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	<title>Delightful Work</title>
	
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	<description>Coach Tom Volkar on pursuing work life freedom</description>
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		<title>Big Life Lessons and Hitting Bottom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do we really have to hit bottom to learn our big life lessons? Instead couldn’t we simply choose to stop the downward slide a little early and learn the lesson before major damage is done?<br/>
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		<title>“Whatever” Sucks - Commitment Rocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How might your life change if you truly, deeply committed to every decision you made?

Have you noticed that more and more people are trying to skate by with a lack of commitment to anything? Rather...<br/>
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		<title>Trusting Brevity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Unstuck]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[brevity]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I trust brevity because it’s evident.

What you see is what you get.<br/>
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		<title>Seize the Freedom of Self-Employment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fulfilling Work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Getting Unstuck]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=101</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fear around the lack of money keeps many stuck within the slavery of employment.  I believe more would seize the freedom of self-employment if they truly understood the value of the freedoms they...<br/>
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		<title>What’s Really Possible?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/07/28/whats-really-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Growth Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life Works]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[expansion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[perspective]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=95</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you read this blog, you probably believe that most anything is possible. If that’s your belief system, how often do you act as if it’s true?  How often do you act on the basis that most anything...<br/>
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		<title>No Thank You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Removing Excuses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[honesty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[offering excuses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[telling lies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This post is about being totally above board and honest when turning down an invitation. If you aren’t always truthful when you say no, are you aware of the significance of what you’re saying yes to?<br/>
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		<title>What brings you alive?</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DelightfulWork/~3/342055968/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/07/21/what-brings-you-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[enthusiasm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rugby]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the best things in life are free]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=84</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What gets your juices flowing and your heart pumping?  Whatever it is my friend, are you honoring it?


So what brings you alive? Is it natural beauty, a big hug, taking a risk, driving music, a...<br/>
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		<title>Wildness</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DelightfulWork/~3/339891772/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/07/19/wildness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=82</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Liz Strauss at Successful Blog is asking for only 25 words of wisdom on something you see too much or too little of. I&#8217;ve always been inspired by two things, brevity and wildness, so I had to...<br/>
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		<title>The Missing Key to Success</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DelightfulWork/~3/338289458/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/07/17/the-missing-key-to-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[agreements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authenticity]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[change in perspective]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[entreprenuership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[personal development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[possibility thinking]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=80</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you ever felt like you were so close to the success you wanted but were missing one pivotal piece? What if you could identify that missing piece and make the adjustment, and then all things good...<br/>
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		<title>Today I Simply Ran Out of Excuses</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DelightfulWork/~3/336364121/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Removing Excuses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[delightful work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[doing nothing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[excuses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[obligation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[work life freedom]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Even in Pittsburgh, it’s a beautiful sunny day with low humidity.


I have had absolutely no interruptions.


I have the time to create whatever I want to create, or not.


I realize suddenly that I...<br/>
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