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<description><![CDATA["Personal Development is my passion. I believe that life holds a specific purpose for you; and the most important thing you can do is ... find it."

White Dove Books exists to help people develop their own unique talents, abilities and passion in order that they may lead more meaningful, joyful and fulfilled lives.]]></description>
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<title>Motivation: What Is Motivation?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:56:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How to motivate people is a problem that is close to the heart of anyone who is responsible for getting results via the effort of other people. Often, when people are promoted into a manager role within an organisation, they are ill-prepared for their new set of responsibilities.]]></description>
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<title>Time Management: Top Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:42:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most commonly asked questions in my personal development workshops is: how can I manage my time more effectively? Well, in this article, I have some absolutely top time management tips for you.]]></description>
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<title>How to Improve Your Confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:41:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The beliefs we hold, about who we are, shape the way we express ourselves. This is a profound truth. If you believe you are a confident person, you will be confident; similarly, if you believe you are shy and retiring, then you will behave that way. Self confidence is fundamentally derived from belief. So if you want to become more confident, then one way to do it is to work on your beliefs. Quite simply, when you change your self image - your view of your self - you will also change your behaviour. You might call this an inside out approach.]]></description>
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<title>About the Secret</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:58:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Secret is the title of a best-selling book by author, Rhonda Byrne and it is also the title of a full length movie that was released via the internet and based upon the book. According to Wikipedia, the movie was released in March 2006 though the Wikipedia entry does seem a little confused at present.]]></description>
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<title>How to Be Lucky</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:56:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this article, I would like to deal with the subject of luck and more specifically, how you can increase the odds of things going your way more often. There will probably be some people who will be inclined to dismiss the principle we are going to look at, but for others, this approach might make all the difference for the future.]]></description>
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<title>How to: Appraisal</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:52:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Performance appraisal is a task that many managers have to periodically undertake, yet comparatively few understand how to effectively leverage this very powerful performance tool. First, remember this little dittie: Reprimand in Private; Praise in Public (RIP and PIP).]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 2 - The Giver/Helper</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:58:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Helpers want to help the world and its mother. They tend to take on everyone's problems as they believe that they can fix them.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 4 - The Tragic Romantic</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:57:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Types 4 tend to see their lives as a kind of tragedy. They tend to be constantly living in the past and feeling that life has somehow passed them by.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 3 - The Performer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:56:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Performers are free thinkers who tend to harbor a deep-seated fear of failure. They often measure success based upon the respect and approval they receive from others.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 5 - The Observer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:56:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the name suggests, this personality type watches the world go by from the safety of their ivory tower. They aim to achieve greater clarity and understanding of the world around them.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 6 - The Trooper/Guardian</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:55:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Trooper is also known as the Guardian by some teachers involved in the Enneagram. This personality type is always seeking to avoid danger.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 7 - The Dreamer/Epicure</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:55:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Types 7 tend to believe that the world is full of opportunities and so they spend all their time and energy searching for ways to make life easier. They are highly intuitive people with high energy levels and they find it difficult to relax as they are so absorbed fitting together the pieces of life's puzzle.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 8 - The Confronter/Boss</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Big on authenticity - they tend to call a spade a spade- and perhaps, as a consequence, somewhat low on empathy, types 8 tend to thrive on challenge and are prepared to deal with just about anything that life has to offer. They see themselves as the "knights" of the kingdom and their job is to protect the innocent and the less able.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 9 - Mediator/Peacemaker</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:54:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This personality type wants to create harmony between themselves and the rest of the world. They will suppress their emotions for fear of rocking the boat.]]></description>
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<title>Authenticity: Courage to Speak the Truth</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:54:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, whilst visiting Swindon here in the UK, I came across a traffic junction, the like of which I have never seen before or since. It has become known as the 'magic roundabout' after the TV show of the same name and, as you can see from the sign, it is a roundabout of roundabouts.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Thin in 6 Weeks</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:35:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are six simple tips that will help you to get thin in just 6 weeks. But remember that you have to actually do this stuff. Reading does not get you thin; doing does. So remember to just do it; and if you will simply just do these things, in six weeks time, you will be thinner and you will also be wondering how and why a few simple tips was all it took.]]></description>
