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    <title>Executive Gems</title>
    
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    <updated>2011-12-01T16:44:39-07:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Wise words for those making decisions of great impact.</subtitle>
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        <title>"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." </title>
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        <published>2011-12-01T16:44:39-07:00</published>
        <updated>2011-12-01T16:44:39-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- Jack London</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">&lt;p&gt;     - Jack London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>"Don't settle."</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef015435f098c7970c</id>
        <published>2011-10-06T09:07:12-07:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-06T09:07:12-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- Steve Jobs</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">&lt;p&gt;- Steve Jobs&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>"When asked what market research went into the iPad, Mr. Jobs replied: 'None. It’s not the consumers’ job to know what they want.' "</title>
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        <published>2011-10-06T06:57:15-07:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-06T06:57:15-07:00</updated>
        <summary>-NY Times</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">&lt;p&gt;-NY Times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef0147e13745e6970b</id>
        <published>2011-01-02T16:11:13-07:00</published>
        <updated>2011-01-02T16:11:13-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- David Sarnoff</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">&lt;p&gt;- David Sarnoff&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>"The risk is not in standing out, it is by fitting in." </title>
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        <published>2010-02-12T15:26:55-07:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-12T15:26:55-07:00</updated>
        <summary>-Seth Godin</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." </title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef0120a73f020d970b</id>
        <published>2009-12-10T14:12:47-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-10T14:12:47-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- William Wallace, Braveheart</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">- William Wallace, Braveheart&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>"If our attention span constricts to the point where we can only take information in 140-character sentences, then that doesn't bode too well for our future."</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef0128761b180f970c</id>
        <published>2009-12-05T09:14:27-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-11T10:02:19-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, director of Stanford University's Impulse Control Disorders Clinic</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">- Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, director of Stanford University's Impulse Control Disorders Clinic&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=ehX3bJMn3xE:auTnEQ89A3w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ExecutiveGems/~3/FR-BuU-lr9I/an-economist-is-an-expert-who-will-know-tomorrow-why-the-things-he-predicted-yesterday-didnt-happen-.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef0128761451eb970c</id>
        <published>2009-12-04T15:17:45-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-04T15:17:45-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- Laurence J. Peter</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">- Laurence J. Peter&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=FR-BuU-lr9I:6C0aSHyOYEY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."  </title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef0128760043da970c</id>
        <published>2009-12-02T09:15:10-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-02T09:15:10-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- Albert Einstein</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">- Albert Einstein&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:I9og5sOYxJI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:bcOpcFrp8Mo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:V-t1I-SPZMU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?a=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExecutiveGems?i=wA5z6HpK0G8:5xFPmeh2USY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>"I believe there surely is such a thing as truth, but who among us can claim a monopoly?  There are those who do, and their own words testify to their intolerance."</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834b72e0853ef0120a5251113970b</id>
        <published>2009-08-27T07:25:21-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-08-27T07:25:21-07:00</updated>
        <summary>- Senator Edward Kennedy</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jeri Cartwright</name>
        </author>
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://mediarelations.blogs.com/executive_gems/">- Senator Edward Kennedy&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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