Rick Smith

If you are currently out of work, you have surely heard the recent news that there are now a record number of applicants for every open position.  For the foreseeable future, this will remain a jobless economic recovery.  Competition for each position is now fierce, and may get worse before ...

Excerpt from The Leap: How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel your Career from Good to Great, by Rick Smith At first glance, we humans would seem to be built for innovation and entrepreneurship. We’re the species that dreams big things, the one that imagines a different future for ourselves, and ...

Adapted from The Leap:  How 3 Simple Changes can Propel Your Career from Good to Great   Not long ago, I was watching my three children race around the house when four-year-old Arden stumbled upon a jar of jelly beans. The jar had been sitting in the same place for days but ...

The greatness of our potential is created in our minds.  The limits, the obstacles that prevent us from achieving our potential are created in the same place.  Eight years ago, my perspective was changed dramatically as a result of the horrific events that unfolded that day.  I wrote down my thoughts, my scribblings hit the ...

Do you ever find yourself asking, "Is this it?"  Sure, you've had some successes in your career, made some money, received a promotion or two. Yet you can't help but wonder, Is this what I am supposed to be doing with my life?  Is this the limit of my contribution? These ...