L. Michelle Smith

Are you the ultimate cause of your lack of focus? 🤪

Did you know that you might be training your brain to be more distracted by “multitasking”? It’s called competitive neuroplasticity, according to neuroscience, and it is the act of overloading your brain with too many processes. You brain actually re-organizes itself, training your brain to shorten your attention span. Multitasking isn’t real either. You are actually task switching, and you may have gotten pretty good at it. But…

What  are you waiting for? 🙇🏽‍♀️

It may seem like an insignificant thing to cross off a list, but I always wanted to go off-roading. I also wanted to ride on an ATV. Recently, I was able to make both happen. I even crossed an ocean to do it, but it wasn’t because I sat back and waited and remained in dream mode.. Isn’t it time you addressed that thing you want to get…

It’s time to let it go

  Step one—- call it out. Name it. Describe it. Do it in detail. Step two—-dump it. Brain dump with free-flow writing. Then, let it go. Add this to your regimen for excommunicating negative thoughts, and you will be well on your way to finally taking care of those limiting beliefs. Get on my books for a free strategy session.

Do you give yourself credit? Or are you making yourself small?

When you think about it, you didn’t come up with that notion at work. It’s a part of corporate culture. In fact, the word corporate means “one body,” so it only makes sense that it has been ingrained in you that being a standout is ultimately frowned upon. Shining is a no go, right? What a direct conflict to the word leadership. Recently, my client work has uncovered…

How can you work smarter?

You may consider letting go of something if you want to keep it simple and work smarter. Today’s #NSCJournalPrompt provides you with a tool that I share with clients. Watch this video and learn about the 4 D’s. Then circle back and tell me how much time you added to your day, your week, your life. Get some time on my books.

You’re Invited: Midyear Goal Calibration & Strategy Mastermind

Visualize this with me: It’s the end of 2022.  Before you celebrate the New Year, you realize that your life looks better than it did, same time last year.  You actually exceeded those goals you set for yourself in life and at work, and you can see the fruits of your labor before you lift your glass at the celebration or thank God at watchnight service. What does…

Silence is golden

You can say so much by not saying anything at all. That’s it. That’s the post.

Are you trying to do too much?

  Bigger isn’t always better. In fact, sometimes it can be draining and produce a small return. Are you trying to do too much? It could be what’s slowing you down. In today’s #NSCRockstarLeadership Tip, I give one example of how keeping it simple meant working smarter. These small yet smart actions allowed one of my mentor coaches to launch one an extremely successful practice in a short…

Can I phone a friend? ☎️

If you’re a longtime listener, you know that when it gets a little crazy in our culture, I phone a friend. Episode 170 is no exception. I don’t know about you, but after putting $112 dollars in my tank, hearing more of my friends and family contract Covid, still tearing up about Buffalo and Uvalde and the many mass shootings since, and watching parts of the January 6…

How to create calm 🕊️

Ready to plan out how you’ll manage your and your team’s stress during this trying time? Today’s #NSCJournalPrompt guides you through with some questions that will support your goal of creating calm and therefore trust using the SCARF method. If you’d like to explore this more, get on my books.

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