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		<title>Truth and Complexity &#8211; Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent conference call with a bunch of my investor friends the conversation focused on the basis for deciding. We grappled with a variation of the old question ‘how do I know that this thing is true’. We had all known each other for a very long time, so there was little posturing - and, when it did show up, it was slapped down directly. Nobody was allowed to claim either omnipotence or omniscience.]]></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>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>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[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. ]]></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[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.]]></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[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.]]></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[Life coaching can bring some of life’s grandest adventures. The issues at stake are often monumental and, not infrequently, the results can be life changing. In current times such coaching is frequently requested by individuals at the very crossroads of their careers. One such engagement began not long ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Minutes That Will Change Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking time to reflect - consider - learn - is one way to make your life richer and more fulfilling. It isn't hard to do - you don't need some gadget or prop - you just do it. But most people don't do it - and they suffer lost fulfillment because of that - and remain completely ignorant of the loss.]]></description>
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