by BrandtSmith | Sep 23, 2014 | Life balance, Personal development
For years I was the first person to jump into a debate and fiercely argue my views. And why wouldn’t I? I knew I was right and they were wrong. I was also quick to jump in and solve everyone’s problems. I am really good at troubleshooting and fixing...
by BrandtSmith | Jan 31, 2014 | Personal development
Exercise and work out: wow, this one thing has such impact on your life, especially if you are a teenage boy. It makes you feel better. It improves your confidence. It makes you more attractive. It makes you better at sports. You get the picture. Learn to fight: take...
by BrandtSmith | Jan 27, 2014 | Life balance, Personal development
Over the last few days I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about friendship and how hard it’s been for me to make friends. I’m a lot better at it now but there was a time when I couldn’t make a friend to save my life. I logically understand that...
by BrandtSmith | Jun 30, 2013 | Life balance, Personal development
We live in a great neighborhood. Not only do we have a million dollar view, we have some of the best neighbors a person could ask for. Evenings at the local restaurant lingering over a couple bottles of wine. Evenings out in the driveway sharing a few adult beverages...
by BrandtSmith | Nov 25, 2008 | Entrepreneurship, Life balance, Personal development
It’s impossible to avoid hearing about the economic crisis. Every time you turn on the TV you hear about the Dow dropping another 100 points. Every time you turn on the radio you hear about how another major company is going under. The headlines about the...
by BrandtSmith | Sep 18, 2008 | Life balance, Personal development
This post is an article I wrote the evening after hurricane Ike hit my home. Unfortunately I did not have power or internet and was not able to publish it until today. I will be following up tomorrow with a post I wrote a couple days later (again without power or...
