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      <title>Megafamous</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>There are people who strive to become famous, then superfamous, before moving up to being megafamous.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Life is not a Game</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>To get anywhere, first we need to know what we want.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Keep Going</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Have you thought much about failure? </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Regrets</title>
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        <![CDATA[We are human and prone to make mistakes.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Change Reality</title>
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        <![CDATA[We may not be able to change another person’s reality, but it is possible to change yours.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Focus on What's Important</title>
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        <![CDATA[All too often we waste a lot of time making judgments or complaining about what we have or haven’t got.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Now</title>
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        <![CDATA[Perhaps you have been struggling from failing to achieve your personal or professional goals.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Success</title>
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        <![CDATA[Most everyone spends a lot of time thinking of failure or fear of failure?]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Enhancing Effectiveness</title>
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        <![CDATA[If you are human, you have likely given some thought about how effective you are while you're at work.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Boredom</title>
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        <![CDATA[Have you ever experienced a lack of interest or been bored with an activity?]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Improve Your System</title>
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        <![CDATA[What is your typical workday like? For many people, work consists of a series of various urgencies.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Training</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thinking about buying the latest business book or taking a training class?]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Change Perspective</title>
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        <![CDATA[Since we are human, it is a safe assumption that at some point you have said to yourself, "Nothing ever goes right for me?"]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Fail Successfully</title>
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        <![CDATA[I recall a study where many people believed they failed more than half the time.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Self-Accountability</title>
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        <![CDATA[It has been argued that in recent years personal accountability seems to be diminishing.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Education vs Learning </title>
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        <![CDATA[The question we learn to ask from an early age is “Will that be on the exam?”]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Advantages of Wait Time</title>
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        <![CDATA[This may sound ridiculous but there are advantages to waiting and what we do with that time.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Success</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>How much time do most people spend thinking about success and how it is achieved? Likely not as much as we should because the world really revolves around success or elements of success.&nbsp;</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Jim's Gems: Keep Going</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>We need to carefully consider each commitment before making it. After deciding to make the commitment, create a plan and move toward the goal.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Future</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Maybe&nbsp;it is not something you have thought much about, but a single action, taken now, can have significant consequences far into the future. This can be a blessing or a curse, depending of course on what the action is.</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Growth</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In some way, personal growth is almost always uncomfortable. However, refusing to grow is often, in the long run, much more uncomfortable.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Personal Growth</title>
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        <![CDATA[If anyone is interested in pursuing personal growth, does this necessarily mean they are a selfish person?]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Predictability</title>
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        <![CDATA[Do you realize it’s possible to predict the future – specifically your future? Maybe not in precise detail, but it’s definitely possible.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Discovery</title>
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        <![CDATA[Do you recall the last time something stood in your way to achieve success? ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Adapting</title>
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        <![CDATA[For those who lived through the 90's there was a realization that decade was a time of rapid change.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Sustained Effort</title>
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        <![CDATA[To be successful, we must be able to see the bigger picture, but we also need to be able to manage the small details.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Growth</title>
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        <![CDATA[In some way, personal growth is almost always uncomfortable.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Excuses</title>
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        <![CDATA[It’s a safe bet that everyone has used excuses to avoid doing something or to delay the inevitable.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Thought Power</title>
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        <![CDATA[Henry Ford hit the target when he said “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.”]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[One of the most important attributes successful people possess is stick-to-itiveness.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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