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<title>Secrets of the Motivational Superstars</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:32:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are the success secrets used by the top motivational experts? It turns out that they are in fundamental agreement.]]></description>
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<title>Learning to Detach</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that persistently interferes in all relationships, both within business and our private lives, that constantly gets in the way of finding creative solutions to our problems and opportunities to progress in all manner of ways, it is the attachment we have to our own opinions. It is something I am trying to give up, but it is not that easy.]]></description>
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<title>10 Steps to a Better You</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:50:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are ten simple steps to a better life. They are all simple steps to understand, though not necessarily to accomplish.]]></description>
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<title>Take Charge of Your Own Retirement</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:50:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today I watched a video by Jim Rohn, the message of which was something I have heard before i.e. that in order to be successful, we need to hang out with the small minority of people who are successful. That means walking away from the 97% of people who are unsuccessful and joining the 3% of people who are very successful. I don't know how scientific that figure is, but I do know that Jom Rohn is well read, so there may be some basis of truth in it.]]></description>
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<title>You Don't Have to Be Smart to Be Successful</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For a long time, the acquisition of knowledge has been a part of my success strategy. For much of my first career, all I needed to do was to be a little bit ahead of the game, to possess the bit of knowledge that the people around me didn't have.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Believe in Luck?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is a very interesting question to ponder: do you believe in luck or do you think that what happens to you in your life is essentially a product of your own effort? Of course the law of attraction suggests that you are indeed creating your own reality, to a large extent, whether or not that reality is something with which you are comfortable.]]></description>
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<title>Don't Try Too Hard</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:43:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite movies is Groundhog Day. It's the story of a weather man from a TV station who visits Punxsutawney PA to cover the Groundhog Festival.]]></description>
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<title>How to Value a Website</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:42:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A question that gets asked occasionally at the internet marketing forum I frequent is: how do I value my website? Just today, someone had posted that his site was earning $1 per day at present and he was eager to know its value if he were to consider selling.]]></description>
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<title>360 Degree Assessments</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:53:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are a manager or a leader, perhaps you might like to think about the idea of 360 degree feedback. It is a simple idea really: you get people from all around you to provide you with feedback on your performance.]]></description>
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<title>What Makes a Good Team Leader?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:52:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If there is a single characteristic that sums up what makes a good team leader, it is encapsulated in the little word, trust. High performance teams are high trust units and developing mutual trust, both between individual team members as well as between individuals and the team leader, is a fundamental requirement for any truly successful team.]]></description>
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<title>Law of Attraction Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:51:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some absolutely top Law of Attraction tips for you. If you let this stuff sink in and rigidly follow these tips, you will be amazed to find that your future life, as detailed in your mental picture, will begin to move toward you with ever increasing speed.]]></description>
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<title>How to Change</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:48:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Personal development is fundamentally concerned with the process of change so, in this article, I want to address the question of how to change. As human beings, we are all essentially change-resistant.]]></description>
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<title>Success in Life</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:48:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I would like to address the question of what it means to achieve success in life. So what is success and how can you achieve it?]]></description>
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<title>Where to Find Buried Treasure</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:48:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an ancient Hindu legend about an incident in which the gods decided to hide fallen humankind's divinity. They wanted to hide it somewhere that it could never be found, so they met together and discussed the various places that it might be hidden.]]></description>
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<title>The Best Exercise for Weight Loss</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:48:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have embarked on my own weight loss program and it, of course, involves exercise - the E word, as I like to call it. But exercise alone is not sufficient to lose weight.]]></description>
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<title>What Is Time?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:48:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is no question about it, time is a funny old substance. As any follower of science-fiction knows, it is relative.]]></description>
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<title>Weight Loss for Christmas - My Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:46:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For the next six weeks, I am going to try the weight loss formula I set out in my previous post on how to get thin in six weeks. Starting today, I am going to do exactly what is outlined in that post and then, in six weeks time, I will report my results.]]></description>
