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		<title>cell phones and 8 year olds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Adults &#8212; digital natives or not &#8212; can&#8217;t imagine what a childhood mediated by mobile, social technology that didn&#8217;t exist 10 years ago is actually like.” – Senior editor The Atlantic magazine I admit. Technology has created a significant new challenge to parenting. I struggle to think of anything since the printing press that would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>observation of the day: people power</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A wave of shareholder activism is shining light on ….” – subhead in The Guardian &#8220;A new kind of outrage: Investors kick out against inflated pay packages” – headline in The Economist So. The issues America (and many countries) is having at the moment are complex but I wanted to make an observation of one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>comment of the day: elections and governing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this comment in The Guardian: The French elections lasted for what? A month and a half, now they have a new President. Our elections begin 2 years in advance and don&#8217;t end until super tuesday which sounds like a sporting event. Our leaders cannot function because they are always fighting for their jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>build to burn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 14:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. I have been thinking of writing about Linkin Park for some time.  They have a new song called Burn it Down that actually got me thinking this is the time. They are the band I should hate but I love. I should hate them because they scream a lot &#60;instead of singing&#62; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I’m fine&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I’m fine.” How many times have we heard those two words? How many times have we accepted the response and moved on? Oh. And how many times should we not have moved on? So. I have had this post in my draft folder since mid March. It just didnt seem done enough to post. Like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>finagle&#8217;s Law</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/finagles-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. I imagine I am way behind the rest of the cool people &#60;who already know what finagle’s law is&#62; but I just discovered it. Maybe because I had always known it as Murphy&#8217;s Law. The generalized or `folk&#8217; version of Murphy&#8217;s Law, fully named &#8220;Finagle&#8217;s Law of Dynamic Negatives&#8221; and usually rendered &#8220;Anything that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the flaw in creativity collaboration</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/the-flaw-in-creativity-collaboration</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is not a popular point of view these days. I am a firm believer, that in the creativity business, collaboration isn’t good. Well. “isn’t good” is like saying “never” or “it always sucks” or something like that. Let’s just say creativity isn’t about collaboration. And I found a quote that says it perfectly: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>lighting the way</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Nelson Mandela So. I began with this quote and then kind of got pretty passionate about this topic the more I thought about it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>spinal tap marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is about the senseless marketing inflation that is becoming prevalent in the marketing world and I am going to use the movie Spinal Tap to show how bad it is. Just in case you don’t remember the movie Spinal Tap, or the moment I am going to reference, here it is: &#8220;Our speakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>et le gagnant est</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/et-le-gagnant-est</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/et-le-gagnant-est#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a socialist candidate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the people were involved]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#60;and the winner is&#62; Ok. Let’s say the people won today. If I were to tell you over 81% of all adults actually voted … and at least 4 candidates had over 11% of the votes (and the 4 of them had about 85% of all votes) you would tend to believe the process is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>lines</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/lines</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/lines#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bull in a china shop living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices leading to full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices we make or do not make]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation means destroying something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with extenuating experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defining happiness in moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destroying the personal baggage you carry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go gentle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go quietly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every minute is another chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every moment counts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one is an architect of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flow and happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identifying who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inaction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life gives you a bazillion second chances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a string of minutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not a straight line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is often not lived best gently]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life not defined by meeting objectives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope of despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines are rare in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Americans believe in straight lines. They believe that all you have to do is get out there and get the job done one step after another. If you don’t do that, you are either lazy or incompetent.  American people seem to think that life is like a mission. That’s how they approach sports and war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>what will become of us?</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/what-will-become-of-us</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/what-will-become-of-us#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a generation finds a voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a generation of concerned citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a global education kids initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accepting social merits of social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accepting things you cannot change or understand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[account management in ad agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action and consequences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affecting people’s conflict behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aligning generational attitude and technology and consumer trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[always some failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[be still in midst of activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beautiful expansive thinking teen brains]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[because of you days to come will be better]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[what do you do when you get what you want]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“because of you the days to come will be better than the days before this one.” So. I have been participating in another TED discussion with regard to the youth and education and a distressingly pessimistic view of who they will be and what they will become &#60;a post/rant/observation is forthcoming on that soon&#62;. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>integrity: the 99 or the 1?</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/integrity-the-99-or-the-1</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/integrity-the-99-or-the-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[37 seconds well used is a lifetime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions of the 1% look bigger than they are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America’s character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[are those with integrity in minority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bull in a china shop living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[every minute is another chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every moment counts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life is a string of minutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not a straight line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is often not lived best gently]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livng with values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mr. magorium wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not meeting an objective is not failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[our minds create]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people know what is right or wrong]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powreful weapon on earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wacky wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waiting or living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what you do with your time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So. I am fortunate enough to be part of TED (who I respect). And I have been involved in several discussion threads which are going to inspire some posts. Lately I have been participating in a maddening discussion thread on “Do you think living by values and having integrity is a thing of the past?