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		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a human defect or a flaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a severe shortcoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountable decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning perceptions and behavior creates satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></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[at some point you are accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attacking doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attaining levles of good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[averting chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoid the gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></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[bell curve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistake big succcesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundlessness of friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breaking life decisions down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breeds an aspect of complacency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bull in a china shop living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can someone really give 110%]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity of the human mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is easier if you simplify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changed behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing objectives to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos control methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos creates opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice between alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice by numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice cannot be made with statistics alone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[complex simplified]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer buying system]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[controlled chaos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[courage doesn’t always roar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage is about resiliency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[creation means destroying something]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[crushed by doubt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dealing with adversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with everyday life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with extenuating experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death is a forever nap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deceiving others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deceiving yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making under uncertainty]]></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[designing perfect systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire everything at the same time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destroying the personal baggage you carry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></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 difference between attitude and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline but freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity of measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go gentle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go quietly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do whatever you need to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don’t worry about people stealing an idea]]></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[dreaming is not just for kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drucker new realities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easier to quit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ee cummings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embellishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embracing failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened people]]></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[extraordinary cruel logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facing overwhelming responsibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts and truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure is a reflection of a flaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith in oneself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[few words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fight the hardest battle to be yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finagle’s law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding the right words to say]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding what is possible from impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding your way is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flame inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gain some new identity aspects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generating ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations changing behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geting thru chaos unscathed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a grip on life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut by questioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gobs of poor management skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt and obligation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard decisions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[heightening value in life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiding behind statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i am fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i am fine is the biggest lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i like numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I think opinions]]></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 when appropriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is anything back or white anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isolating variables using statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it is okay to fail]]></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[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness in words creates confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kodak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of self confidence]]></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[letting go is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is not simple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life formulas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life gives you a bazillion second chances]]></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 truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life’s white lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little failures versus big failures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></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 your friends]]></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 perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maslow]]></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[measurement of failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments of passion]]></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[murphy and finagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murphy’s law]]></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[obligation to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do the right thing]]></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 life with extraordinary responsibilities]]></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[perfection is crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection is the thief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal thoughts]]></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[randomness of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason for being]]></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[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say it is happening when it isn’t]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say that something is happening when it is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying it is fine when it is not]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></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 esteem through problem solving]]></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[slippery slope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope of despair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery slope of I am not fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slippery surface of irrelevant brilliance]]></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[sometimes systems work that should not work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting out the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soyoufailed.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialist]]></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[struggle between vitality and decay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stumble upon doing it right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stunning grace in the face of overwhelming life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious influences behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swallowing nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[symbolic dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[systems remain stagnant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take revenge on doubters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tangled ball of string]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tangled up people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the answers are within you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the butterfly effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the grocery shopper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of the proprietary process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the subconscious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the word failure is tough love]]></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[thomas jefferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to be sure of you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to slay a dragon you need to believe in dragons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torturing numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training is woefully lacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training means results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trivial moments]]></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 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[truth to oneself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tween strength]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty is a bitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty takes on geometric proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unintended results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[untangling people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what I know opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is management drucker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is the alternative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is the place of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what looks like chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we have is not what we need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we need is impossible to get]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we need to get us through]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we want is not what we need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whatever it takes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whatever it takes to cross that dark bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words that become deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words worse than nothing unless they do something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work is often up to people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work nevertheless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yhprum’s law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you are not a failure because you fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you fail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Responsibility for one&#8217;s impacts is the oldest principle of the law” – Peter Drucker (New Realities, 1989, p. 87) To me, in today&#8217;s business, manager management training is woefully lacking. Training simply equals &#8220;results&#8221; &#60;with an additional emphasis on doing it while being politically correct and appropriately sensitive &#8211; to avoid litigation&#62;. And, no, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life on a new scale</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/life-on-a-new-scale</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/life-on-a-new-scale#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 15:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accommodating cultural differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accommodating cultural differences in advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[could have been different]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depicting women in ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[each region culture has nuances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elevtae the brand to a whole new level]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[even great ideas need nuance in final execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[for life on a whole new scale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good idea behind campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i like the imagery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korean air advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non visual cues & quirks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuances matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[our own antics & quirks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[something seems slightly off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the people here like this]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world does not revolve around american culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have always recognized that sometimes advertising is tough to evaluate because of cultural differences. and possibly because I just finished an international project I am even more aware than usual. Local culture, or even regional culture, has a variety of visual and non visual cues &#38; quirks that if you are not from that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>catching culture</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/catching-culture</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/catching-culture#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adidas evrybody runs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adidas is doing a good job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adidas new world in my view]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising focused on women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authentic statement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[badge worthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being cool but functional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brings together diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capture culture and peformance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capturing culture without losing performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catching cultre in advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catching culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers are fickle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers are illogical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers are inconsistent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crating attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating buying behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dificult and elusive ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good job adidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good use of song in ad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hitting critical sales mass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy grail of advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[katy is wacky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[katy perry adidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new world in my view]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nike has lost their way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relevant in a non stupid way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sending a positive message]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart planning and assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart wacky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superior athletic performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. The holy grail of advertising and marketing is to capture culture and performance at the exact right moment. Just catch culture and you are cool &#60;but no one buys your shit&#62;. Just catch performance and you aren’t cool enough &#60;or “badge worthy” enough&#62; to hit sales critical mass. Performance is easy … although many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ordinary extraordinary sports fans</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/ordinary-extraordinary-sports-fans</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/ordinary-extraordinary-sports-fans#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoiding the trite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe espn tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best espn commercials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brilliant in simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easy creative work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[espn commercials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[espn ordinary michael jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not just for sports fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary dealing with extraordinary expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary person with famous name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relevant to many not just few]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Creating good espn television commercials is sort of an easy task in the scheme of things &#60;in the world of creating good advertising&#62;. It’s not like having to explain how my detergent is somehow better then another detergent &#60;that is 25cents less and claims to do the same thing&#62;. Anyway. As long as you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life formulas</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/life-formulas</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/life-formulas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a human defect or a flaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a severe shortcoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountable decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning perceptions and behavior creates satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></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[at some point you are accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attacking doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attaining levles of good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[averting chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoid the gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></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[bell curve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistake big succcesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundlessness of friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breaking life decisions down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breeds an aspect of complacency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bull in a china shop living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can someone really give 110%]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity of the human mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change is easier if you simplify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changed behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing objectives to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos control methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos creates opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice between alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice by numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice cannot be made with statistics alone]]></category>
