Listen to “Bad Advice” by Fred Smith Last week I wrote about the importance and also the difficulty of letting go. There comes a time when the founder or entrepreneur must [...]
Listen to “Hands Off” by Fred Smith For me, as someone having founded and co-founded several organizations, few things are more satisfying than spending time with men and women [...]
Listen to “The One That Got Away” by Fred Smith For years I have been a fan of those able to take concepts from different periods of history, various disciplines, and skills to [...]
Listen to “More than Enough” by Fred Smith My wife, Carol, was sleeping in the passenger seat as we drove past the exit sign for Tyler, Texas. It was 1977 and we were on our [...]
Listen to “The Good Commission” by Fred Smith Some blogs are diaries – personal and revealing by making you feel you have been invited into the interior of the author’s life. [...]
Listen to “On An Even Keel” by Fred Smith A friend asked me, “What do you think your best contribution will be? And for what would you like to be remembered?” I did not need [...]
Listen to “Do the Next Thing” by Fred Smith Now and then I host what Quakers call a Clearness Committee for an individual working their way through an issue about direction or [...]
Listen to “More” by Fred Smith Periodically, I think about full retirement and what that might mean. I asked one friend about it, and his response was, “Retire from what? You [...]
Listen to “The Family Farm” by Fred Smith I’ve had many conversations over the years with friends about the dangers of leaving wealth to children only to ruin them. It’s taken [...]
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