Philosophy and Revelations Blog of Alan Forrest Smith
Something Somehow Somewhere
Something Somehow Somewhere Want to know how to really grow any business? It’s interesting in 1991 I was offered the opportunity of opening a larger hair salon. The first hair salon I had was just 250 square feet. This one was over 2,000 square feet it was going to be a large step into the…
Information Deprivation
Information Deprivation In an age of information overload, I believe you are probably deprived of information. You’ll see exactly what I mean in a second. The word information comes from two words. Inform which is, of course, self-explanatory and then the second part –ation which is asking the reader to take action. So information basically…
Reason Treason
Reason Treason When you know one of the most powerful reasons for failure you’ll never fail again. Let me explain with this true story. During 2005 on February 27th at 6:30 am I climbed out of bed with the excitement of a child getting up on Christmas morning. The reason was I was going to…
Big Fat Eyes
Big Fat Eyes Big Fat Eyes Can Destroy You or Your Business. How? Let me start with a short story. So here I am a 45 year old guy that wants to lose some weight. No, that’s not true; I want to look like Adonis or some other kind of immortalized bronzed Greek God with…
The Coma Consciousness
The Coma Consciousness If You Think Your Conscious Read This But Take No Offense. It’s Simply an Observation. I have noticed more and more there are people claiming to have a higher level of conscious thinking. I meet people like this all the time everywhere I go when I meet large groups of people teaching.…
Career Veneer
Career Veneer There’s a pal of mine named Colin. I first met Colin when I was around 19 years old. I was a landscape gardener then just drifting aimlessly through my life. Colin, on the other hand, had been introduced to the world of the corporate executive. From that point forward Colin changed. He was…
Proximo Salvationists
Proximo Salvationists Everybody wants to be saved. Saved from the tax man. Saved from your landlord. Saved from credit cards. Saved from their jobs. Saved from life itself. The bad news is … you are going to die at some point, we all are. So being saved from everything and anything never changes the outcome…
Attraction Infraction
Attraction Infraction It’s definitely one of the biggest most destructive myths I see being taught to people all over the globe. Let me illustrate this point. While speaking in Malaysia a lady comes over to me. I won’t say her name just in case she is reading this. She speaks to me and shares with…
Brainwash Brain
Brainwash Brain WARNING: some of you reading this might be offended. It could challenge your beliefs. You have been warned. In the year 1997 I met a friend I hadn’t seen since we were around 21 years old. At 21 John was a total madman! He had been taking heroin, smoking joints, glue and just…