Earnest SmithApr 5Waves of TransitionI love working more than anything else. If I am being honest, there were times I felt I was trading my family in for work and sometimes,...
Earnest SmithMar 2Finding Meaning In the Bad TimesI use to be a very depressed person. Like when I got out of the military because of medical reasons all I did was sleep. No amount of...
Earnest SmithFeb 11Don‘t suffer in silence and go share your story 🙂In someways these past 2 years of prolonged COVID were worse than war for me. Loosing loved ones and not being able to go to the funeral,...
Earnest SmithJan 20Connect Like Your Life Depends On ItGo tell your story, someone needs to hear it even if it is just you. When I keep the story to myself and start turning inward, it’s only...
Earnest SmithNov 22, 2021Finding Your Task and PurposeTo my veterans, I encourage you to keep searching and finding your task and purpose. It is not an easy journey and sometimes you may...
Earnest SmithSep 13, 2021Helping Others with Your Struggle Instead of HidingI have been hiding and not personally sharing publicly in the past month and ½. Yup, I own it :-) As the Task Force Pineapple was kicking...
Earnest SmithAug 3, 2021Telling a Story of Your Struggle is ScaryWhen the struggle is real, it’s a struggle to share. No matter how many times I share my story, I still feel knots in my stomach or start...
Earnest SmithJul 1, 2021Leading When You Don’t Have All the AnswersLeading when you don’t have all the answers is frustrating. So many times in my life as a perfectionist, I beat myself up thinking I...
Earnest SmithJun 16, 2021Stay Out of Your HeadHave you ever got lost in your head. I have. Thinking about…. What if I mess this up? What if I can’t provide for my family? What if they...
Earnest SmithJun 13, 2021How to Increase Employee Retention by Building Deeper TrustAs I am seeing a trend of employee retention becoming more difficult as we come out of the pandemic. In this video I talk about the 5...
Earnest SmithJun 12, 2021Search for ClarityEverytime I try to search for clarity. Get a clearly defined mission or knowing exactly what I want to do, It seems to always kinda go...
Earnest SmithJun 10, 2021Why Is It So Hard to Take a Break?As I staring at my ceiling and my mind is going 60 miles per hour, I am wondering to myself, do I really need to take a break? Yeah, I...
Earnest SmithJun 10, 2021Your Resume Is Like a Movie TrailerAs I was talking to some friends that were transitioning from a military job to searching for civilians jobs they asked me what I thought...
Earnest SmithJun 8, 2021Better Metrics - 22 Committed to Living Each DayWhat if we lived in a world where we tracked more positive metrics? What if we lived in a world where we no longer needed to track 22...
Earnest SmithJun 7, 2021Give Them What They Like Not What You LikeToday I was trying to get my 14 year dog Chloe out into the yard to go potty. She likes to hid way underneath the bed. She is advanced in...
Earnest SmithJun 6, 2021Experts See the World DifferentlyI went fishing for the first time. Completely not what I expected. It was more like fish-hunting. We we’re on the move going to where...
Earnest SmithJun 5, 2021Keep Going Don’t Stop3 days into posting everyday and I missed a day. So I entertained stopping. But then like a cosmic slap in the face by a book I am...
Earnest SmithJun 3, 2021Some People Just Need Time to PrepOne day I went to Five Guys to order a burger with a friend. I looked at about 20 different toppings with about 10 types of meals with 10...
Earnest SmithJun 2, 2021Consistency is CrucialToday I was once again thinking of not posting because I am tired and it has been an awesome energy-filled day. However we all love...