		<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[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collector of moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[committed to showing up everyday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex simplified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concept of chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer buying system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controlled chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage and faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage doesn’t always roar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage is about resiliency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cowardly decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation means destroying something]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[creativity process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crushed by doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cynicism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[days of thunder and chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with adversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dealing with extenuating experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death is a forever nap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deceiving others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deceiving yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making under uncertainty]]></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[designing perfect systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire everything at the same time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destroying the personal baggage you carry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></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 difference between attitude and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline but freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go gentle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do not go quietly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do whatever you need to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don’t worry about people stealing an idea]]></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[dreaming is not just for kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easier to quit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ee cummings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embellishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embracing failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened people]]></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[extraordinary cruel logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facing overwhelming responsibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facts and truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure is a reflection of a flaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith in oneself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[few words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fight the hardest battle to be yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finagle’s law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding the right words to say]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding what is possible from impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding your way is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flame inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gain some new identity aspects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generating ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations changing behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geting thru chaos unscathed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a grip on life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut by questioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up is tough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt and obligation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[having a personal defect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heightening value in life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiding behind statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i am fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i am fine is the biggest lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i like numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I think opinions]]></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[intentions]]></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 is okay to fail]]></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[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness in words creates confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kodak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of self confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lazy decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></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 formulas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life gives you a bazillion second chances]]></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 truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life’s white lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little failures versus big failures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life to the fullest]]></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 your friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying to yourself]]></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[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maslow]]></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[measurement of failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments are like a balance sheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moments of passion]]></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[murphy and finagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murphy’s law]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[numbers are not accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers can play a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers have a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers show possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers will confess anything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obligation to do]]></category>
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		<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 life with extraordinary responsibilities]]></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[perfection is crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection is the thief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal thoughts]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[randomness of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason for being]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right words]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[say it is happening when it isn’t]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say that something is happening when it is]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek truth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[slippery surface of irrelevant brilliance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[soft choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[something more important than fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sometimes systems work that should not work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting out the truth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stand for something within yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standing on the uncertainty pedestal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[statistics cannot make the decision for you]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stimulus reponse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop and think]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[straight lines are rare in life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle between energy and indolence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stunning grace in the face of overwhelming life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[swallowing nonsense]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[systems remain stagnant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take revenge on doubters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tangled ball of string]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the butterfly effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the grocery shopper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of the proprietary process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the numbers told me what to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the subconscious]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[untangling people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what I know opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is the alternative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is the place of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what looks like chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we have is not what we need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we need is impossible to get]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we need to get us through]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what we want is not what we need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whatever it takes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whatever it takes to cross that dark bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woefully inadequate data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words that become deeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words worse than nothing unless they do something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work is often up to people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work nevertheless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yhprum’s law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you are not a failure because you fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is not as simple as it seems.  Or maybe it isn’t as complicated as it seems. Shit. Maybe its both … at exactly the same time. I cannot remember where I found all these awesome “life formulas” but I love the way they take complex life things and simplify them into basic equations (note: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>advertising beer</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/advertising-beer</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/advertising-beer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alex from strohs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad beer advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer fetching dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bland advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bland beer advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blandly innocuous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand personality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulls refuse to fight him]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charm in advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinco de mayo beer ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dos equis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good thoughtful marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great ad writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[his pinatas fight back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I don't drink beer all the time]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[most interesting man in the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant on beer advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silly advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stay thirsty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stay thirsty my friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taught a german shepard to bark in spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when I do I drink dos equis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“his piñatas fight back.” – the most interesting man in the world Cinco de