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		<title>ad agency client service: best job in the world</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/ad-agency-client-service-best-job-in-the-world</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a business consultant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[account management in ad agencies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[be still in midst of activity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have worked within the advertising agency business environment my entire career. Began in Media, shifted to account management (interfacing with clients), learned strategic planning/account planning along the way, shifted into senior management and have handled new business, some business consulting assignments and ultimately have managed entire agencies. Throughout my career I have not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>travels of reading part 1</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/travels-of-reading-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/travels-of-reading-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a college education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college is not for everyone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[curiosity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[increasing college ready kids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no child left behind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reading exposes you to thoughts and ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading gives the brain a good workout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading is an easy path to knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading is traveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading just gets you to think]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading stimulates brain activity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. This is part a rant about people who don’t take advantage of reading and part simply a plea for people to read as often as they can. Let me begin with the traveling ‘thing’ I mention upfront. I have been extremely fortunate in my life to have had the opportunity to travel the globe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>travels of reading part 2</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/travels-of-reading-part-2</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/travels-of-reading-part-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a college education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocate reading but don't belittle those who don't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college is not for everyone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[readers have a responsibility]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.&#8221; Pat Conroy This is a follow up to my reading part 1 (which was serious about the importance of reading). This is more a rant (and a warning) on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>about conflict (and enlightened) &amp; global generation</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/about-conflict-and-enlightened-global-generation</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/about-conflict-and-enlightened-global-generation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a generation of concerned citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a global education kids initiative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[affecting people's conflict behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning generational attitude and technology and consumer trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the economist e-communication and society]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Every once in awhile I don’t need to think about what to write because someone writes something that makes my point (and I get to use that and write). The Economist. 9/4/2010. E-communication and society. An entire article about how internet is proving (sociologically) to be a divisive tool rather than an ‘expansive community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the vodka workout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abdominal obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol and abdominal fat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting in shape and drinking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. The august 22nd NY Times. Under a fascinating article called “the sofa wars” (not kidding  &#8230; and, yes, NY Times is still a great newspaper) there was a small news piece on a gym that offers cocktail hours after their boot camp fitness training classes. Oh. And the cocktail hours (not the boot camps) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>friendly advice</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/friendly-advice</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[admiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balancing dependence and independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundlessness of friendship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends just show up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hills seem less steep with friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in maturity we tend to communicate better]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Getting advice from friends. I just saw a great friend the other day at lunch that I hadn’t seen in quite some time and he did what he does best as my friend … gave great advice. You know. We all have one of those friends. Not all. One. If you are really lucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>never fear the event</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/never-fear-the-event</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Never Fear the Event.” Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson So. I am using a quote from a guy who probably was one of the best at seeking out ‘events’ rather than fear or avoid them. Therefore it becomes difficult to use this occasion to discuss worrying about things that will never happen and fear of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>respect the burden</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/respect-the-burden</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old but not old]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[older experienced people who know how to transform. experienced but flexible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one foot in history one foot in future]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“respect the burden” – Napoleon Bonaparte Ah. So, yes, I wrote this in combination with Nelson’s ‘don’t fear the event.’ Two charismatic leaders who didn’t fear the event and respected the burden that came along with being a leader (and managing the event to the extent they could). Before I get to the ‘burden’ it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>elephants and leaders</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/elephants-and-leaders</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[events are meant to be commanded not feared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one is an architect of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old but not old]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[older experienced people who know how to transform. experienced but flexible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one foot in history one foot in future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seek out events without fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transformational people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is the alternative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” &#8211; John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, &#8220;The Age of Uncertainty&#8221; So. I am not sure if this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>that one person</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/that-one-person</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/that-one-person#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being a mentor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beth mack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charlie calise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finding out who you are]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little words with big impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pat madden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polly goodrich-reese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibilities of being a mentor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[significant small moment impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that one person to tell you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we all need words at sme point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words are a responsibility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=2891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“you can only tell who you are, if you have that one person to tell you.” I would imagine the picture and saying is directed toward something romantic. But. Think of this as a mentor. Or in the business world. And maybe even life in general … but I will talk business. We all, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>owning a contradiction</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/owning-a-contradiction</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/owning-a-contradiction#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contradictions are smart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dilemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embracing change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human nature and plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementing change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations hate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owning a contradiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oxymoron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah. Contradictions. My favorite topic (certainly in business). I guess the idea from a literature rules