Doug Smith

In this week's podcast episode, you'll hear David G. Salyers share his top leadership lessons from his 37+ year career at Chik-Fil-A!

You'll hear:

-His favorite memory with and lesson learned from Truett Cathy

-His advice to young leaders about finding a career they love

-What sets Chik-Fil-A apart from its competition.

David drops leadership gold for 52 minutes straight! You're going to love this conversation.

Enjoy!

Leadership Lessons from over 37 Years at Chick-fil-A | David Salyers In this episode of the L3 Leadership podcast, David talks about the leadership lessons he learned at Chick-Fil-A, what set it apart as an organization, and s...

Laura Smith gave a talk at our L3 Leadership One Day Conference called, "Stay in the Arena". It was incredible People have been telling me for weeks that it was one of the most impactful talks that they've heard.

We live in a world where people quit jobs as soon it gets tough. In this talk, Laura challenges leaders to stay the course.

You can listen to the talk on our podcast or watch it on YouTube. Enjoy!

I could not be more proud of you, Laura! I hope this talk challenges leaders all over the world.

Stay in the Arena | Laura Smith at the L3 One Day Leadership Conference In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Laura Smith talks about how she believes that finishing something out and having grit can lead to the most deve...

In this week's episode, you'll hear my conversation with Jon Gordon. You'll hear Jon share his advice for becoming a professional author and speaker. Enjoy!

How to Become a Professional Author and Speaker | Jon Gordon & Doug Smith In this episode:Jon talks about his journey in how went from being an owner of a business he wasn't passionate about to becoming a successful author and spea...

In 2004, Laura's mom passed away from cancer. As you can imagine, it was a difficult time in our family's lives. Through the difficulty, music played a significant role in helping comfort and heal us. Specifically, Mark Schultz music made a significant impact on all of our lives.

His music has continued to impact us deeply to this day. If you've never listened to Mark's music, I can't encourage you enough to check him out. In my opinion, he's one of the greatest songwriters/storytellers on the planet.

Laura and I had the opportunity to meet him at an event last fall and that led to me being able to have a conversation with him for the podcast. It was an honor to be able to inform him of the impact he's made on our family's lives and to get to laugh (he's hilarious) and learn from him.

In the interview, you'll hear Mark talk about his experience with being adopted, his heart for adoption, how he writes songs, his advice to aspiring artists, and more.

How to Write Songs that Deeply Impact People, Advice to Young Artists | Mark Schultz & Doug Smith Mark Schultz is a Christian artist who has sold over a milllion records and been nominated for multiple awards. He has had over 13 No. 1 Singles in his lifet...

The brand new episode of The L3 Leadership Podcast is officially LIVE!

This week, returning guest and my friend Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world.

She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work.

She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California.
Some of her recent clients include Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter.

Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking, and in 2019 she was recognized as a top leadership thinker in the world.
Today, Liz joins me to talk about her new book, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact.

- She explains why it’s important to emphasize contributorship and not just leadership, and she talks about why your goal should be to be useful, not important.
- She explains why following your passion usually involves putting it aside at the beginning.
- She explores what makes a good contributor, shares the importance of love in raising kids, and discusses why she prioritizes her family over her job.

🎙You can listen to the episode today on your favorite podcast streaming platform.

I have seen a lot of new faces here on my page, so I wanted to take a moment to reintroduce myself to those that may not know me!

My name is Doug Smith, I am a proud father of 3 kids, a husband to Laura, the Development Director at Light of Life Rescue Mission, the Founder of L3 Leadership and the host of the L3 Leadership Podcast!

Since 1952, Light of Life has been a place where hope and healing meet for men, women, and families experiencing homelessness, poverty, or addiction. We transform lives through the love of Christ.

L3 Leadership exists to build and develop a community of leaders that grow to their maximum potential, develop the courage to pursue their dreams, and become great leaders in their families, communities, cities, nations, and their world.

On the L3 Leadership Podcast, I am obsessed with helping you grow to your maximum potential and maximizing the impact of your leadership. We release a new episode every week to help you grow and develop as a leader. You will hear a mix of personal lessons from myself, and conversations I have with world-class leaders from around the world. Our hope is that you will not only learn great leadership lessons but that you will catch great leadership from the lives of the leaders and lessons we expose you to.

