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		<category><![CDATA[focus on what is important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ignorance is the enemy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[imperfection implies opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting children go beyond us]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life gives you a bazillion second chances]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not a straight line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not as simple as it seems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is often not lived best gently]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life's white lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listen more]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[listening to choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little failures versus big failures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[logical versus illogical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losing the chance to appreciate the whole truth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maintaining relevance globally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making a grade versus thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the hard choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making your own decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management by exception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing people to be successful in life and business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing transitional moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[many good kids fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maslow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maslow and decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[match up their own experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matched intellectual friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe even not a Truth anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe it is better to admit we failed at something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe life is not that complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measurement of failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring global education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting the challenges of concentration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[message is worth listening to]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=11461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.&#8221; &#8211; H. G. Wells &#160; So. This is about truth, learning, unlearning … and contradictions. First. I have always believed the moment you own a contradiction is the moment you capture an emotional and intellectual awareness. Second. I am not sure I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>for the love of the game</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/for-the-love-of-the-game</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/for-the-love-of-the-game#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a youngster with swagger & invincibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addition thru subtraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all matured with appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allowed to be reflective as I am an old guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciate the game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[athletes nearing the end of their careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be brave in the attempt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[become smarter about when to expend energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by the discretion of that which is found in maturity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duncan Edwards was suggested as the greatest soccer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[we sports fans are living at a special time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What we do with that maturity is the measure of the person]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. I haven’t written any enlightening sports news for a while and decided because the ‘old’ San Antonio Spurs take the court for game 6 of the NBA finals … as well as I just watched the absolutely horrendous baseball movie, For the Love of the Game, &#60;which I watch over and over again regardless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>selling out?</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/selling-out</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/selling-out#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness of life is made up of minute fractions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[just keep going through the changes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[letting go is hard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a struggle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pride is a tricky thing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Oh my. Is it possible a world renowned museum could sell off its collection to resolve a city-it-resides-in’s debt? Well. It is being discussed. Seriously discussed? Kind of. So. The city of Detroit is on the brink of bankruptcy. &#160; Here are some factoids &#60;I will be close on how bad it is&#62;. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>crows, ravens, hope and fathers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a light at the end of the tunnel in their everyday Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[being different may be the toughest test of all in Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crows & hope]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Most parents deal with it the best they can]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ravens & hope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Father’s day. Let’s talk crows, ravens, hope and, of course, fathers. &#160; First. Just an fyi. Crows and ravens are in the same genus but are different birds &#60;the best example I found was … think of leopards and tiger, both are in the same genus and are obviously related, but they are quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>every day teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[58% of the US adult population never reads another book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[curiosity is the enemy of ignorance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dedicating a shitload of energy into trying to reintroduce past plans of action]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. This may sound wacky in today’s world … but I believe we are all teachers  … yup &#8230; not just those with a title of ‘teacher’ who is standing up in front of our young people day in and day out &#60;beginning at some miserable pre-dawn hour&#62; working with them to fine tune their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>waiting versus the battle (and managing moments)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle. &#160; Fry: And then the battle is not so bad? &#160; Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle -          from a Futurama episode &#160; So. I chuckled when I read this. And I am guilty of saying something similar &#60;the calm before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>keeping your eye on key business issues (as I see it)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/keeping-your-eye-on-key-business-issues-as-i-see-it</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[an awesome business quote]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Good leaders appreciate the value of this business stamina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[In between where you were and where you will be]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the one life that we've got]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[influencers are still influencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[informing a decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation is impossible to budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside out leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside out leadership leads to minimizing ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside people there is a lot of stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instinctively complicates life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interesting people have contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is anything back or white anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is your best just mediocre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isolating variables using statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it is not an easy discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it isn't process it is the work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment is not easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juggling versus balancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just going to leap into some sort of glorious new age is very unrealistic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keep your head in the game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keep your mind open to solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keeping your eye on key business issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge as wealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of focus and wasted energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking sophistication or good sense and intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead from the inside out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders are still and active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders have strength of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership split]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership will be defined by the inside aspect of businesses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leading a business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[left free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less important to do things first then to do things right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less than perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less than zero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a struggle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></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 is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life not defined by meeting objectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life's white lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening to choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living life backwards but still question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintain autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the hard choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the simple complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making your own decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management by exception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing change is tricky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing perceptions of how you are getting the shit done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing transitional moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe life is not that complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meaningful differentiation is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measurement of failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting the challenges of concentration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midst of change leaders kind of make it up as they go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miss the simplicity in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing out on what life has to offer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral compass and doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most people cannot recognize simple solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no formulas nor are there any checklists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no need to make up something new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no substitute for judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nobody's life is perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not everyone can give good advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not meeting an objective is not failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing beats experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are not accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers can play a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers show possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers will confess anything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsessed with time and maximizing it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[odds are you are not unique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one step at a time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only few find the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organization not aligned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizations will slow to think]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overcoming optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay attention to these 5 things your business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people confuse process and disciplined thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people get confused about simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people who give best advice have been through the most]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people with more wisdom. people who have experienced more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people won't be sure that you have done anything at all]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perception map assumes everyone is equal until proven otherwise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection procrastination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspective can help with the complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pick your moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[powerful words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pressure to maximize time is actually leading to minimizing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prioritizing actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prioritizing what is right or wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastinators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procrastinators get a bad rap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastinators have a tough life these days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[providing perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prudent growth strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purposeful fragmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuing the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[putting pressure on yourself with to-do lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality of being simple or uncombined]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality versus quantity online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questioning the unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quite surprised to see how often common sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[randomness of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rare to make complicated simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reach for the stars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason to believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency and character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect for individual choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restless consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right but wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk aversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Say something meaningful in an interesting way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying the right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seamlessly step into]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see within the circumstances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek every way possible to complicate our lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek out events without fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeking the way of truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shades of gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharing experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short term concentration capabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silly expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple isn’t the least]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple solutions are often the best solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity has gone the way of the dodo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity is an acquired taste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity of solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity seems too chaotic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplifying to make choices easier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope of despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slowing down actually makes us more ethical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small gestures in trivial looking moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[So much of modern life seems to be about more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so much to do I can barely keep my head above water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so what do we do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[some wars are worth fighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[something to think about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[somewhere above the least and significantly below the most]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting out the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standing on the uncertainty pedestal]]></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[stay or go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines are rare in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stressful decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle between energy and indolence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle between vitality and decay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle to think of anything more miserable than]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggled to adapt to the change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuck someplace that isn’t moving toward where]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swallowing nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[takes focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that which is simple is valuable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the answers are within you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the more powerful will be the smaller players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the numbers told me what to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the odd moment of beauty where time is not the same]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the rocky road is the high road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the same process and same vocabulary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Time versus Expectations continuum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the world is always changing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking impossible things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking too much]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this sounds pretty common sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughtful and relevant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive on dreams and possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time is a disposable product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time is the new Currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time pressure enhances the odds someone will make a less ethical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tough decisions are tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transactional branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transformational people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trapped by fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treat people fairly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust & integrity tied to its purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth and expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is rarely simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is what really happened]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth or lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth or nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty is a bitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty takes on geometric proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unexpected innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unrealistic expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unshakeable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utilizing time efficiency models to squeeze every productive minute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vibrantly alive in repose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walking beyond our own footsteps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wasted energy worrying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we actually waste a shitload of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all have the same amount of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we invest so much time trying to manage time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what do you do when you get what you want]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what I know opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What if that is all there is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is right and what is wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what would you sacrifice to win]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what you elect to do with it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[When you do things right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words reflecting experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words that become deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your best member of your team has the energy and focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your business will have a fighting chance of being successful]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. I get asked a lot about key issues facing businesses these days … some marketing people but mostly just business people wanting to talk about business &#60;and being successful or the corollary … how to avoid doing stupid shit that will keep you from being successful&#62;. After having had this conversation several times I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>blandiloquence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a contradiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a person without strong features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an inspiring thought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[articulate nutjob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoiding buzzwords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beautifully horrible word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bland + eloquence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bland people using eloquently empty words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blandiloquence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blandiloquent are vacuous shells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business is infested with idiots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cacophony of uninterrupted noise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing behavior begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing behavior begins in understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[close minded versus open minded]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collector of moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorless with no depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concept of maximizing each moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dislike more than empty words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not waste words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don’t lose your perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[each moment is a brick in the foundation of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elaborately empty compliments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embrace the burden of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filling space with words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding no words to say]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding the right words at the right time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[float along the top of meaningless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus an eye on the everyday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[for empty words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harsh uncompromising truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honey-tongued]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I see NOW is my moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I think I am making the right choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I will pretend to listen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impress by using pretentious jargon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improving ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in that moment i swear we were infinite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information that has now become obsolete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ingratiating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ingratiating empty of any feeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instinctual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instinctual behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irrational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it all matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it can matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it can matter what you do in a moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it is about balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[know the words but don’t know the value of the words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing why]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a struggle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is not as big as we make it out to be]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life just seems bigger than it is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limitless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listen for the answers to my questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening and questioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening and responding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Listening is an underrated skill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening to all the things you can't hear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Many times in life’s journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maximizing moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mild and smooth-talking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments in daily life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Most of us can only dream of using words like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving quickly smartly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not many of us have time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOW is always our moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observation and listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obvious solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obvious solutions are often the most difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one little piece at a time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one step at a time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only etching out one little piece of the bigger picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[our brains drop out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patient quickness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay close attention to life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pebble cast into a pond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People are always reflecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persuasive and with powerful discourse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pooh wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presentations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushing shit around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[randomness of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rational people doing irrational things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommendation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek out the small to insure the big turns out right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seemingly trivial triggers the big]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self reflection on behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senior people and lazy thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serious life decluttering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shame on anyone who empties words to a point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shame on those who waste words as if they were a dime a dozen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short term irrational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple gestures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slightly more hopeful look at the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small effort impacts total effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small gestires in trivial looking moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small gestures in trivial looking moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[some moments deserve to be pulled out of trivial status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sometimes it is less a thing when it is out in the open]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speak up when they have an opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speak when spoken to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponges for information at this age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress can short circuit what we know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress situations are judgment moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers do the best they can]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i was yesterday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the amount of words rarely matters if what is used]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bigger picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The blandiloquent few]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The empty person who uses them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the