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		<title>A swoosh and a kiss for profound accomplishment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The solution to the inscrutable question of “why am I not fulfilling my life potential” may be something as simple and common as salt. Or tennis shoes.]]></description>
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		<title>A revised law of attraction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[None of us like everything we do in the course of our work – even those of us who love our jobs. But you can motivate yourself in the job you’ve got – even if it’s just long enough to successfully transition yourself to the one you’d love – with a change in perspective.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re one of those people who is not swayed by worries about whether or not others approve of you, then today’s posting is probably not for you. For the rest, let’s explore how this problem gets in the way of self-esteem, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making. ]]></description>
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		<title>(New) Lessons from Mom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sudden inexplicable tension has only a 50::50 chance of being about the situation taking place. Chances are great that the person escalating the situation is upset about something else.
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		<title>Pretty Is As Pretty Does</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The class photo has morphed from a charming snapshot of a child's grade school years to a staged and airbrushed representation of the perfect child. What is this telling our children about our values?]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was speaker at a luncheon last week and the topic was the relationship between motivation and innovation. Afterward, one of the attendees asked if I thought today’s high levels of work stress are reducing our ability to be creative and motivated at work. It’s a completely valid question. As I visit client sites and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Sweet Self-Command</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things a manager will ever undertake to understand is how to motivate people. The field of industrial psychology has entire subfields dedicated to this topic, as do the fields of education and of course, general psychology. Motivation is an important concept, and it’s worthy of a lot of study. But [...]]]></description>
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