Clifton Smith

Writing & media

Intention

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

012 – Addicted to Scared

Start your day with it.  End your day with it. You’re tired, so you turn to it. You’re starting your workout, so you turn to it. You want to escape thinking, so you turn to it.…

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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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002 – A Tale of Two Nights

It was the most intentional of times, and the least intentional. Both involved sitting in a chair and using eyes and ears, but that was about where the similarities ended.

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