life stress test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the moment before the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The moment was important because you made it so]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the small gesture in the trivial moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the useless information garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the why behind what you do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is too much work to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[think about why you do something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[think before you speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking about what you do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking about why you do things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking before speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking out loud is lazy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughtful words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments are more difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments in bigger life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[type of an oxymoron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using the right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using words well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value of doing nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value of not wasting words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victimize us with words vacant of any thought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we find ourselves disoriented]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We reflect to move forward better]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what comes next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what's the sense of our small effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who we are today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who we were yesterday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why you do the things you do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word does throw you off a bit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word is borrowed from Latin where it meant smooth talk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words are a responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words are a responsibily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words that show you care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. The word ‘blandiloquence.’ Blandiloquence comes from a Latin word meaning &#8220;smooth-talking&#8221; or &#8220;flattering.&#8221; blandiloquent (blan-DEL-uh-kwent) &#8211; adj., mild and smooth-talking, honey-tongued, flattering, ingratiating. &#160; Also comes with an obsolete noun form, blandiloquence, meaning flattery. The word is borrowed from Latin where it meant smooth talk. Interestingly … bland’s roots &#60;latin&#62; coincide with concepts like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>tired of being immapant</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/tired-of-being-immapant</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absolutely clueless about the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absolutely drives me nuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anything any one wants to know one can find the answer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being an explorer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being enlightened]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[create the wrong perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity is the enemy of ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driven by some inaccurate maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth sphere on a flat surface while maintaining a line of constant bearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education to enlighten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embarrassing to ask people to locate countries on a map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlighten at the same time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal-area maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geography and boundaries are confusing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how maps mislead perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I have been guilty of immapancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance is the enemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illiterate in map reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illusion of Mercator projections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inaccurate idea about the size and shape of continents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insufficient geographical knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning and ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning is a perpetual process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning is good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literally have access to information at their fingertips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps we typically look at are out of whack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercator useful for marine navigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no longer an excuse for why people know so little]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preserve the shapes of countries but misrepresent their areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sincere ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sphere cannot be represented on a flat plane without distortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Mercator projections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Peters Projection map is in a class of map projections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tired of being immapant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west wing episode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west wing wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well. This is about immappancy &#60;or being immapant&#62;. The concept of “immappancy”, meaning insufficient geographical knowledge &#8230; and the fact it is being driven by some inaccurate maps we constantly refer to … okay … not inaccurate but maybe simply misleading. And to be honest … I will admit that I have been guilty of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the in-between</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/the-in-between</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a certain pride in uncovering solutions to the complex lives we have created for ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a derivative of the best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a flawed person with talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a Life truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountable decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[achieving greatness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action and consequences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice is wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice leading to choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advises justly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aiming high]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment has dimensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all go through the same process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all we could and should being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysis paralysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art of staying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assists readily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[at some point you are accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoid the gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balanced relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balancing dependence and independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be better than us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be still in midst of activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being a contrarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being decent is not your best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being enlightened]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being great takes work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being perfect is impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being smart and tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being soft in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being successful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best advice people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breaking life decisions down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brilliant in simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buck rodgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[builders versus renovators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building a culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cannot be happy and scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity of the human mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is easier if you simplify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is scary]]></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 cannot be made with statistics alone]]></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[choosing to be true]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing to play the game your own way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clear responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collector of moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming to grips with inadequacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[committment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex simplified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complexity equals value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complexity is a destructive path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complexity often hides within some bright shiny object]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condoning mediocrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict and people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confronted with a clear choice between right and wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connection to the silent life of things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contradictions of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core competency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cowardly decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating desired behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation means destroying something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity is the enemy of ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cynicism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers and risk tangled in every life decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with extenuating experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deceiving yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decide what your best is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making under uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision utility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defining happiness in moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depth of character to face everyday life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depths of despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing minds of next generation of thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing social and emotional competencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[different world with different rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult to discern good guys from bad guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult to manage expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointment created by expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointment in yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discerning the important from the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline but freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distinguishing right versus wrong in your own head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go gentle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go quietly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do what is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do your best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing a decent job day to day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing great things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing right even though it may be wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the best they can]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing the right thing isn’t always clear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing takes work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing versus pleasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing what is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt resides between certainty and uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt something once unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubts of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamic beyond our own purposes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eliminating the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embellishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embodies contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging curiosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging understanding of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endless in-between]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enhances the quality of the decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events are meant to be commanded not feared]]></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[excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations gain momentum with time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expounding on living a life in the now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[external people get confused]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme situations demand extreme solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts and truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure of imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[falling short of best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of less than perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[few words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fighting for what you believe in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[find self-value in problem solivng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding both comfort and newness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding the right words to say]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding time to do the things over]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding what is possible from impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding your way is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus on what is important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fragmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free your mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends and advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[functional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[functional superiority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaining new customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation of measurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generational