Adam Kirk Smith
Adam Smith
25 Years in Retail, Restaurants & Hospitality · Author · Speaker · Coach

Adam spent 25 years in retail, restaurant, and hospitality leadership — managing teams of 60, growing a store from $600K to $2M+, and overseeing guest experience at a corporate level. Author of The Bravest You (endorsed by Seth Godin). Host of two podcasts. 170K monthly readers. Grimes, Iowa.

27 responses to “What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?”

  1. Maya Angelou once said: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.” To this day, that’s probably the best advice I’ve ever received.

  2. No matter how a situation appears, there is always that one piece of information that could change the whole thing and give new perspective if it were known. Be slow to judge.

  3. No matter how a situation appears, there is always that one piece of information that could change the whole thing and give new perspective if it were known. Be slow to judge.

  4. My dad told me as a kid that if I started saving my money as a kid I wouldnt have to work when I was his age. I wished I had listened.

    A friend once told me…”Not all pain is bad.” Glad I listened.

  5. My dad told me as a kid that if I started saving my money as a kid I wouldnt have to work when I was his age. I wished I had listened.

    A friend once told me…”Not all pain is bad.” Glad I listened.

  6. Choose to be happy…. i am an army wife and many time on my own with our kids…. often times its easy to get caught up in the stress and pain of the day to day with that kind of life, especially when your spouse wasnt the best guy to have around either… i dont even really remember where i got this advice but CHOOSING to be happy has changed my marraige, my perspective, and even my life

  7. Choose to be happy…. i am an army wife and many time on my own with our kids…. often times its easy to get caught up in the stress and pain of the day to day with that kind of life, especially when your spouse wasnt the best guy to have around either… i dont even really remember where i got this advice but CHOOSING to be happy has changed my marraige, my perspective, and even my life

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