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<title>The Laws of Success - Part 4</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:46:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fourth of the lessons in Napoleon Hill's Laws of Success in 16 Lessons concerns the habit of saving. I must confess that when I first read the sixteen principles, I thought it slightly odd that this habit should be listed as a success habit.]]></description>
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<title>Coaching With NLP</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:45:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are many disciplines that make effective use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, but perhaps one area in which NLP can be particularly effective is coaching. A coach can bring the necessary expertise to a performer and communicate strategies for increased performance without burdening the individual with having to understand the underlying principles, pre-suppositions and theory.]]></description>
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<title>How to Remember Names</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:25:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard the idea that we don't ever forget anything once it is committed to long-term memory, that everything you ever knew is stored in your head somewhere and all you need to do is figure out how to recall the information? Recently, I told the story of a visiting pastor who had, in turn, told the story of his son competing in a cross-country race.]]></description>
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<title>6 Degrees of Separation</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:22:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In my younger days, whenever I met an American and started chatting, somewhere along the line I would get asked where I was from. Quite often, when I answered that I was from Liverpool, the next question would be: do you know The Beatles?]]></description>
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<title>How About a Spot of Time Travel?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:20:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a very powerful thought experiment that you might like to try sometime. First, it is necessary to get into that relaxed, meditative state (alpha-theta) that we have spoken about previously.]]></description>
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<title>Looking After Your Professional Image</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:20:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the tools I often use in my workshops is the Enneagram. It is a personality typing system that consists of nine main types, though there is a lot more to it than that so this is a subject I am sure we will return to in future posts.]]></description>
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<title>How Getting My Car Stolen Liberated Me</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:19:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When my car was stolen, about twenty years ago, I also lost a few possessions that just happened to be in the boot (trunk) at the time. The biggest loss to me was my briefcase because it contained a folder that held all of my professional qualifications.]]></description>
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<title>Quantum Jumping</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:18:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an advertisement that has recently caught my eye on the subject of quantum jumping. It intrigued me enough to visit the site and find out something of the basic idea.]]></description>
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<title>The Law of Giving and Receiving</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:17:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There has been a story that has been churning over in the back of mind. It is an old Japanese folk tale about a peasant farmer who becomes rich through the power of giving.]]></description>
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<title>What Is Counselling?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:16:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Following one of my personal development workshops, I was contacted by a person who asked me if I would be prepared to counsel a relative of his. It seems the person concerned had gone a little 'off the tracks' and did not seem to have any enthusiasm for life.]]></description>
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<title>Success: Operating in a Changing Environment</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:16:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some of my thoughts on the process of achieving success derived from my observations of professional football. As I am located in England, my observations concern the English Premiership, but I would be surprised if the same principles did not apply to other leagues and indeed other sports that operate a competitive league system.]]></description>
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<title>The Fountain: Symbol of Abundance</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:15:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I do a little self-guided meditation that involves what Jack Black (probably not the one you are thinking about) calls the House on the Right Bank. It is a technique I have been using for many years and I have found it to be very beneficial.]]></description>
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<title>Your Past Is Not Your Future</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:14:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I was at school, I was pleased about being average. I was usually placed about 12th to 14th in a class of 30 students.]]></description>
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<title>Time Management: Big Rocks and Beer</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:07:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stephen Covey once told a story about when he attended a session conducted by another teacher. The person apparently performed a little demonstration in front of the class.]]></description>
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<title>Saying Thank You</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:06:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There was one occasion when my wife and I were out walking when we heard the sound of a bird signalling an alarm. Although our attention was attracted to the bird, which was sitting in a shrub within a nearby garden, neither of us at first gave it much thought.]]></description>
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<title>Discipline Yourself to Succeed</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:05:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My wife joined a singing group in the town we were living a number of years ago. After a while, I joined it too.]]></description>
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<title>6 Positive Affirmations From the Bible</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:33:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In my last post, we discussed the use of affirmations and in it, I mentioned that Norman Vincent Peale had taken a Biblical text and suggested that it could be used directly as an affirmation. That particular text was from St. Paul's letter to the Philippians (Ph 4:13).]]></description>
