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		<title>Reason to persist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why would you want to persist at anything? That’s a very good question. Indeed, why WOULD you want to persist? Answer that question in a way that is personally meaningful to you, and you significantly empower your persistence. Persistence demands effort and sacrifice, and in order to pay the price you must have a compelling [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Positive news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bad news makes big headlines and gets plenty of attention. But one major reason bad news is considered newsworthy is because it is so rare. There’s plenty of positive news, too. Here are some recent examples: Montannah meets her flying hero ‘Precious Life’ About Palestinian Mom Who Wanted Israeli Doctors to Help Son Live to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take some initiative. Don’t wait for results to happen. Make them happen. Don’t wait for good things to come to you. Get up and go after them. Go above and beyond what is expected of you. The value you obtain from each day is directly proportional to the value you create for others. What are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Accepting disappointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nowhere is the power of acceptance more influential than in dealing with disappointment. When you get your hopes up, and are excited and enthusiastic about something, and then it doesn’t work out, the resulting disappointment can be devastating. Yet most of that devastation comes not from the situation itself, but from your own mind. Your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The moment you begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A meaningful goal that has not yet been reached can actually be more valuable than a goal that has already been reached. Do you ever work crossword puzzles? If so, would you buy a book of crossword puzzles if all the puzzles in the book had already been filled in? Of course not. The whole [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Doing what is right</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We don’t often think of integrity as a strategic element of life. Integrity implies selflessness and a certain degree of sacrifice, you assume, so how could it possibly be viewed as a strategic tool? Yet the quality of your life is ultimately determined by the integrity of your actions. It is always in your best [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This place of wonder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can you feel the miracle that is your life? The cold wind blows. Waves crash endlessly upon the rocky shore. And all of it is real. All of it is here. All of it is the existence in which you are enveloped. If you spend even one small moment in anything other than utter amazement, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Expanding your comfort zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To get into the zone of maximum effectiveness, you must move outward from another zone — your comfort zone. It can be uncomfortable to be highly effective on a consistent basis. It can be much more comfortable to just sit around like normal, not accomplishing anything. We tend to fear and avoid the unknown, even [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inner goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On very common problem when seeking success is struggling to create some specific outer achievement in order to experience a certain inner achievement. The pitfalls of this are many. There are all sorts of obstacles and limitations that stand in your way when you seek only the outer achievement without regard to what it’s connected [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Getting beyond the need to blame</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you want to transform a problem into an opportunity? One crucial part of that is getting beyond the need to focus on who is to blame. Sure, you need to know what caused the problem and, yes, there are certainly people who are responsible. It is important to understand what led to the situation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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