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		<title>All Those Quarters Weren&#8217;t Wasted!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you were growing up, did your mom ever say to you, "Turn off those video games and go read a book!"  Or, did you spend hours at the local arcade, perfecting your hand-eye coordination in front of Pac Man or a pinball machine?  Turns out, you were developing important career skills!
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		<title>Ambition Can Be Bad for Your Health . . . or Good!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to studies, guess which one of the following people is going to live longer: Man A works sixty hours a week, determined to reach upper management by his fortieth birthday.  He attends networking events every week and is known as being the guy who makes the coffee for the office in the morning and [...]
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		<title>Management Mistakes from The Dark Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of great movies that focus on business or life in an office -- Wall Street, Working Girl, Office Space just to name a few.  But as I was catching up on my reading recently, I found a great article published recently that looks at the leadership lessons to be learned from a movie that seemingly has nothing to do with business and management -- Star Wars!
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		<title>What New Hobby Do You Want to Start?</title>
		<link>http://actasifblog.com/2012/03/what-new-hobby-do-you-want-to-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that you are well served if you make the decision to learn something new every day, even if it's just looking up the species of the bird that you see perched outside your office window every afternoon.  In my book, I discuss the importance of ongoing education in keeping our brains fresh and productive
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		<title>Taking a Break When You&#8217;re the Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some business owners recently shared with Fortune magazine how they manage to take some time for themselves without causing long-term damage to relationships with their clients and to their careers.  For example, self-employed professionals must plan ahead.  if you can decide months in advance when you want to take a vacation, you can arrange project deadlines and notify customers appropriately.
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		<title>Facebook and Your Boss: To Friend or Not to Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have a great working relationship with your boss.  You enjoy a few minutes of casual conversation with her every morning when you both reach the office.  She appreciates your ideas and opinions and comes to you regularly to discuss the direction of the company.  Maybe you even share a lunch at the local [...]
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		<title>Raising Expectations and Your Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all want to fit in.  It's natural to want to be accepted by those around you -- to feel like you get the inside jokes and that you are invited to the good conversations around the water cooler.  There's comfort in being the norm.  However, if you want to be a leader in your office and in your field, you need to decide that you are willing to step away from your peers and look at your environment from a different perspective.
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		<title>What Will You Do With an Extra Day?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<title>Is College the Only Option?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have visions of the back of your car someday bearing the bumper sticker, "My kid and my money go to (insert college or university of your choice here)"?  
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		<title>Chief of Chief Naming Officer (CCnO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lavelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief Internet Evangelist of Google Vint Cerf Apparently, titles like &#8220;boss&#8221; or &#8220;manager&#8221; or &#8220;supervisor&#8221; are so ten years ago.  Companies now need something more to illustrate how cool and creative they are.  According to Forbes magazine, there has been an explosion of professionals who are now known as &#8220;Chief Something or Other&#8221; at their [...]
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