ideation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generational things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations changing behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get all the shit done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting ahead doesn’t mean being ahead all the time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting done what can be done great]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut by questioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going with your gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good advice is priceless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gots 24 hours no matter how I manage it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great listeners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greatest danger is aiming too low]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grounded in what is important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt and obligation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilty of not my problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[have to contribute some new thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[having a desire to add complexity to a beautiful simple idea has nothing to do with the idea but rather with the person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heightening value in life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiding behind statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope in learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humbling but a good reminder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i am fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i am fine is the biggest lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I can’t gain time or free time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I did the best given what I had]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I think opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i want you to be better]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identifying who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[if i only had time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[If only it were all this simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance is the enemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In between where you were and where you will be]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In my rat race words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the one life that we've got]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inability to manage expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increased expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increasingly popular words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influencers are still influencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[informing a decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation is impossible to budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside people there is a lot of stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instinctively complicates life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interesting people have contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is anything back or white anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is your best just mediocre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it is not an easy discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it isn't process it is the work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It takes courage to be good at simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it will never increase efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[its either play or get played]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment is not easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juggling versus balancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keep your mind open to solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[know something about you or know nothing about you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of focus and wasted energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking sophistication or good sense and intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders are still and active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders have strength of character]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leadership split]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning the difference between these two things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[left free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less important to do things first then to do things right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less than perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less than zero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life challenges]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life gives you a bazillion second chances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life in the wretched hollow of the in between]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a string of minutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a struggle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a winding road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></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 not as simple as it seems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is often not lived best gently]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life not defined by meeting objectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life's white lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening to choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living life backwards but still question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying to yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintain autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintaining relevance globally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the hard choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the simple complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making your own decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing perceptions of how you are getting the shit done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing transitional moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe life is not that complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measurement of failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting the challenges of concentration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miss the simplicity in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing out on what life has to offer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral compass and doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most people cannot recognize simple solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napkin scribblings at a bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[never a good ingredient in the formula for happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no formulas nor are there any checklists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no need to make up something new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no substitute for judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nobody's life is perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not everyone can give good advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not having enough time to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not just follow in our footsteps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not meeting an objective is not failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing beats experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers can play a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers show possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsessed with time and maximizing it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[odds are you are not unique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one foot in history one foot in future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one of the smartest simplest things I have ever written]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one step at a time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only few find the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organization not aligned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[our obsession with time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overcoming optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peak moments of clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peer pressure makes any time wasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people confuse process and disciplined thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people get confused about simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people with more wisdom. people who have experienced more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection procrastination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspective can help with the complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pick your moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[powerful words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pressure to maximize time is actually leading to minimizing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prioritizing actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prioritizing what is right or wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastinators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastinators have a tough life these days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[providing perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuing the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[putting pressure on yourself with to-do lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality of being simple or uncombined]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality versus quantity online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questioning the unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quite surprised to see how often common sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[randomness of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rare to make complicated simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reach for the stars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason to believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency and character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect for individual choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect the military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restless consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right but wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk aversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rocky road is more interesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say it is happening when it isn't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Say something meaningful in an interesting way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say thanks and get a shrug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say that something is happening when it is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying it is fine when it is not]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying the right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seamlessly step into]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see within the circumstances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek every way possible to complicate our lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek out events without fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeking the way of truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shades of gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharing experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silly expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple isn’t the least]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple solutions are often the best solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity has gone the way of the dodo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity is an acquired taste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity of solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity seems too chaotic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplifying to make choices easier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simply a different Life skill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simply meandering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[six impossible things before breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope of despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope of I am not fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slowing down actually makes us more ethical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small gestures in trivial looking moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[So much of modern life seems to be about more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so much to do I can barely keep my head above water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[some people do not talk about themselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[something to think about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[somewhere above the least and significantly below the most]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting out the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speak after listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiral of loneliness and despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standing on the uncertainty pedestal]]></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[stay or go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines are rare in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stressful decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle between energy and indolence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle between vitality and decay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle to think of anything more miserable than]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuck someplace that isn’t moving toward where]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swallowing nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[takes focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that which is simple is valuable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the answers are within you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the art of procrastinating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the best advice is priceless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the in-between]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the odd moment of beauty where time is not the same]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the rocky road is the high road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the same process and same vocabulary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The value is never in the credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the world bends everyone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the world is always changing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking impossible things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking too much]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this sounds pretty common sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughtful and relevant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive on dreams and possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to be sure of you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tough decisions are tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trapped by fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treat people fairly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments in bigger life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true friend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth and expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth goggles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is rarely simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is what really happened]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth or lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth or nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty is a bitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty takes on geometric proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unrealistic expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unreasonable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unshakeable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[until we meet again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vibrantly alive in repose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walk in our footsteps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walking beyond our own footsteps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[want to be doing something purposeful for someone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wanting more can help us grow in many ways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wasted energy worrying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we actually waste a shitload of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all have the same amount of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we invest so much time trying to manage time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what do you do when you get what you want]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what I know opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What if life is made up primarily of the in between]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What if that is all there is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is right and what is wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what of the wretched hollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we are seeking explanations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what would you sacrifice to win]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what you elect to do with it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[When you do things right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words reflecting experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words that become deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words worse than nothing unless they do something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can solve that kind of problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I struggle to think of anything more miserable than living a life in the wretched hollow of the in between.” &#8211; me Ok. Having quoted myself … What if that is all there is? What if life is made up primarily of the in between? And what if it is actually more important than all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>l’anj-lan (angels)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/lanj-lan-angels</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angels falling music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angels falling through my hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[band consisted of a mixed group of musicians jamming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beautiful Norah Jones vocals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character of both the voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exotic French light hip hop vocal overlay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good listening music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good listening songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haitian Creole lyrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innate ability to reach you in some way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interesting music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing your musical shit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesser known musicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[l’anj-lan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melancholy music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norah Jones was a member before]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other former members include N'Dea Davenport and Saul Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slightly odd song opening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[some of the best vocalists are ones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[song Angels by Wax Poetic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the creole l’anj-lan ... angel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voice of angels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wax poetic interesting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is about the song Angels by Wax Poetic &#60;and the creole l’anj-lan &#8230; angel&#62;. This is an old song &#60;2003&#62; but I loved it then … and love it now. In case you do not remember this song … and it’s slightly odd opening … and beautiful Norah Jones vocals … and exotic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>inside out leadership</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/inside-out-leadership</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a certain pride in uncovering solutions to the complex lives we have created for ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a cheap leadership trick from leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a combination of competency and chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a derivative of the best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a flawed person with talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a generation of concerned citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a Life truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountable decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[achieving greatness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action and consequences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice is wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice leading to choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affecting organization thru actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affecting people's conflict behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aiming high]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning generational attitude and technology and consumer trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment has dimensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all go through the same process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all we could and should being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin Toffler wrote in 1990]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amoral or moral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an ability to avoid structural organizational corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an awesome business quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysis paralysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apply the same things they are doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assists readily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[at some point you are accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoid the gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balanced relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balancing dependence and independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be better than us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be still in midst of activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being a contrarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being contrarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being decent is not your best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being enlightened]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being good isn't really about anyone noticing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being great takes work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being perfect is impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being scared as a leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being smart and tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being soft in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being successful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best advice people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best solutions are often the ideas that are immediately obvious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blurry responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookending alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[booker washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brilliant in simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[builders versus renovators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building a culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cannot be happy and scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity of the human mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centralized focus with decentralized implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is easier if you simplify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is scary]]></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 cannot be made with statistics alone]]></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[choosing to be true]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing to play the game your own way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clear responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cognitive thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collector of moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[combination of individual morality as well as organizational morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming to grips with inadequacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[committment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common sense in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community individualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company of adventurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex simplified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complexity equals value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complexity is a destructive path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complexity often hides within some bright shiny object]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condoning mediocrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict and people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confronted with a clear choice between right and wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connection to the silent life of things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer buying process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers not driving everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contradictions of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controlled autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core competency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cowardly decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating desired behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating positive touchpoints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating the next generation of thinkers using the web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation means destroying something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruelty and retribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity is the enemy of ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cynicism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers and risk tangled in every life decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with extenuating experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deceiving yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralizing communications tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decide what your best is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making under uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision utility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defining happiness in moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depth of character to face everyday life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depths of despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing minds of next generation of thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing social and emotional competencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[different world with different rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult to discern good guys from bad guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult to manage expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointment created by expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointment in yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discern the difference between desire and need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discerning between desire for speed and need for speed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discerning the important from the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline but freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distinguishing right versus wrong in your own head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go gentle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go quietly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do what is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do your best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing a decent job day to day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing great things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing right even though it may be wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the best they can]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing the right thing isn’t always clear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing takes work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing versus pleasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing what is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don’t apply one iota of that knowledge to their business development program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt resides between certainty and uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt something once unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubts of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drucker as a futurist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drucker new realities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drucker’s New Realities in 1990]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamic beyond our own purposes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic power structures were changing on the cusp of the computer age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education to enlighten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eliminating the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embellishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embodies contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embracing fragmented knowledge while empowering it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees running scared is bad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employers are getting better at squeezing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging curiosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging understanding of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endless in-between]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enhances the quality of the decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened business thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Even compensation is becoming more short term]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events are meant to be commanded not feared]]></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[excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations gain momentum with time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expounding on living a life in the now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[external people get confused]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme situations demand extreme solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts and truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure of imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[falling short of best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of less than perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[few words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fighting for what you believe in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[find self-value in problem solivng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding both comfort and newness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding the right words to say]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding time to do the things over]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding what is possible from impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding your way is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus on what is important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fragmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free your mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends and advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends leading following and side by side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[functional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[functional superiority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundamental feature of a successful company is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaining new customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation of measurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generational ideation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generational things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations changing behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting ahead doesn’t mean being ahead all the time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Ahead means Being Ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting done what can be done great]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going with your gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good advice is priceless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good leaders appreciate the value of this business stamina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great leaders don’t respond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great listeners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greatest danger is aiming too low]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grounded in what is important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt and obligation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilty of not my problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[have to contribute some new thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[having a desire to add complexity to a beautiful simple idea has nothing to do with the idea but rather with the person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heightening value in life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiding behind statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope in learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how leaders inspire action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I can’t gain time or free time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I did the best given what I had]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I think opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i want you to be better]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[if i only had time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[If only it were all this simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance is the enemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impossible for leaders to lead in a traditional way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In between where you were and where you will be]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the one life that we've got]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inability to manage expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incompetence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incompetent managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increased expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individuals and institutions either adapt to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influencers are still influencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[informing a decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation is impossible to budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside out leader faces a variety of challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside out leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside out leadership leads to minimizing ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside people there is a lot of stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instinctively complicates life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interesting people have contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is anything back or white anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is your best just mediocre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isolating variables using statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it is not an easy discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it isn't process it is the work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment is not easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juggling versus balancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just going to leap into some sort of glorious new age is very unrealistic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keep your mind open to solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge as wealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of focus and wasted energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking sophistication or good sense and intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead from the inside out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders are still and active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders have strength of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership split]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership will be defined by the inside aspect of businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[left free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less important to do things first then to do things right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less than perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[less than zero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a struggle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></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 is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life not defined by meeting objectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life's white lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening to choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living life backwards but still question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintain autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintaining relevance globally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the hard choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the simple complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making your own decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management by exception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing change is tricky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing perceptions of how you are getting the shit done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing transitional moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe life is not that complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measurement of failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting the challenges of concentration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midst of change leaders kind of make it up as they go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miss the simplicity in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing out on what life has to offer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral compass and doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most people cannot recognize simple solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[never a good ingredient in the formula for happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no formulas nor are there any checklists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no need to make up something new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no substitute for judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nobody's life is perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not everyone can give good advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not meeting an objective is not failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing beats experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are not accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers can play a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers show possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers will confess anything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsessed with time and maximizing it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[odds are you are not unique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one foot in history one foot in future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one of the smartest simplest things I have ever written]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one step at a time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only few find the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organization not aligned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizations will slow to think]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[our obsession with time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overcoming optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peak moments of clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peer pressure makes any time wasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people confuse process and disciplined thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people get confused about simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people who give best advice have been through the most]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people with more wisdom. people who have experienced more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people won't be sure that you have done anything at all]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection procrastination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[say that something is happening when it is]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[So much of modern life seems to be about more]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the numbers told me what to do]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[we actually waste a shitload of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all have the same amount of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we invest so much time trying to manage time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what do you do when you get what you want]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[What if life is made up primarily of the in between]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[words worse than nothing unless they do something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can solve that kind of problem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is about running a business and the heretical thought that the consumer is NOT the king or queen &#60;if it helps … I will also suggest that they are not subjects of the kingdom either&#62;. I thought about this again after I watched the following TED.com video on how leaders inspire action. http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html?goback=.gde_129331_member_8477855 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>no one noticed</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/no-one-noticed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assists readily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[being decent is not your best]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When you do things right, people won&#8217;t be sure that you have done anything at all.&#8221; – God (in Futurama) &#160; So. In case you have forgotten … Futurama was one of those random Fox sci-fi based animated shows in the early 2000’s. Typical of that genre &#60;Simpsons &#38; family guy&#62; … when the writers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the black white and gray of plagiarism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[absolve themselves of responsibility]]></category>
