]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Out of a Rut</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who fish will understand. For those of you who don’t, a fishing reel pulls in line when you rotate the handle. Without that action, it is just a curiosity on your end of the fishing pole. To help it to fulfill its purpose, you need to take extended and purposeful action.]]></description>
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		<title>Some Unexpected Benefits of Coaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my coaching clients first approach me with a specific need. They want to mitigate a particular behavior, break through a barrier or make a change that has long been needed. We do focus our work on that need and, initially, meeting those needs takes up most of our energy.]]></description>
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