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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Meares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a vision of what you would like to achieve, it’s of the essence to create an action plan of how and when you’re going to do it. This is the time to set particular goals, assign time-lines and watch as quantifiable results begin to evidence.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have a vision of what you would like to achieve, it&rsquo;s of the essence to create an action plan of how and when you&rsquo;re going to do it. This is the time to set particular goals, assign time-lines and watch as quantifiable results begin to evidence.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.infoproductsolution.com/products/ActionPlan/">Download&nbsp; Your Free Success Action Plan Report</a></p>
<p>	You&rsquo;ll break down each and every action item into manageable undertakings, to guard against becoming overwhelmed. And when you fulfill each of your own self-imposed deadlines, plan to give yourself a special reinforcement. This will assist you in following through and staying committed.</p>
<p>	You&rsquo;ll go through an unbelievable sense of relief and achievement when you complete your <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a> action plan. It&rsquo;s sort of like constructing a dream home, from the beginning blueprint right up to the day you move in. A detailed plan turns into a fantastic reality. There&rsquo;s no more questioning, &ldquo;How can I possibly accomplish this?&rdquo;</p>
<p>	An <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a> Action Plan is a uncomplicated list of all of the jobs that you need to carry out to accomplish an objective. It differs from a To Do list in that it concentrates on the accomplishment of a exclusive goal.</p>
<p>	Wherever you would like to achieve something important, draw up an <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a> Action Plan. This assists you in thinking about what you need to do to accomplish that matter, and then that you are able to get help where you need it and monitor your forward motion.</p>
<p>	To draw up an <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a> Action Plan, merely list the jobs that you need to carry out to accomplish your goal, in the order that you need to accomplish them. This is really simple, but is nevertheless really valuable!</p>
<p>	There are a number of advantages to having a <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a> plan to accomplish your goals:</p>
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<li>it can help you to comprehend what tasks you need to do to accomplish your goal</li>
<li>it can provide you a way to have a clear time-line on each of your jobs so that you are able to track goal progress</li>
<li>it can give you lucidity for the resources that you need to accomplish your goal</li>
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<p>Maybe one of the greatest benefits is that you are able to on a regular basis evaluate your progress and cross off the things that you&#39;re doing to achieve your goals. </p>
<p>Remember if you need to accomplish a goal, a <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a> plan of action will help you distinguish what needs to be done, the resources you need, and track your progress towards your goal.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.infoproductsolution.com/products/ActionPlan/">Download&nbsp; Your Free Success Action Plan Report</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Meares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal branding  has become incredibly important with the popularity of Social Media and Social Media sites.   How many times have you heard the phrase..."I'll just Google him"?  No matter what your profession is, having a handle on all of this is vital to your success.  As an entrepreneur, you know how important it is to brand yourself.  How about if you're in sales?  Or even as a professional working in the corporate environment?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gregrecommends.linktrackr.com/PersonalBranding">Personal branding</a> has become incredibly important with the popularity of Social Media and Social Media sites.&nbsp;&nbsp; How many times have you heard the phrase&#8230;&quot;I&#39;ll just Google him&quot;?</p>
<p>	No matter what your profession is, having a handle on all of this is vital to your <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a>.&nbsp; As an entrepreneur, you know how important it is to brand yourself.&nbsp; How about if you&#39;re in sales?&nbsp; Or even as a professional working in the corporate environment?</p>
<p>	Managing all of this information about yourself will play a very important role in your <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/SuccessTrace';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">success</a>.&nbsp; As an entrepreneur, the better you brand yourself the better chance your going to have to put that deal together.</p>
<p>	As a professional, you have a greater chance to advance your career.</p>
<p>	As a person that sales good and services online, your branding will improve your sales rate.&nbsp; Same goes for a salesperson and their close rate.</p>
<p>So what is all this about personal branding?&nbsp; I found a great video where Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library) is talking about this and other really topics &#8211; watch it because you will become inspired.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqZ0RU95d4&amp;feature=youtube_gdata">Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape</a></strong></p>
<p>Building <a href="http://gregrecommends.linktrackr.com/PersonalBranding">Personal Brand</a> Within the Social Media Landscape. Note: This <a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/PublicSpeaking" style=""  rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.gregmeares.com/PublicSpeaking';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">presentation</a> contains adult language.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">I found this really cool service that provides an outstanding solution to your <a href="http://gregrecommends.linktrackr.com/PersonalBranding">Personal Branding</a> Needs</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Thank You For All That You Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Meares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took this picture very close to my home and I meant to post it to this site earlier.  I did put it on Facebook but thought that better late than never to post to this site!  Not sure who did this but I think it is awesome!  It was put together for Memorial Day.]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I took this picture very close to my home and I meant to post it to this site earlier.&nbsp; I did put it on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/gmeares">Facebook</a> but thought that better late than never to post to this site!<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Not sure who did this but I think it is awesome!&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">It was put together for Memorial Day.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">We live in the greatest country in the world, and one of the main reasons is because of our troops.&nbsp; </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This is a shout out to all of our troops to thank them for all that they do!<br />
