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		<title>Attention Times 3</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2008/08/26/attention-times-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day a man approached Ikkyu and asked: &#8220;Master, will you please write for me some maxims of the higheset wisdom?&#8221; Ikkyu took his brush and wrote: &#8220;Attention.&#8221; &#8220;Is that all?&#8221; asked the man. Ikkyu then wrote: &#8220;Attention.  Attention.&#8221; &#8220;Well,&#8221; said the man, &#8220;I don&#8217;t really see much depth in what you have written.&#8221; Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s Nothing as Dangerous</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2008/08/21/theres-nothing-as-dangerous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s Nothing as Dangerous as an Idea When It&#8217;s the Only One You Have. &#8211; from Do One Thing Different and other uncommonly sensible solutions to life&#8217;s persistent problems, Bill O&#8217;Hanlon (1999) I have long-respected this book for its focus on action, and for several of O&#8217;Hanlon&#8217;s eye-opening observations that very potent but also deceptively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professionalism and Mastering Moods</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/11/27/professionalism-and-mastering-moods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Your MoodsDepressing and bad moods are notorious thieves of time. In a depression or bad mood, many people stop doing anything productive and often do things that are destructive. Even the most up-beat individuals must occasionally confront a wily time thief called depression. If you can learn how to fight off bad moods and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Management by Walking Around&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/11/09/management-by-walking-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned that quality requires minute attention to every detail, that everyone in an organization wants to do a good job, that written instructions are seldom adequate, and that personal involvement needs to be frequent, friendly, unfocused, and unscheduled—but far from pointless. And since its principal aim is to seek out people&#8217;s thoughts and opinions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hyperkinetic&#8221; David Novak, CEO of Yum Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/10/24/hyperkinetic-david-novak-ceo-of-yum-brands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/10/24/hyperkinetic-david-novak-ceo-of-yum-brands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s review of The Education of an Accidental CEO: Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office Obviously, Mr. [David] Novak&#8217;s pitchman fervor and people skills are joined to a traditionally shrewd sense of how to make a profit. Still, he seems to relish being the hyperkinetic iconoclast. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Messy &#8220;Desk&#8221; in Literature</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/08/17/a-messy-desk-in-literature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this the office of another self-employed ADDex? Under some shady trees I find Bill&#8217;s Cycle Shop but no Bill. A passerby says he has &#8220;maybe gone fishing somewhere,&#8221; leaving his shop wide open. We really are in the West. No one would leave a shop like this open in Chicago or New York. Inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to Call it &#8220;Creative Dreaming&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/07/23/when-to-call-it-creative-dreaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On executive behavior at strategic planning retreats, Dick Levin comments: &#8220;I&#8217;ve observed that whenever you get a high-powered bunch of people together in a nice environment, away from all the mundane issues of running an organization, and ask them to consider futures, that setup presents an almost unavoidable temptation to bullshit. Bullshitting with intelligent people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Your Strengths Like Warren Buffett</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/07/19/use-your-strengths-like-warren-buffett/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Of course, [Warren] Buffett isn&#8217;t the only person to have realized the power of building his life around his strengths. Whenever you interview people who are truly successful at their chosen profession&#8211;from teaching to telemarketing, acting to accounting&#8211;you discover that the secret to their success lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Fear is the Mind-Killer&#8221; &#8212; ADD triggers</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/06/23/fear-is-the-mind-killer-add-triggers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What triggers your ADD? For many of us, fear is the number one trigger. Fear of a difficult task, a negative outcome or an unpleasant encounter makes us look for any new candidate for our time and attention. The only requirement for the new thing is that it feel less stressful. We&#8217;ll write more on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drive a Car, Drive a Business</title>
		<link>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/06/04/drive-a-car-drive-a-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addexecutive.com/2007/06/04/drive-a-car-drive-a-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How effectively you allocate your attention in traffic is influenced by your emotional state at the moment. &#8230; Learning to allocate our attention more proficiently while driving is an attitude. &#8230; Improving visual attention skills is not limited to novice or elderly drivers. These skills can be developed over a lifetime. Professional trainers believe that [...]]]></description>
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