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bullying</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/bullying</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/bullying#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10% regularly bullied]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[42% bullied online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being a kid and doing the right thing is sometimes hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being caught]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boys will be boys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boys will be boys crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullies are cowards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullies come in all shapes and sizes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullies do not lack social skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bully the movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying has mutiple reasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying leading to suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do parents really see their kids as bullies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[facless bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[half of children are bullied at some point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humiliating someone else]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impacing future behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it may not be a popular decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids are reflections of their parents]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making another kid miserable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new levels of bullying on line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parents' perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physical bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushing someone around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real life kid's situations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regretting bullying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survival of the fittest childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking a moment back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking responsibility for actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking about bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking about it is a beginning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[verbal abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what would happen if not caught]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[will the right people be talking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adults bullying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So. On April 15th I have the opportunity to see an exclusive screening of this new movie/documentary called Bully. The trailer for the movie is brutal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G114cy-fnAw&#38;feature=related I have signed up to see it that day. And I have mixed feelings. Mixed feelings for several reasons: -          it discusses young adult suicide. An important issue, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>right brain, left brain, ambidextrous brain</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/right-brain-left-brain-ambidextrous-brain</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/right-brain-left-brain-ambidextrous-brain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysis paralysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[at some point you are accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being soft in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain functional asymmetries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity of the human mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changed behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing objectives to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice between alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice by numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice cannot be made with statistics alone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[debunking right brain left brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making under uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision utility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations changing behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiding behind statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[informing a decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isolating variables using statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment is not easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kodak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the hard choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no substitute for judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing is simple when it comes to the brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are not accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers can play a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers will confess anything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right brain left brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right brain left brain is misleading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right brain left brain mumbo jumbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right brain left brain myth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say it is happening when it isn’t]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say that something is happening when it is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social profiling thru right brain left brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistical decision theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics cannot make the decision for you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics getting in the way of a good decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swallowing nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the ambidextrous brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the answers are within you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the numbers told me what to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we use our whole brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woefully inadequate data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. So I thought I had left the whole right brain left brain discussion behind. And it reared its ugly head again one more time just the other day. And &#60;distressingly&#62; it was in a business environment, with senior people, discussing people’s strengths &#38; weaknesses. Look. This whole right brain, left brain thing has to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>manifesto book end thinking (a series of two)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/manifesto-book-end-thinking-a-series-of-two</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/manifesto-book-end-thinking-a-series-of-two#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america repairing it’s faults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America’s character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior in new economic world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better than every other country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy as soon as possible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can iran manage it’s own issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism and morals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[excellence in brevity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[give consumers a choice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[haves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haves versus have-nots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideological thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impact of recession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[keenly aware of america’s flaws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lost Ground]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[middle east is complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no easy steps in middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing lasts forever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optomism versus pessimism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[proud patriots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession affecting shopping behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redistribution of power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redrawing boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving versus buying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeking new experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self determination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping around]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[switching]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the constitution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the have nots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the haves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the story of a fragmented america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the story of fragmented middle east]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thoughtful middle east solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tocqueville]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty of nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[understanding the middle east]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[well written documents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is going to be a 2 part series discussing 2 incredibly well written and often misunderstood documents. These two documents are a reflection of two of the most important and influential political theories ever created. Both documents continue to influence and provoke discussion on ideology, capitalism and government. And mostly I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookend 1: american constitution</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/bookend-1-american-constitution</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/bookend-1-american-constitution#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america repairing it’s faults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America’s character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior in new economic world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better than every other country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy as soon as possible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can iran manage it’s own issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism and morals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism communism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land – nor, perhaps, the sun and stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. The chart is the Constitution.” – Daniel Webster Ok. I begin the two part series with the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookend 2: manifesto of the communist party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last of my “manifesto” series. But it was maybe the first that I thought about. Because as I watch the news and see the pictures in Egypt and Sudan and the middle east &#60;and everything else associated with a populace driven revolution&#62; I thought about the manifesto of the communist party (more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>water water everywhere … but nary a drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[10% of world has no sanitary water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. &#8211; Coleridge (the Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Nope. This isn’t going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the lost art of sportsmanship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The grace of the gesture is as important as the victories&#8221; &#8211; Rene Lacoste Well. The Guardian, as part of their spectacular “Joy of Six” series, recently wrote one on sportsmanship. And it made me think about the lost art of sportsmanship. Why? First. Take a look at the 6 ‘sportsmanship’ moments. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/feb/10/joy-of-six-sportsmanship?INTCMP=SRCH Second. Try [...]]]></description>
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