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		<title>Are You Grateful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Meares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took this about two weeks ago while driving back from playing golf with one of my buddies.  I think this is really a cool picture and didn't realize how cool it really was until I uploaded it to my Facebook page from my iPhone.]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I took this about two weeks ago while driving back from playing golf with one of my buddies.&nbsp; I think this is really a cool picture and didn&#39;t realize how cool it really was until I uploaded it to my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/gmeares">Facebook</a> page from my iPhone.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">This picture turned out amazing to me, considering I was driving at the time &#8211; and was still moving!&nbsp; Kids don&#39;t do as I do.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.gregmeares.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">After looking at it for a bit I realized how lucky I am.&nbsp; Lucky to be alive, lucky to be able to enjoy nature and see the beauty in things.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">With life so hectic, and difficult at times, I must admit that I lose perspective of how awesome life is.&nbsp; I bet your life is awesome too?&nbsp; Yes &#8211; you may have struggles right now and you may be in a place that feels uncomfortable, I can guarantee one thing, it will change &#8211; everything does.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Ok you may be thinking that every time &quot;I work harder and push myself harder &#8211; life gets harder.&quot; &nbsp; Seems like pushing an Elephant up the stairs!<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">All that means to me is that you are just getting closer to your goal.&nbsp; The closer you get, the tougher it gets.&nbsp; Just the way it is!&nbsp; Don&#39;t stop moving forward, after all, life is a journey and not a destination.&nbsp; <br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">You achieve one goal and you should be onto the next one.&nbsp; A rolling stone gathers no moss.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.gregmeares.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&#8230; but I digress<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Often times while fighting and throwing ninja kicks at life we forget to be grateful for what we have.&nbsp; And I bet if you stop and think about it, you have a lot to be grateful for.&nbsp; I do!&nbsp; <br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I thank God for that&#8230;However I&#39;m weak and often forget.&nbsp; I forget to thank God and thank those close to me for being there.&nbsp; I may not win every battle but I sure do keep on fighting.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I&#39;m in no position to preach to anybody but I can say from personal experience that if you fight the good fight, you&#39;ll end of winning.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Thanks for reading this post!</span></span></p>
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		<title>Rants, Fun Stuff and Telling It Like I See It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Meares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've held back and not really given you my opinion on things.  I didn't want my politics, my background and beliefs to influence my writing.  In doing so, I believe this has made for a boring site. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><img align="left" alt="" border="1" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-373" height="80" hspace="6" src="http://www.gregmeares.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/GregMeares80.jpg" title="GregMeares80" vspace="5" width="80" /><span style="font-size: 14px;">First and foremost, let me explain my title of this article&#8230;</span><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As you can see, and depending on when you are reading this article, this site is undergoing a complete make-over.&nbsp; I&#39;m bored with the old format.</span></span></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">More importantly I am bored with the quality of content that I have posted in the past.</span></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I&#39;ve held back and not really given you my opinion on things.&nbsp; I didn&#39;t want my politics, my background and beliefs to influence my writing.&nbsp; In doing so, I believe this has made for a boring site.&nbsp; <br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">For now on I&#39;m not going to hold back.&nbsp; I&#39;m going to tell you how I see things.&nbsp; Hopefully this will generate some intelligent debate.&nbsp; Some of the topics may be controversial so all I ask is that there is no name calling and personal attacks directed at me or any of the other commentators on the site.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Topics to discuss are abundant considering all the craziness going on in our Country and our Communities.&nbsp; <strong>It&#39;s never a dull day that&#39;s for sure.</strong> <br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I just recently updated my &quot;<a href="http://www.gregmeares.com/about-me/">About Me</a>&quot; page and tried to get a bit more real there as well.&nbsp; My goal is to get conversations going.&nbsp; I have my opinions, and I am somewhat stuck in my ways, but I want to hear from people that not only agree with me but also those that oppose what I think so I can learn from their line of thinking.&nbsp; </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">I want to use this site to not only share with you what I am doing in the Call Center Industry, the Internet Marketing Industry but also what I am up to personally.&nbsp; I urge you to comment, bookmark and let me know what you think. <br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Hopefully, we can do this together?&nbsp; <img src='http://www.gregmeares.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Soon I will have this site cranked up and looking good.&nbsp; Please visit and comment.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Keep the Faith!<br />
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