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<title>If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:16:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I just have to wonder at my own actions. This past month I have taken it upon myself too 'fix' two things that were not broken.]]></description>
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<title>The Laws of Success - Part 5</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:15:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lesson five in The Law of Success in 16 Lessons concerns initiative and leadership. Napoleon Hill quotes Elbert Hubbard to define initiative as "doing the right thing without being told."]]></description>
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<title>The Laws of Success - Part 6</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:15:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this sixth lesson in The Laws of Success, Napoleon Hill deals with the subject of imagination; the faculty that ties together many of the other principles with which he deals. Again I am reminded of the language of Stephen Covey from the 7 Habits.]]></description>
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<title>Perfection: A Time to Finish</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:13:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You may remember that we considered the type #1 personality (The Perfectionist) a little while back when we looked at the Enneagram. Today, I was reminded of the importance of getting things finished and I started thinking to myself about how many half finished projects I have laying about.]]></description>
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<title>The Laws of Success - Part 7</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:11:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lesson seven in The Laws of Success in 16 Lessons is about enthusiasm. Hill's take on the subject is that our actions, as well as our attitudes and mindset, all of which contribute to our level success, become fired with potency when we bring enthusiasm to the mix.]]></description>
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<title>Buffling About the Bush</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:09:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I learned a new word: buffling! It is a concatenation of the phrase 'business waffling' and, if you will pardon the pun, it does exactly what it says on the tin.]]></description>
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<title>Fire-Walking, Karate and Sweat Lodges</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:07:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I remember hearing an item on the radio, as I was driving home, about several people who were being treated for burns following a fire-walk ceremony at some self-improvement retreat. I remember thinking that at the time that, despite what they may have been told at the event, it was probably a very foolish thing to decide to walk across those red-hot coals.]]></description>
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<title>How Can I Get Rich?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:56:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was probably about five years ago that I made the decision to get rich and, since then, I have been working on the project continuously. What I would like to do in this post is share some of the things that I have learned along the way for anyone who is completely serious about the question: how can I get rich?]]></description>
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<title>How to Learn From Failure</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:55:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Something that firmly separates winners from losers is the ability to rise above defeats and in many cases, famous people actually enjoyed some of their greatest victories immediately following defeat. Is it just a question of persistence; not knowing when you are beaten; or is there something more to it than that?]]></description>
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<title>Creativity: Imaginary Board of Directors</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:55:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the line, I came across the idea of creating an imaginary board of directors. I think it was something that Thomas Edison actually did and I think he was eventually a bit worried about hearing people talking in his head.]]></description>
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<title>The Laws of Success - Part 1</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:50:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Law of Success in 16 Lessons is a book that I have been meaning to get around to reading. It was the forerunner of the more famous Think and Grow Rich by the same author, Napoleon Hill.]]></description>
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<title>How to Become an Early Riser</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:49:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I had a full time day job, I would often do two hours work before I left for the office. These days, I can please myself when I work because I now concentrate full time on my web site.]]></description>
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<title>How to Change a Belief</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:49:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." The above is a statement that I have seen attributed to both Henry Ford and Confucius.]]></description>
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<title>Leadership: Gift, Ability and Necessity</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:48:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this post, I'd like to take a look at leadership and why, I believe it is vital to any organisation, especially in challenging times. Leadership is not a job despite the fact that some people have the word leader as part of their job title.]]></description>
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<title>Sample Mission Statements</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:46:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Constructing a meaningful mission statement is, I believe, a very important activity for any business so, in my business management training sessions, we always discuss the importance of having a well-crafted mission statement. I usually start the session by asking people to raise their hands if their organisation has a mission statement and then I ask them to raise their hands again if they can tell me what it is.]]></description>
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<title>The Rules of Life</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:46:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the local airport, I saw a little book entitled the Rules of Life. It is an intriguing title and although I didn't buy it, it did set me thinking about what I thought those rules might be and what might be the consequence of not following them.]]></description>
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<title>As a Woman Thinketh</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:45:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In James Allen's classic book As a Man Thinketh, he compares life to a garden and the business of choosing the thoughts we think as something like the process of planting. What shows up in our lives is the result of what we plant in our minds, hence his title which of course come from the famous Bible verse from the book of Proverbs, "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.]]></description>
