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Archives for April 2018

difficult achieve big things

Adam Smith | April 30, 2018 | 2 Comments

Must It Be Difficult to Achieve Big Things?

This is a guest post from Michael Deane. He is the Editor of Qeedle, a small business magazine, and has been working as a marketing executive for nearly a decade. He manages teams with great success, aiming to facilitate better conversion rates and return on investment for his clients.

This is the third time I’ve sat down to write this article. I outlined it twice, but I keep getting stuck at the same point every time. I feel like I am trying to solve an equation with too many variables, which is why we are going to begin this piece by defining big things and difficult, and we will then move on to the achieving part.  [Read more…] about Must It Be Difficult to Achieve Big Things?

inner scorecard

Glenn Brooke | April 27, 2018 | Leave a Comment

The Inner Scorecard for Leaders

“Everything great in leadership begins in the unseen places, like gigantic oak trees developing from an acorn sprouting in the darkness of the dirt.”  — one of my mentors, reminding me to work on the inner game to harvest visible success.  

If you want to achieve greatness, begin with what others do not see. Be competitive with yourself in the deep things so that you don’t need to be competitive with others in shallow things.

In the wish-it-weren’t-so category: You can’t improve what you don’t measure. You must keep score in some way which allows you to monitor progress.

Your inner scorecard is about things only you can see, and require self-discipline to execute.

Pick from this list, or choose your own:   [Read more…] about The Inner Scorecard for Leaders

Shawn Askinosie Chocolate Meaningful Work

Adam Smith | April 25, 2018 | Leave a Comment

Ideas: Shawn Askinosie — Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul

In this episode, I talk with Shawn Askinosie of Askinosie Chocolate about his book, Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul. We also discuss his journey to owning a chocolate company, purpose both in life and work, direct trade versus fair trade, and much more. You’ll want to make sure you listen to this episode all the way through to the end, because Shawn says something very profound that I think will benefit a lot of people. 

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Hi, my name is Adam Smith and welcome to asmithblog.com. I am the author of the book, The Bravest You. Because of my work as an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and speaker, I have been named a top industry influencer by American Genius. I live with my wife, Jasmine, and three children in Shenandoah, IA.

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