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		<title>The Top Ten Ways to Handle Adversity</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/the-top-ten-ways-to-handle-adversity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all experienced difficult times, often through events outside our control. Here are 10 suggestions for dealing with those hard times.

Take responsibility. Assume an &#8220;I can do something&#8221;      attitude rather than pointing fingers. You can control your own response      to the situation.
Limit the focus. Don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the &#8220;Value&#8221; Back into Performance Evaluations</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/putting-the-value-back-into-performance-evaluations/</link>
		<comments>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/putting-the-value-back-into-performance-evaluations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have disposable contact lens and disposable cameras. Lest we add disposable employee appraisals to the list, we might want to consider ways to put more &#8220;value&#8221; into performance evaluations. That way, they become more a roadmap for development than a short-cut that leads nowhere.
Performance appraisals for all employees are often completed annually within a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Claiming the Empty Spaces:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Importance of Idle Time
in a Fast-Forward World
&#8220;What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.&#8221;
~W. H. Davies
You&#8217;re just about to leave for your dentist appointment, when you receive a phone call saying the dentist has been called out on emergency and will have to reschedule your appointment.
Congratulations! You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Like an Entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/thinking-like-an-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(within the Corporate Walls)
The words entrepreneur and corporation don&#8217;t usually show up in the same sentence. One connotes a penchant for creative, seat-of-the-pants risk-taking, while the other usually suggests &#8220;we&#8217;ve always done it this way&#8221; risk aversion.
But &#8220;out-of-the-box&#8221; thinking is more necessary than ever in today&#8217;s marketplace, as corporations respond to changes in the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Fears That Keep Us from What We Want</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/top-10-fears-that-keep-us-from-what-we-want/</link>
		<comments>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/top-10-fears-that-keep-us-from-what-we-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear often stands between us and our ability to make decisions, take action, ask for what we want &#8211;even to know what we really want. It is the gatekeeper of our comfort zone. But as poet-philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, &#8220;He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Feedback to Heart</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/taking-feedback-to-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/taking-feedback-to-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague who just heard your presentation at work is giving you some feedback that you were too quiet, you didn&#8217;t get to the point quickly enough and you lacked a compelling example.
Your breathing goes shallow and your body stiffens, your heart speeds up and you look around to see if anyone is in earshot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Self-Defeating Work Habits</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/top-10-self-defeating-work-habits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following habits are like weights on wings. Imagine how high you could soar without them.

Procrastination. Putting off tasks produces anxiety that’s often worse      than the original task. Do first thing in the morning the things you most      want to put off.
Defensiveness. Breathe! Consider critiques [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Stock of Your Work Life</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/taking-stock-of-your-work-lif/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ancient Romans named the month of January for Janus, their god of gates, doors and beginnings. Always pictured with two faces&#8211;one looking toward the future, the other back at the past&#8211;Janus is a fitting symbol for the turning of a new year.
As we step through the doorway from one year to the next, it&#8217;s natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Give More Value</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/how-to-give-more-value/</link>
		<comments>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/how-to-give-more-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Buy one, get one free!”
“You’ll ALSO receive these valuable bonuses!”
“Order today and we’ll throw in another complete set of Ginsu knives, absolutely free!”
The idea of added value is not new—those Ginsu ads from the 1970s are still a brilliant example of increasing the value of an offer to make it more attractive to the prospective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Reinvent Your Career</title>
		<link>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/how-to-reinvent-your-career/</link>
		<comments>http://askdrrick.com/2010/01/how-to-reinvent-your-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Rick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you an employee, entrepreneur or manager who suddenly finds it necessary to reinvent your career due to the economy, a layoff or going out of business? Or, do these uncertain times simply inspire you to make a change?
If so, you may wonder if you can make a fresh start without having to start over.
The [...]]]></description>
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