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<title>How Can I Help Someone With Low Self Esteem?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:44:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Self esteem is the opinion we hold of ourselves. It concerns the type of person we believe ourself to be and our level of competence in a whole multitude of things.]]></description>
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<title>Should You Put a Deadline on Your Goals?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:42:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I was a youngster, I remember going to see a career development officer who asked me, amongst other things, if I had set any goals for myself? As it happens, all of my life I have been setting goals and I was very happy to share the goal that I was working on at that time with him.]]></description>
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<title>6 Ways to Make People Like You</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:41:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dale Carnegie was perhaps most famous for the courses he developed in salesmanship though he also offered courses in self-improvement, interpersonal skills and public speaking. I remember one of my colleagues taking a Dale Carnegie sales course and I think they are probably still running today.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Financial Goal Set Correctly?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:38:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are two questions I want to attempt to tackle in this post: firstly, is your financial goal (assuming you have one) set at the right level; and secondly, have you got your performance goals correctly set in order to support your financial goal? I believe that you need to think about these two things very carefully.]]></description>
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<title>Reframing: Try Taking a New Stance</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:37:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Could the process of changing your thinking about a situation or challenge be all that you really need to do in order to make a significant breakthrough? In this post, we'll consider how you can do that by changing your stance - the basic paradigm that underpins your approach to some situation or challenge you must face.]]></description>
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<title>7 Aspects of The Winner's Mindset</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:22:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having recently moved house, I have been thinning out the books in my study. It has just one bookcase and I decided that my books should all fit into it.]]></description>
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<title>2012: The End Is Nigh</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:22:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've heard the hype, you've seen the movie, you've read the books and still you are left wondering about exactly what is coming on December 21, 2012. There are plenty of sensationalists all wanting to tell you the world is about to end.]]></description>
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<title>Language, Truth and Logic</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:19:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For Christians, God's words are truth. That's why they will frequently quote the Bible when discussing things.]]></description>
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<title>Predictions: 2012 - Part 2</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:19:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After making my previous post on the  subject of 2012, I have begun to do a bit more research into the Mayan calendar and there is no question about it, there seems to be quite a bit of hogwash floating around right now about 2012. For example, I watched a video that looked very convincing.]]></description>
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<title>Focus: A Vital Key to Online Success</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:17:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If there is one mistake that most people will make very early on when they are first trying to become successful on the internet, it is the mistake of flitting about from one product to another or one opportunity to another, rather than developing a solid focus on just one method or system. The problem, as I see it, is that people will read about some method and then try it.]]></description>
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<title>Goal-Setting on Someday Isle</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:15:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Brian Tracy came up with a lovely little phrase to encapsulate what often gets in the way of people achieving their dreams. He said that, at least mentally, they often decide to take a vacation to a place he likes to call Someday Isle.]]></description>
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<title>Getting The Life You Want</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:15:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is a natural law concerning sowing and reaping with which you will be very familiar and it is quite simply that what you get, in life, is largely a consequence of what you give out. As my wife would put it, "what goes around, comes around" or, as I prefer to state it, "you reap what you sow.]]></description>
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<title>The Enneagram</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Enneagram is a personality typing system based around nine distinct personality types - the theory being that everyone falls into one of these nine categories. Some say that it is an ancient system with its origins traceable to Sufism, others suggest that it is much more recent.]]></description>
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<title>The Potency of Enthusiasm</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:12:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Nothing," someone once told me, "is as contagious as enthusiasm." He was quoting Edward Bulwer Lytton though I didn't know it as the time. It is a thought that has stayed with me over the years and I have no doubt of its truth. Let's face it, if you can't get enthusiastic about your own ideas and projects, how do you expect others to get excited?]]></description>
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<title>Polar Shift: 2012 - Part 3</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:11:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You know, once you begin this 2012 investigation, it can be very difficult to shake off and make it go away. It reminds me of something someone said just before the year 2000, during our Y2K project.]]></description>