When I am not working, you can find me on my Peloton, spending time with my family and enjoying what our city of Pittsburgh has to offer!

Now, enough about me!

I want to know more about you…

What is one thing that I may now know about you just by looking at your social media account?

Comment below ⤵️⤵️⤵️

I have our financial advisor create a report card for us every time we meet. I ask him to grade us in each area of our financial goals on a scale of A to F.

If we don’t have an A in an area, I immediately ask him to give us the steps that we’d need to take to get an A. He then gives us a plan and we go to work on it.

In the beginning of this year, I was praying through my goals and God challenged me to set a goal around generosity. A goal give more than we’ve given in the past.

In my heart, I felt God say, “Doug, you’re so ambitious and intense about getting an A in all of these areas and yet the most important area of finances (giving) you don’t event have a grade or a goal for.

I was inspired by a friend who told me they are “Double Tithers.” They give 20% of their income away.

Rick Warren is a reverse tither, he lives off 10% of his income and gives away 90%.

Inspiring stuff! So, we now have a goal and a vision of where we want our giving to get to.

If you haven’t read Robert Morris’s book, “The Blessed Life.” I encourage you to. It will challenge you to be more generous.

So, when was the last time you were stretched and challenged to be more generous?

Do you have a goal and vision for where you want your giving to get to?

I hope this challenges you as much as it did me! Let’s be generous and make a huge impact on the world through our giving!

As a dad of 3, I’ve now had a few years of experience on my belt when it comes to raising 3 kids under 6.

I want to first be honest & say that we are far from perfect parents, but I do want to share a few things that Laura & I have learned over the years!

Here are a few of our TOP TIPS for raising young kids:

Recognize that You’re a Role Model for Your Kids. Always remember that people do what people see, not what they’re told. Be a good example. Apologize when you mess up. Live a life of integrity. To the best of your ability, live the life you would want your kids to live.

Spend Quality time with your kids Everyday. No matter how busy life gets, we try to make sure we spend quality time with each kid everyday. Even if it’s 15-20 minutes. We also try to schedule one on one dates with each kid on a monthly basis.

Learn from other families. The vast majority of us only had one example of what family “should” look like but it does not have to be that way. Get around other families, ask lots of questions, & read lots of books! We’ve really appreciated learning from Family Teams & Intentional Parenting.

Have Weekly Family Team Meetings. Having a weekly staff meeting with our family calendar & agenda makes us aware of what’s happening that week and who needs to do what. We also try to focus & check-in on every area of our lives to see how we’re doing.

Be Consistent. Have consistent family dinners. Make consistent family memories. Be consistent in the way you discipline. Be consistent in pouring into your kids. Be consistent in taking your kids to church.

Teach Your Children Your Family Values. We made a list of 13 family values that we teach our kids. We try to focus on one value everyday. When we see our kids living out our values, we celebrate that and turn it into another opportunity to teach them values.

Pray with & for your children. Prayer changes everything. We pray together as a family every day before school, before dinner, & before bed. We have the kids pray for us & we pray for them. Laura & I also have a list of prayers that we pray over kids for each day of the week.

What other tips would you add to the list? ⤵️

At the end of every year, I conduct a year-end review. After completing my review, I extract the top lessons that I learned that year and I share them with you on the podcast. It's always one of my favorite episodes to record each year.

This year, I broke the episode into two parts. In today's episode, you'll hear me share the top lessons that I learned about legacy, calling, money, parenting, and marriage.

301: Top Lessons Learned in 2021 with Doug Smith – Part 2 In this episode of the podcast, you'll hear part 2 of the top lessons I've learned in 2021

Here is my third conversation with Pittsburgh Steelers Coach, Mike Tomlin. You'll hear his thoughts on mentoring, his advice for dads, what he would tell his 20-year-old self, and what quote he would put on a billboard for everyone to read. Enjoy!

Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin on Leading at Home and in the Locker Room In this interview with Pittsburgh Steelers Coach, Mike Tomlin, you will hear him answer the following questions: 1.) Your life was impacted by three men in a...