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		<title>my macho moment with the mailman truck</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/my-macho-moment-with-the-mailman-truck</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/my-macho-moment-with-the-mailman-truck#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a commitment to get mail somewhere on time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a derivative of the best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a flawed person with talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A manly man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a person with contradictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A real man certainly has some rules]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doing right even though it may be wrong]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing what is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamic beyond our own purposes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embodies contradictions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manly Guide to Being Manly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe life is not that complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men are simple creatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my macho moment with the mailman truck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No mailman was gonna drive faster than me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no substitute for judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nobody's life is perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not everyone can give good advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not just follow in our footsteps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one foot in history one foot in future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one of the mostly manly pursuits in modern times]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[painfully at exactly the same time]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prestige about being the man in charge of the barbeque]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speak after listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiral of loneliness and despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stay or go]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[subconsciously we feel obligated to follow some rules of being a man]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the odd moment of beauty where time is not the same]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wait until you get into the real world]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is about me … and about being macho. Manly. A manly man. Oh. And my race with the US Postal service. Lets call this ‘fast &#38; furious: going postal&#8221; version. Just to be clear. This wasn’t the little puttering delivery person at your mailbox. This is maybe a step up midsize delivery “van.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>there sure are a lot of successful businesses out there</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/there-sure-are-a-lot-of-successful-businesses-out-there</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 11:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a selling proposition is differnt than being unique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accepted consumer belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountable decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admitted crappy entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admitted cynic of all new business startups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysis paralysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analyzing actual behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anything that can go wrong will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attacking doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior management business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being distinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being honest to yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being soft in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistake big succcesses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[choice between alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice cannot be made with statistics alone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[every one is an architect of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts and truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith in oneself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding what is possible from impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generating ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geting thru chaos unscathed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gobs of poor management skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt and obligation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiding behind statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I know how easy it is to make money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identifying who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illogical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperfection implies opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in chaos we found safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inability to manage expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increasingly popular words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inefficient processes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[informing a decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inserting myself into tangled moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside an enterprise are only costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing energy in the proper thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing energy when appropriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is anything back or white anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isolating variables using statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it isn't process it is the work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judging failure needs context]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment is not easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juggling versus balancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing your business shit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of self confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of uniqueness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy way to outline expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life gives you a bazillion second chances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></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 not as simple as it seems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is often not lived best gently]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life not defined by meeting objectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little failures versus big failures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living life backwards but still question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical versus illogical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying to yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make weaknesses irrelevant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the hard choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management be accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management is about human beings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing a business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maslow and decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe it is better to admit we failed at something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe life is not that complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple agendas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murphy's law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no idea is unique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one says you failed any more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no substitute for judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not a quantity of words person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not meeting an objective is not failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing is original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers show possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers will confess anything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ongoing search for the right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only few find the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations are living orgamisms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizing chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[original ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[original ideas are typically nuances of existing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people confuse process and disciplined thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perceptions of uniqueness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection is crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection is the thief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspective can help with the complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prioritizing actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[providing perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuing the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[put failing in perpsective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questioning the unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason for being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason to believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency and character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[results achieved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[results is management criteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say it differently to be distinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scratch my head wondering how some businesses even exist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeking the way of truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self actualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self worth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shades of gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shortcomings leading to consequences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity seems too chaotic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplifying to make choices easier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[six impossible things before breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small gestures in trivial looking moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[something more important than fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting out the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speed to market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stand for something within yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standing on the uncertainty pedestal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standing up every time we fall down]]></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[stimulus reponse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop and think]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight lines are rare in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength against adversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle between energy and indolence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stumble upon doing it right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious influences behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sure are a lot of successful businesses out there]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take revenge on doubters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the answers are within you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking impossible things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive working with existing businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to be sure of you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torturing numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments in bigger life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth and expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is rarely simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is what really happened]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth to oneself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty is a bitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty takes on geometric proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unintended results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unique selling proposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uniqueness in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what looks like chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we have is not what we need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we want is not what we need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well. The obituary of Rowland Schaefer the other day reminded me that there are a shitload of businesses out there in this great big world of ours. And sometimes surprisingly making money. Rowland? He founded the ever present mall retail store called Claire’s. &#60;no idea who original ‘Claire’ was … apparently he changed stories a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>canvas of our lives</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/canvas-of-our-lives</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 11:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3-dimensional ideas you've never considered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a good dose of futurism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a little lack of subtlety in your approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a renovator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[always stretching your mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[become stagnant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[been in a position for a long period of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being lazy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best thinkers tend to need both logical and analogical thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing new life into it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brought off the shelf and used again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bull in china shop thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing objectives to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[combinations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming to grips with inadequacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicating this]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constantly preoccupied with possibilities of new combinations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contrarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[create something from scratch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[create the canvas of our lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep thoughts and thinking is even gooder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[different people think different ways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discarding some being used in the present]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discernible to make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline but freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't like to throw everything out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't want to be nudged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't want to be nudged into new ideas and creative solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't worry about people stealing an idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don’t want to be order takers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened business thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[etch a sketchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one is an architect of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding what is possible from impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding your way is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get the momentum going]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good thinking is good thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[having the skill to fix something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am glad you are my pain in the ass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[if the idea doesn't make you uneasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[If you have a hundred pieces you cannot use them all]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementing it is pretty easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In business there is a significant difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irrational is in the eyes of the beholder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it isn't process it is the work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life as a renovator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life is a winding road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical thinking is more orientated to a narrowly focused path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logical versus illogical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logical versus intuitive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maddening if you try and analyze how people think]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maddening