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				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<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>
		<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[contribute to society]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<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>
		<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>
		<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[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>
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		<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>
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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 formulas</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/life-formulas</link>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<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>
		<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[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>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are facts nonsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers are not accountable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers can play a role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers have 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[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[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[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[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[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 numbers told me what to do]]></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[torture numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torturing numbers]]></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>
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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>finagle&#8217;s Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. I imagine I am way behind the rest of the cool people &#60;who already know what finagle’s law is&#62; but I just discovered it. Maybe because I had always known it as Murphy&#8217;s Law. The generalized or `folk&#8217; version of Murphy&#8217;s Law, fully named &#8220;Finagle&#8217;s Law of Dynamic Negatives&#8221; and usually rendered &#8220;Anything that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the flaw in creativity collaboration</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/the-flaw-in-creativity-collaboration</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is not a popular point of view these days. I am a firm believer, that in the creativity business, collaboration isn’t good. Well. “isn’t good” is like saying “never” or “it always sucks” or something like that. Let’s just say creativity isn’t about collaboration. And I found a quote that says it perfectly: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wasted or not</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/wasted-or-not</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/wasted-or-not#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=7028</guid>
		<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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6419</guid>
		<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>one hundred monkeys</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/one-hundred-monkeys</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/one-hundred-monkeys#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=5903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Everyone knows I love trying to understand why people do the things that they do (attitudes, behaviors, etc.). therefore I am hoping no one is surprised that I find the 100 monkey theory fascinating. It is almost like a different version of crowd clout. But with a twist. As some of you may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hope, low prices &amp; marketing (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/hope-low-prices-marketing-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/hope-low-prices-marketing-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=5716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ok. Working in the marketing business I often find myself in some heated debates about whether advertising &#38; marketing is “selling” (or it is often stated “oh, so you are in sales”). Here is the answer. It’s not sales. It may not even be selling (in the traditional sense). Sure. Ultimately marketing &#38; advertising wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hope &amp; marketing (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/hope-marketing-part-2</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/hope-marketing-part-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shopper behavior has been around forever]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=5732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. I had so much to write about in “hope, low process and selling” that I took this part and thinking and put it in its own lil post. Here we go. Fact. Communicating choices with the intent to persuade someone to “choose me” is an inexact science. In fact. It is not a science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>zone of mediocrity</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/zone-of-mediocrity</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/zone-of-mediocrity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=5543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.” Joseph Heller “We must overcome the notion that we must be regular&#8230;it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.” Uta Hagen Ok. One of the things that consistently amazes me in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ideas and finding them</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/ideas-and-finding-them</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/ideas-and-finding-them#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nothing is original]]></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[process is a means to an end]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[simplicity seems too chaotic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[springwise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of the proprietary process]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=5099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is about ideas. Not my ideas or even my thinking. This is about other people&#8217;s ideas.  And the fun associated with rolling around in not only &#8220;what could be&#8221; but what some people are actually doing and trying. Hey. We all have ideas. But I have to tell you that it is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>shopping behavior and what comes after the recession: part 1</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/shopping-behavior-and-what-comes-after-the-recession-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/shopping-behavior-and-what-comes-after-the-recession-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning perceptions and behavior creates satisfaction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[analyzing actual behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[averting chaos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[discerning the difference between attitude and behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nothing is original]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[original ideas are typically nuances of existing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shopper behavior has been around forever]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[simplicity seems too chaotic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the butterfly effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the grocery shopper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of the proprietary process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(some research company): “75% of shoppers have changed purchase behavior over past year. Wow. It’s a number like that which creates an onslaught of people suggesting the recession has changed how people will behave after the recession passes (“the new economic world’ some people call it). It’s a number like that which makes people write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>testing creative: how it sharpens and how it dulls the idea</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/testing-creative-how-it-sharpens-and-how-it-dulls-the-idea</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/testing-creative-how-it-sharpens-and-how-it-dulls-the-idea#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[original ideas are typically nuances of existing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[part of being in an advertising agency is the infamous discussion about testing creative before it is produced.  Testing the actual creative concepts in other words. Let me begin with two thoughts: -          “The way in which advertising influences customer choice is not a tidy, mechanistic process.  It is an extremely untidy, often irrational, human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>distinctive creative innovation messaging</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/distinctive-creative-innovation-messaging</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/distinctive-creative-innovation-messaging#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well. Intel continues to be the prime poster child for how to market and position a product that …. well … is dependent on another product to even have an existence. Some people would call it branding. Let’s just call it creating a positive meaningful imprint in people’s minds enough that people care whether they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>original ideas</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/original-ideas</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/original-ideas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. The whole concept of “original” idea seems to bring out the worst in people. And maybe because I get to teach and talk with high school kids on occasion (and, boy, do they have ideas … lots and lots and lots of ideas … all original) I get to talk about the “truth” about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>innovations, collaboration and discovery</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/innovations-collaboration-and-discovery</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/innovations-collaboration-and-discovery#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[at its core ideation is an individual thing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cash prize for one time outsourced innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cash rewards does not create ongoing ideation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. There was a fascinating article in a late 2009 Science Magazine (“innovation is more critical than ever”). Oh. No. I don’t make it a habit to read Science magazine. So don’t anyone worry I have completely lost it. But. I came across this article about maintaining innovations through collaboration and partnerships in the biotechnology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a rant on ad agencies differentiation: part 2 the so-called proprietary process</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/a-rant-on-ad-agencies-differentiation-part-2-the-so-called-proprietary-process</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[discovery is ofetn about the unintended result]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the depths of zaniness agencies go to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of the proprietary process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the whizbang creative process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A noted in part 1 I believe the core of any advertising agency differentiation is “it&#8217;s about the work.” But. Often the agency that is not instantly ‘knowable’ by its work immediately drops down into “our proprietary process” mode (which suggests .. “We can do as good a shit as those Crispin/JWT/GSDM/whomever folk because we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>cloning self image</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/cloning-self-image</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/cloning-self-image#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[absorbing negative message effects self esteem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aligning perceptions and behavior creates satisfaction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stand out because you are born to]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strong women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unhealthy eating and self esteem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[woman's self esteem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=3244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you&#8217;re born to stand out.&#8221; - oliver james So. I love this quote from a variety of perspectives. But. Today I am going to use it to discuss self esteem. Especially a woman’s self esteem (I have an entire post on this coming up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hard work &amp; smarts &amp; laziness &amp; leaders</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/hard-work-smarts-laziness-leaders</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/hard-work-smarts-laziness-leaders#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[children almost broken sometimes become the adults that save us]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm…Second, there are the hard- working, intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard- working, stupid ones. These people are a menace and must [...]]]></description>
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