Clifton Smith

Writing & media

Thoughts

Essays on identity, consciousness, entrepreneurship, and the practical experience of building a life.

011 – Greatness and the Tree

If a tree falls in the middle of a forest and no one’s there to hear it, does it make a sound? If a man achieves the impossible and no one’s there to recognize it, is…

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Farewell LA

Here’s to LA That city I’ve grown to know For all of my life. Headed to NY That city that “never sleeps” Or so they say. Excited I am On this new adventure But reminded of…

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010 – Kaizen Beauty: Emails

100,000,000,000 today. 100,000,000,000 tomorrow. 100,000,000,000 the next day. …and the day after that. It doesn’t take a math genius to figure out that that’s a lot.  The number, 100 billion, represents the number of emails sent…

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009 – Rise and Shine Brainiac

It’s 5:30 am, time to rise.  The world isn’t waiting for you, in fact it’s been going steadily on as you decided to call it quits, decided to turn in for the night, your eyes bloodshot…

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008 – Ode to the Free Giver

Here’s to the free giver The one who volunteers Time, money, resources With no expectation in return Except for personal gratification To foster the next generation Or simply to reduce taxes Market norms accelerate The behavior…

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