part in really good thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make me a pain in the ass to work with]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make you uncomfortable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manage a business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[many business people would like to think they are good at everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[more about mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[more pieces available the better I am]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not sure I agree life is as simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nudged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One foot in the past]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only few find the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only happy when its overthinking all thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pareto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people confuse process and disciplined thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people think it’s bigger and better]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people want to use buzzword bullshit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[place and time where shaking the etch-a-sketch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pragmatic thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuing the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushing organizations and products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[putting my own thumbprints on something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rational versus irrational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rearrange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recognize some level above the logical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renovator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rentiers are more conservers of the routine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reshape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resides somewhere in the unplanned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency and character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seen myself as a fixer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shaking the etch-a-sketch was needed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sifting through everything that is there]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[significant difference between having the skill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery surface of irrelevant brilliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sloppy thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smarts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so much energy trying to analyze thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Some guy named Pareto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Some people call it common sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sometimes you are a pain in the ass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speculator is constantly preoccupied with the possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stalled in cynicism and lack of understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepping in to manage a business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus reponse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuff that really cannot be taught or analyzed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious and intuition combined with logical analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious that makes all the breakthrough thinkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious that makes all the thinking good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[takes a lot of pragmatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking existing pieces and rearranging them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Speculator and the Rentier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking hard lifting or the analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking impossible things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is a confusing picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is an unhappy experience without results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinking is expansive not constrictive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinking is more interesting than knowing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinking makes us happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking simplistically & pragmatically]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This is about thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughtful reimaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools we use to paint the thinking ideascanvas of our lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using some old and some new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using what you don’t even know that you know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[versus a Builder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we are not nudgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We paint the canvas of our lives with thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we put such a high value on completion and destination and results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We should encourage more looking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.” &#8211; Louise Hay So. This is about thinking. Louise Hay is a motivational author who writes a lot of bullhockey about How to Love Yourself in self-help books … but this is an outstanding quote and thought. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>somewhere within 100 days</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 21:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a certain pride in uncovering solutions to the complex lives we have created for ourselves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addressing your business situation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aiming high]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[being contrarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best solutions are often the ideas that are immediately obvious]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[complexity equals value]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[complexity often hides within some bright shiny object]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[discerning the important from the unimportant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[having a desire to add complexity to a beautiful simple idea has nothing to do with the idea but rather with the person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[If only it were all this simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation is impossible to budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instinctively complicates life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[It takes courage to be good at simple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[keep your mind open to solutions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[most people cannot recognize simple solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no formulas nor are there any checklists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one believes in simplicity anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not more valuable because complicated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one foot in history one foot in future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one of the smartest simplest things I have ever written]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[people believe simplicity doesn’t have value]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seek every way possible to complicate our lives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[simple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[simplicity takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[six impossible things before breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[So much of modern life seems to be about more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[so what do we do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[somewhere above the least and significantly below the most]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[That which is simple is invaluable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the unimportant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wanting more can help us grow in many ways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what do you do when you get what you want]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what would you sacrifice to win]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willing to burn your business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So. Today marks some point within what was known as Napoleon’s Hundred Days campaign. I thought I would use the opportunity to talk a little history … as well as point out how much shit can be done in 100 days and some thoughts on the challenges a great leader has &#60;and leadership in general&#62;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 01:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a big Life is made up of some pretty important small victories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a North Star for attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[achieving greatness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions and character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[always seeking the great heroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[are every day obligations for everyday people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitude twoard war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoid the gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balanced relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being great takes work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being in the right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being smart and tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buck rodgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can be no great heroes without great followers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is scary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character compass standpoint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[characteristic of heroism is its persistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing to be true]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collector of moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[committment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character is underrated]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire for heroes and heroism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult to discern good guys from bad guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointment in yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing great things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing what they do with a sense of duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt resides between certainty and uncertainty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[enlighten the people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[enlightened people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts and truth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut by questioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glimpses of heroism found in the ordinary person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great heroes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heroes should be an esteemed status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroism feels and never reasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I know we need heroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identify with people with strong character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is anything back or white anymore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[little things can make a big difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing change is tricky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral compass and doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no such thing as a good war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing beats experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don't think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overall belief that heroism resides in the capacity of the majority]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recognize the memories of heroes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rocky road is more interesting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[supposed to see a little farther on his own proper path than anyone else]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[to be sure of you]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[true heroism is not in the purview of the common person]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty is a bitch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[We cheapen heroism a little bit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[who speak the truth when truth is most difficult to speak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual&#8217;s character. Now to no other man can its wisdom appear as it does to him, for every man must be supposed to see a little farther on his own proper path than anyone else.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson &#60;ESSAY VIII Heroism&#62; &#160; So. Let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>majimanidoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 00:54:49 +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[agathakakological]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an absence of goodness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigger than the person it resides in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certainly evil people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chippewa Indians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confluence of factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[containing both good and evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depth of character to face everyday life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[even the evilest of the evil are not completely devoid of some good lurking within]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evil is not a thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evil lurks like a shadow that following all of us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insuring we stay on the straight and narrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leave it behind as they move on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living breathing balancing act between right and wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral compass and doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people are born with good and evil buried within them]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency and character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[some people are unequivocally unfixable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Someone simply evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there are opposite qualities always to be found]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word embodies someone devoid of anything good]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. The Chippewa Indians &#60;or Ojibwe tribe if we want to be technically correct&#62; have a brutal word for evil. Majimanidoo is Ojibwe &#60;or Chippewa&#62; for ‘evil spirit.’ It is especially brutal because by ‘evil spirit’ the Indian tribe means ‘someone born without a soul.’ Someone simply evil. This word embodies someone devoid of anything [...]]]></description>
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