Claysmile, LLC is a motivational speaking company dedicated to empowering young people and adults through TV shows, short films, and live performances that educate and inspire as well as entertain audiences.

CPA on a mission to share the legacy that helped him rise through life challenges.

Lance “Claysmile” Smith is a CPA who works as an auditor for the federal government.  More importantly, he is on a mission to reach and inspire others with a profound legacy that he received from an older sibling.  Sean, one of Smith’s older brothers, struggled with several life issues but yet had the altruism and compassion to reach out and give his little brother pieces of wisdom by using his own struggles as teaching tools.  Smith used these profound life principles to overcome his learning challenges, rising from being a special education student into a successful working professional.  Lance “Claysmile” Smith is now on a mission to share his brother’s legacy with the world.  Smith actively seeks opportunities to share his story through media outlets and motivational presentations.  He routinely delivers motivational presentations at schools and has a weekly TV show on cable channel 19 in Montgomery County, MD.  Three times each year, Claysmile presents a motivational one-man show to the general public at the Olney Theater.  His next show is on Saturday, October 9, 2010.

Smith’s stage name “Claysmile” implies the importance of healthy decision-making.  “Just as a potter molds clay,” Smith says, “the decisions we make are molding our future.”  In 2001, while in college, Smith decided to start delivering motivational presentations at local high schools, promoting within teenagers the character qualities of resilience, perseverance, self-control, and compassion. He is very passionate about instilling within them the same traits that his brother inspired within him.  Smith’s presentations have expanded to include stress management seminars for staff conferences at corporations and government agencies.  Using motivational stories and illustrations from various sources (including his own life), his presentations combine entertainment with education to impart the wisdom of the legacy that transformed his life.