by D Grant Smith | Oct 17, 2022 | Be First, Blog, Community Building
Being a leader is undoubtedly an important role but a difficult one as well. It often comes with a lot of pressure, especially when people look to you for guidance and to deliver results. This can often take a toll on leaders with nearly 70% of executives surveyed by...
by D Grant Smith | Jul 19, 2021 | Be First, Blog
Have you found yourself caught in the trap of codependency? If you base your feelings about yourself on how someone else feels about or responds to you, you’re in the codependency trap. Because that’s exactly how it works. We’re taught these dysfunctional...
by D Grant Smith | Dec 28, 2020 | Be First, Be Solid, Blog, Growth Farming
You have to create your own openings to succeed. From relationships to business, you have to be first in initiating growth and change in your life. One thing that used to make people really stand out to me was the degree of initiative they showed. When I ran a public...
by D Grant Smith | Dec 21, 2020 | Be First, Blog
I’ve been growing in a powerful life lesson for the past year. It’s simply this: Learn how to sit inside the question instead of rigorously pursuing the answer. This flies in the face of so much of my cultural, religious, and family upbringing and...
by D Grant Smith | Dec 7, 2020 | Be First, Be Solid, Blog, Growth Farming
Sensitive and highly emotional people often struggle with people-pleasing. This codependent pattern causes difficulties and problems in all relationships. You break codependency by choosing to be first with yourself. The process of ending people-pleasing patterns and...
by D Grant Smith | Nov 23, 2020 | Be First, Be Solid, Blog, Growth Farming
Harmony is when currents come together in synchronicity and togetherness. This is oneness. Which is why harmony is such an important part of music. And why you can hear when something is not harmonious. It just doesn’t sound right. Our feelings are similar in...