Mayo brings out the beer advertising and my annual rant about beer advertising. And how bland it is … not bad … just bland. Bland. I continue to think once a year all the beer company marketing people sit around a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>finagle&#8217;s Law</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/finagles-law</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/finagles-law#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a human defect or a flaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a severe shortcoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning perceptions and behavior creates satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analyzing actual behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anything that can go wrong will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attacking doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attaining levles of good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[averting chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoid the gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior management business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being distinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being honest to yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bell curve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistake big succcesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big mistakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundlessness of friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breeds an aspect of complacency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos control methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos creates opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices we make or do not make]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency of character is underrated]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[courage doesn’t always roar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage is about resiliency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[creativity process]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[depth of character to face everyday life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[designing perfect systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire everything at the same time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destroying the personal baggage you carry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult to discern good guys from bad guys]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do whatever you need to do]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doubt resides between certainty and uncertainty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finagle's law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom of]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gain some new identity aspects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[generating ideas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[it isn’t process it is the work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judging failure needs context]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life is a struggle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life is about making choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life truths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maslow and decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe it is better to admit we failed at something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[most things in life are not black or white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivated by a desire to achieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murphy and finagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murphy's law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one says you failed any more]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing is original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only few find the way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary life with extraordinary responsibilities]]></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[perfection is crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection is the thief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power of words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></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[randomness of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason for being]]></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[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seek truth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. I imagine I am way behind the rest of the cool people &#60;who already know what finagle’s law is&#62; but I just discovered it. Maybe because I had always known it as Murphy&#8217;s Law. The generalized or `folk&#8217; version of Murphy&#8217;s Law, fully named &#8220;Finagle&#8217;s Law of Dynamic Negatives&#8221; and usually rendered &#8220;Anything that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the flaw in creativity collaboration</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/the-flaw-in-creativity-collaboration</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is not a popular point of view these days. I am a firm believer, that in the creativity business, collaboration isn’t good. Well. “isn’t good” is like saying “never” or “it always sucks” or something like that. Let’s just say creativity isn’t about collaboration. And I found a quote that says it perfectly: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I fail, you fail, we all fail. Here is our tale.</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/i-fail-you-fail-we-all-fail-here-is-our-tale</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. I wanted to write something on failure and started … stopped … started again … stopped. Well. I don’t know why but it was hard for some reason. Harshly? I failed. I failed at something I wanted to do. But. If creating a blog has taught me one thing &#60;if that is at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wasted or not</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/wasted-or-not</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. Who would have thought Whitney Houston dying would make me write 2 posts? (not me) And, while I&#8217;m not weeping over her death, I certainly respect her talent and how good she was at her craft. But. What I do weep over is the fact it seems like when someone like Whitney Houston dies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>when down is up</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/when-down-is-up</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/when-down-is-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Some times I believe economists and marketing people take the same voodoo math classes (assuming they actually take math). What do mean? Somehow through voodoo math they can both show everyone that down is up. No shit. Really. Down isn&#8217;t down &#8230; it is really up (if only my bank balance could implement that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>rat girl thoughts</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/rat-girl-thoughts</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/rat-girl-thoughts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. I wrote about Rat Girl (Kristen Hersh) awhile back … and have been meaning to come back to the book and some quotable/comment-able thoughts from Kristen and her book. Let me say this upfront. Rarely have I found so many quotable thoughts from one book. Anyway. There is no particular order for these thoughts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>to be yourself or nobody</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/to-be-yourself-or-nobody</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/to-be-yourself-or-nobody#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” - ee cummings Just when I think the battle to be yourself ends when you have gained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>facts and creation</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/facts-and-creation</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/facts-and-creation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Without the hard little bits of marble which are called &#8216;facts&#8217; or &#8216;data&#8217; one cannot compose a mosaic; what matters, however, are not so much the individual bits, but the successive patterns into which you arrange them, then break them up and rearrange them.” - The Act of Creation I find it tragic to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fearless work</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/fearless-work</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/fearless-work#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creativity is a tricky thing. Having been involved in the creativity business in some form for over 20 years I recognize that the best of the creative best are … well … part insecure … and part fearless. And it’s the fearless part that I am going to write about because I saw this quote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 best tv ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. It is the end of the year &#8230; but .. at the end of November (I think) AdWeek magazine (the people magazine of the advertising industry) published their top 10 television ads of 2011. As Adweek states &#8230; it doesn’t seem that long ago that we were watching the “super bowl ads” and assessing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>global latin American</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile you come across some magazine advertising that makes you actually stop and look (rare &#8230; I know). It isn&#8217;t annoying, smelly (those damn cosmetic ads), condescending, impossible to figure out what they were trying to say (or why they did it) or have some random half naked model in it. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the more things change the more they stay the same</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First. Because of the business I am in (marketing advertising business consulting) I am constantly inundated with the buzzwords associated with the “new and unique” … and all the pontificators who spout them … and how people are constantly suggesting the world is changing &#8211; like it has never changed before. Second. Because of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>if your reason for being is big enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is a simple idea in concept but fraught with peril in implementation. The concept. If your reason for being is big enough you will get noticed. I will state the obvious behind this thought just to get it out of the way. If your reason for being is big enough there is … [...]]]></description>
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		<title>your soul’s value</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ok. This isn’t a religious post. Nor is this about selling your soul to the devil. Its nothing really that deep. Ok. Maybe its deep just not that kind of deep. This is simply about how far someone is willing to go to sell.  Or maybe better said how far someone will go to get [...]]]></description>
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