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<title>What Is an Open Mind?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:11:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When we come to evaluate something new, we need to be prepared to dump the baggage. We can't really help it and we are not even aware of it a lot of the time, but it's there.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Thinking - Part 3 - Obstacles</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:11:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are bound to be obstacles that you will face on your journey to building a positive mental attitude. These obstacles and challenges may effectively slow you down, but it is entirely down to you as to whether or not they will actually stop you from moving forward.]]></description>
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<title>Love and Need</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:10:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is no question that we probably all want to find love, but the issue I would like to discuss in this article is: do we need to find love? There's quite a big difference as I am sure you will appreciate.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Thinking - Part 1</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:10:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once you are able to master the business of habitually living with a positive mental attitude, you are certain to notice some amazing positive changes manifesting themselves in your life. In fact, if you perfect this art, you might hardly recognize the life you used to live.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Thinking - Part 2 - Strategies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:09:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Living with a positive mental attitude usually starts off with a choice to have a positive mental attitude. Remember that when we were children, we had a built-in positive mental attitude, but sadly, with all of the negative influences around us including the media and those in our everyday surroundings, we very soon can get stuck in the negative mindset mentality, along with around 95% of the population.]]></description>
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<title>What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:09:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Apparently, this question goes back at least as far as Greek historian Mestrius Plutarchus, who was born in 46 AD. It is an interesting question to try asking your kids or grandchildren just to see what they come up with.]]></description>
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<title>Eye Contact: Mirroring</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:09:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Probably the single most important aspect of non-verbal communication relates to the amount of eye contact you give to the other person. In my workshops, I have a little exercise that I always announce as probably the shortest exercise in the world.]]></description>
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<title>Can God Create a Stone He Cannot Lift?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:08:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When we discussed the Chicken and Egg question, I said that I would share the answer of my friend's son to the question of whether or not God would be able to create a stone that he would not be able to lift. You may remember that I mentioned that he has exceptional ability.]]></description>
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<title>Positive Thinking - Part 4 - Where Next?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:08:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After perhaps just a few months of choosing to live with your new positive mental attitude, you are sure to be taking a look back at your old self and realising just how far you have come. At that time, you may realise just how much your previous attitude had been holding you back from achieving success.]]></description>
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<title>Leadership: Are You Building a Cathedral?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:08:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As you may be aware, I have recently given up my old day job to concentrate on my website full time. It is something I have been working toward for the past seven years.]]></description>
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<title>Doing Whatever It Takes</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:08:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the dog in the Rocky film? Well, it was actually Sylvester Stallone's own dog and the story of how he came to be in the movie is really quite touching.]]></description>
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<title>The Winning Edge</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:07:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What does it really take to win? What do you have to do to rise to the top of your chosen field?]]></description>
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<title>Galactic Alignment: 2012 - Part 4</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:07:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some commentators writing about the 2012 phenomenon have drawn attention to the Galactic alignment that is set to take place on December 21, 2012. They say that this will align the solstice sun with the galactic equator and that this event happens every 26,000 years.]]></description>
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<title>Organisational Bullying: How to Prevent It</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:06:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to a recent study, it seems that people who occupy positions of power who also occupy low status roles are more likely to abuse their authority. The research suggests one possible explanation for the behaviour of bank clerks and doctor's receptionists, who may simply be rude, and soldiers who humiliate or even torture their prisoners.]]></description>
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<title>Enneagram Type 1 - The Perfectionist</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:05:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This personality type is also called the Reformer. Their underlying motivation is anger.]]></description>
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<title>What Is Life About?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:28:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I read the Wikipedia article on the subject of the meaning of life. I was very surprised by how lengthy it is.]]></description>
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<title>Proactively Dealing With Stress</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:27:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One day, at my last place of work, the managing director asked me to write our new stress management course. At the time, I remember telling him that I did not think it would be a success.]]></description>
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<title>Should the Bible Be Interpreted Literally?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:11:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was visited by Jehovah's Witnesses and, unlike many people, I usually have a decent chat with them on the doorstep. I suppose I can recall about three separate occasions over the years when we have had such conversations.]]></description>
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