The Self-Image Method™

You don't have
an ambition problem.
You have a self-image problem.

Dr. Alfred E. Smith has spent decades studying the one variable that explains why capable, driven people keep arriving at the same ceiling — and how to permanently move past it.

“We can never outperform the image we have of ourselves, but we can upgrade it.”

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The Self-Image Diagnostic

10 minutes. Behavioral science. Reveals the internal picture shaping your results right now — and exactly what to do about it.

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About Dr. Smith

Thirty years of watching people believe the wrong things about themselves.

For three decades, Dr. Alfred E. Smith stood in front of audiences and watched the same pattern repeat — not from lack of effort, but from a distorted internal picture.

He developed the Self-Image Method™ to give people a clear, structured path back to who they were before the world told them otherwise.

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What Clients Say

The picture changed.
Their next move changed with it.

Results from one focused conversation, a group intensive, and professional team development.

One-Hour Clarity Session

“Dr. A helped me find in one hour what I had struggled for months to find on my own.”

Nikko Vale
Self-Image Group Intensive

“By the end of five days, something had shifted in me. I left with an elevated image of myself.”

Dr. Amy Rucker
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Dr. Alfred Smith's Science of Sales presentation was a game-changer for me and my team. He connected self-image, success, and communication in a way that gave us a clear strategy for influencing others by speaking their language.

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Teresa Brooks
Managing Broker, Berkshire Hathaway, North Carolina
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Ways to Work With Dr. A

Choose the support that fits
where you are now.

Start independently, understand your wiring, or get guided support.

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Understand Your Wiring

Choose an individual DISC X-Ray or the Couples Wiring Intensive.

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Get Guided Support

Join the Essential Group experience or work privately with Dr. A.

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The Work, Lived

He doesn't just teach this.
He lives it.

The Self-Image Method™ is the documented result of a man who rebuilt his own identity after loss, transition, and starting over.

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BOOKS
Published Works

Six books.
One body of work.

Personal · Identity
The
Image
I Choose
How I Reclaimed the Self
That Was Given Away
Dr. Alfred E. Smith, PhD

The Image I Choose

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The Flagship Work
The Self‑Image
Method
The Nine-Step System for Rebuilding Your Identity
Dr. Alfred E. Smith, PhD

The Self-Image Method™

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D
I
S
C
You Are Not
Difficult.
You Are
Wired.
The DISC Guide to Understanding Yourself
Dr. Alfred E. Smith, PhD

You Are Not Difficult. You Are Wired.

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Oh,
I'm
Leading
Now
The Leadership Book for People Who Swore They Weren't Leaders
Dr. Alfred E. Smith, PhD

Oh, I'm Leading Now

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The Self-Image Method™ for Sales
Sales · Identity
Stop
Selling.
Start
Leading.
Dr. Alfred E. Smith, PhD

Stop Selling. Start Leading.

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Same House,
Different
Wiring
Using DISC to Understand Your Family
Dr. Alfred E. Smith, PhD

Same House, Different Wiring

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