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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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It was during one of the first coaching sessions with a new client that the following exchange occurred:


Me: Life is much like that path of a bird through the sky. It leaves no trace. There is only the bird and flight.
Client: So you are saying that your life and mine are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wondering Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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www.Dr-Smith.com
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Decade Ahead and the One Passing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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Today is the Winter Solstice. And as I reflect on the passing of the season and the decade that has been, I am moved by a sense of anticipation. Very few of us will be unhappy to see the first decade of the 21st century come to an end. It has [...]]]></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[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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An old friend was fond of observing the “a person needs to be repotted every few years”. 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charting the Course for Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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Most of my coaching clients come to me with some sort of change in mind. A very few are responding to a general feeling of dissatisfaction. Most want to change something about themselves or their lives. The depth and detail of understanding that they have is one the early indicators of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Life as a Work in Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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www.Dr-Smith.com
One of the first steps in my mentoring engagements is to have the client begin to understand that their life is a work in progress. The deeper we get into it, the more detailed that understanding becomes. Then there is the recognition that life is a process which begins at birth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Right Personal Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com
Lots of advice is available. The common mantra is ‘get a personal vision’. But the truth is that you already have one. Sure, it may be out of focus and counterproductive. But you do have one. Many would call it your ‘self image’. It is how you decide what you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Coaching &#8211; The Propose of a Compass</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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It&#8217;s not the compass that finds your true north &#8211; you need to find the compass that points to your true north. Short of that, every other compass will send you in the wrong direction.
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Life coaching can bring some of life’s grandest adventures. The issues at stake are often monumental and, [...]]]></description>
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