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Stephen V. Smith

Stephen V. Smith

Presence Over Presents

Focused attention is the best birthday gift of all

Oct 13, 2023

Presence Over Presents

Oct 13, 2023

Stephen V. Smith

Learning, Walking, and Teaching

Three key roles we need to live a rare life

Oct 13, 2023

Learning, Walking, and Teaching

Oct 13, 2023

Stephen V. Smith

I spent 12 days on a ventilator in 2015. There’s a post-COVID crisis on the horizon.

“Most of my patients don’t walk back with me,” said the nurse leading my wife and me to the neuro ICU of a Birmingham, Alabama, hospital…

Jun 24, 2020

I spent 12 days on a ventilator in 2015. There’s a post-COVID crisis on the horizon.

Jun 24, 2020

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Squeezing More Life From The Good Days

Sometimes you see cause and effect. “I feel this way today because I did this yesterday.” And sometimes it comes from nowhere. Nothing…

Aug 13, 2018

Aug 13, 2018

Stephen V. Smith

Rural Areas Lead Rocket City In Building Fiber Broadband Networks

There was big news out of Huntsville, Alabama, this morning — Google Fiber is coming to the Rocket City.

Feb 22, 2016

Feb 22, 2016

Stephen V. Smith

Celebrate Good Times … And Get Your Customers Involved With Your Story

The beginning of the year is a great time to flip through the calendar looking for reasons to celebrate your business. Once you identify a…

Jan 15, 2016

Celebrate Good Times … And Get Your Customers Involved With Your Story

Jan 15, 2016

Stephen V. Smith

After 20 Years, We’re Still Asking “Why Not?”

On New Year’s Day, the content marketing company I started with my wife in a spare bedroom turned 20 years old. I had spent the previous…

Jan 4, 2016

After 20 Years, We’re Still Asking “Why Not?”

Jan 4, 2016

Stephen V. Smith

21 Things I Learned The First Week After Having My Chest Cut Open

A full week has finally passed since I laid down in a big-city hospital and allowed a room full of strangers (in full confidence of the…

Dec 21, 2014

21 Things I Learned The First Week After Having My Chest Cut Open

Dec 21, 2014

Stephen V. Smith

My Christmas Shipment is Late, and I’m Very Happy

How Amazon.com turned a major disappointment into a customer service success story

Dec 26, 2013

My Christmas Shipment is Late, and I’m Very Happy

Dec 26, 2013

Stephen V. Smith

Remote workers changed my small business

And five things I learned in the process

Dec 1, 2013

Remote workers changed my small business

Dec 1, 2013

Stephen V. Smith

Stephen V. Smith

Community-focused strategic thinker and communicator. Husband/Dad/Pawpaw. Former newspaper journalist. Built/sold an agency. Wrestling with myasthenia gravis.

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