standpoint is a combination of an oxymoron and figurative literature (if you want to track using other people’s words). Regardless. I personally love the idea of ‘owning a contradiction’ because it is a descriptive phrase that invokes people to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>discontinuity for successful company continuity</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/discontinuity-for-successful-company-continuity</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/discontinuity-for-successful-company-continuity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centralized focus with decentralized implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controlled autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralizing communications tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glocal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incorporating regional purchase triggers into global plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintaining relevance globally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivating consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no such thing as global idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational conformity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pendulum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running a busniness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transactional branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(warning to reader: I don’t have a printer and this is one of these articles that could be a white paper but I have found that white papers are best written by printing out stuff and rearranging so that it makes some logical sense in flow. No printer? Whew. This maybe is a little … [...]]]></description>
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		<title>choosing the right word</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/choosing-the-right-word</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/choosing-the-right-word#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[book recommendations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choose the right word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective communiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speaking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using the right words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=1622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Where the emotion has found its thought and the thought has found the words.&#8221; Robert Frost I love this quote for a number of reasons. Let me focus on two. First is I do love words and I truly envy people who know how to take a seemingly mixed bag of words and put them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>about transactional branding</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/about-transactional-branding</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/about-transactional-branding#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:57:54 +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[a good business concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b versus consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book recommendations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[core competency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decommoditizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiating in commodity like categories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distinctness builds value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fragmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[functional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrid sales and marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing customer information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing sales cycles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales versus marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short term and long term results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upside down traditional marketing funnel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. I use this term ‘transactional branding’ a lot when I am talking about business and defending why we shouldn’t talk about branding (or at least stop until everyone can turn off the bullshit meters and maybe all agree on terms of usage). The premise behind the phrase is that excellent marketing/communications/branding activity/whatever you want [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline but freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't worry about people stealing an idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearlessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it isn’t process it is the work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no one wants to trust chaos]]></category>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity seems too chaotic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the myth of the proprietary process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>

		<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>to do or not to do</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/to-do-or-not-to-do</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/to-do-or-not-to-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acknowledge the truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be true to thineself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty is the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency is underrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt resides between certainty and uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[follow the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting kicked in the gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not everyone will be your friend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optomistically cynical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questioning the unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self esteem and thineself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shakespeare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the truth may hurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thineself in brand is often overlooked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thineself in branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uncertainty takes on geometric proportions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unquestionable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;most agencies are in the same boat &#8212; from big ones to two man shops. They&#8217;re in it for the money and they&#8217;re scared. Scared the client&#8217;s going to walk. And because they are afraid they compromise their principles. They are so scared of losing the business they give the customer what they think they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hiring dwarfs</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/hiring-dwarfs</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/hiring-dwarfs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:49:09 +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[be still in midst of activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company of giants or dwarfs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gatekeepers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring is difficult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interviewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders are still and active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders have strength of character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing people to be successful in life and business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing transitional moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mutual chemistry check]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ogilvy on hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restless consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vibrantly alive in repose]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants”. – David Ogilvy So. Hiring is one of the most difficult things to do in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>meeting again</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/meeting-again</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/meeting-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be restless in stillness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundlessness of friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connection to the silent life of things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding both comfort and newness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends just show up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends leading following and side by side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hills seem less steep with friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instead of seeking new landscapes develop new eyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying goodbye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the power of friends]]></category>
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		<title>memory part 1: 65 years ago</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/memory-part-1-65-years-ago</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. This is about amnesia. Or lack of long term memory. Look. We Americans certainly have a pattern of historical amnesia on occasion. And the day I am going to refer to edges upon an amnesia moment. VJ Day. Huh? Known most for this picture to the right. VJ Day  is the day that Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>memory part 2: 9/11, mosques and emotion</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/memory-part-2-911-mosques-and-emotion</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is about short term memory. 9/11 bucks the trend of the sometimes American trait of historical amnesia. In general, we are a forward-looking people who don&#8217;t dwell on the past. But 9/11 remains an emotional moment of our generation (probably because it happened right here in front of us). And, of course, I placed [...]]]></description>
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