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	<title>Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership &#38; Learning &#187; Influence</title>
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		<title>Does Example Trump Reason?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/uncategorized/does-example-trump-reason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question posed in the title of this post is answered, at least by one person, in today&#8217;s quotation. I&#8217;ll have more to say below. &#8220;Example has more followers than reason.&#8221; &#8211; Christian Nevell Bovee, 19th century author Questions to Ponder Do I agree with the quotation? What would I like to influence others about? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling a Story that Influences Others</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/telling-a-story-that-influences-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/telling-a-story-that-influences-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persuasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons you might want to tell a story. You could tell a story to entertain, to inform, or to get a laugh. You could tell a story to a friend, write it in a blog post, or include it in a presentation. While there are many situations when a story can be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Word Count?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/whats-your-word-count/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/whats-your-word-count/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sales trainers and professionals have said it for years.  The best sales people talk less during their encounters with customers than others do.  They get the prospect to share their thoughts and concerns. They recognize that the sale isn&#8217;t made by their perfect words as much as by the feelings and thoughts of the prospect. While this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sprinkle Joy</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/sprinkle-joy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/sprinkle-joy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve read a lot of Ralph Waldo Emerson over time, but never, that I can recall, had I read this, until yesterday. &#8220;Sprinkle joy.&#8221;  - Ralph Waldo Emerson Questions to Ponder When do I sprinkle joy? Where do I sprinkle joy? How can I sprinkle more of it? Action Steps Find ways to bring more joy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time to Get Intentional</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/influence/intention/its-time-to-get-intentional/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/influence/intention/its-time-to-get-intentional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having written a blog with relative consistency for a number of years, I often get asked, &#8220;How do you find things to write about?&#8221; While there are many others who write more frequently than I do, and might be more qualified to answer this question, here&#8217;s my answer: &#8220;Writers write and bloggers blog.&#8221; This isn&#8217;t a blog [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do You Care?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/responsibility/accountability/do-you-care/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/responsibility/accountability/do-you-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Seuss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horton Hatches the Egg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theodor Seuss Geisel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Green Eggs and Ham to the Cat in the Hat, I, like many kids, grew up with Dr. Seuss. But I can&#8217;t say I really became a fan until I was an adult — reading those classics and others to my children (Horton Hatches an Egg is a favorite.) If you&#8217;re a fan too, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Leaders Have in Common With Raffles</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/what-leaders-have-in-common-with-raffles/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/what-leaders-have-in-common-with-raffles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Barkley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westar Energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve experienced it many times.  You are at the county fair, the community charity event, a local seminar or networking event.  You bought a ticket, filled out a form, or handed someone your business card. And you know the rules. You must be present to win. If you wanted the items being drawn, you wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Success Requires It . . .</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/influence/intention/success-requires-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/influence/intention/success-requires-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concentration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. . . and it is in short supply. It&#8217;s concentration, and, no, I&#8217;m not talking about the popular game show that aired from 1958-91. Concentration isn&#8217;t really in short supply; the supply is large, if you choose to capture it (and successful people do). Most however, - text while driving - answer emails while [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Seven Simple Ways to Subtly Influence Others</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/seven-simple-ways-to-subtly-influence-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/seven-simple-ways-to-subtly-influence-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[others focus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It had been a long day of work and travel, and it was going to get longer. Due to weather issues around the country, flights across the eastern half of the U.S. were delayed and canceled. It was snowing heavily in Denver, where I had just landed to find my connecting flight canceled. I quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are You In Control?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/are-you-in-control/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/are-you-in-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Things Done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Allen is best known for his book Getting Things Done.  His book has been, over the last decade, the most popular time and productivity management book and process on earth. The quotation below applies to managing our time, but goes much deeper, if you allow it to.  I hope today&#8217;s questions and action steps [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beyond Listening – A Power-Key to Influence</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/beyond-listening-%e2%80%93-a-power-key-to-influence/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/beyond-listening-%e2%80%93-a-power-key-to-influence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Barkley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a typical business trip. I’d spent the day training a group of people from inside an organization. After the training, I was invited to join the group for dinner. After a lovely dinner, a couple of the participants had some additional questions about the training and how to apply what they were learning. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How One Word Can Kill Your Ability to Influence Others</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/how-one-word-can-kill-your-ability-to-influence-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/how-one-word-can-kill-your-ability-to-influence-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[other focus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=3005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That is an interesting title isn’t it? Does it leave you curious? Or does it leave you scanning through words in your mind, in a competitive way, trying to guess if you come up with the right one? Either way, I hope I have influenced you to read on . . . While you likely [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Influence — a Master Key to Leadership Success</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/influence-%e2%80%94-a-master-key-to-leadership-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/influence-%e2%80%94-a-master-key-to-leadership-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=2997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To be a successful leader requires that you can influence other successfully — after all, you can’t control other people’s behavior or choices, only influence them — which means that influence is a critical skill for a leader. More than just for leadership, though. To be effective at nearly any endeavor in life requires cooperation [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Winning Friends and Influencing People Doesn&#8217;t Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/winning-friends-and-influencing-people-doesnt-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/winning-friends-and-influencing-people-doesnt-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Carnegie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=2991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I first read Dale Carnegie&#8217;s classic How to Win Friends and Influence People 30 years ago.   While that may seem like a long time ago to you, the book was already old then &#8211; it was written in the 1930&#8242;s.  I read it again a few years later. I read it again, when was working on Remarkable Leadership. Why? [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our Deepest Craving</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/building-relationships/gratitude/our-deepest-craving/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/building-relationships/gratitude/our-deepest-craving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William James]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=2958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[William James has been called &#8220;the father of American Psychology.&#8221;  He was a trained physician and wrote voluminously. (Interestingly enough Ralph Waldo Emerson was his Godfather).   He is most known for his self-trained work in psychology and philosophy.  He is widely quoted 100 years after his death, and nothing he wrote is any more quoted that the powerful quotation that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>When is the Time to Be Silly?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/when-is-the-time-to-be-silly/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/when-is-the-time-to-be-silly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silliness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=2953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Often the quotations from the ancient philosophers and poets, while wise they don&#8217;t always seem very fresh.  While freshness doesn’t mean better, I feel freshness in this quotation from Horace.  I hope you feel it and don&#8217;t lose the profound value in it. Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It&#8217;s good to be silly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anatomy of an Apology</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/anatomy-of-an-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/communication/anatomy-of-an-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/?p=2930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard or read about it, or if you are a Netflix customer, you may have received it in email. If you didn&#8217;t, Reed Hastings, Co-founder and CEO of Netflix wrote an apology and explanation for a significant pricing change that took place in late July. If you haven&#8217;t seen it, reading it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can You Prove it?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/can-you-prove-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/can-you-prove-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walk the talk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you read this blog or have known my work for a long time you likely know I love quotations.  In fact, I&#8217;ve been a collector of quotations for many years.  One thing I have learned from that collecting is that there are some people that have said a lot of things worth collecting, remembering and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Three Most Important Words</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/setting-goals/success/the-three-most-important-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many gifts and the plenty of trips to the library, one of the first inspirational, self improvement authors I spent my money to invest in was Denis Waitley. Since then I&#8217;ve read many of his books, listened to his audio programs and met him.  If you aren&#8217;t familiar with his work, click on his name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Ways to Make Work Play</title>
		<link>http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/six-ways-to-make-work-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Eikenberry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make work play? Should that really be my goal? I know some people have a problem connecting work and fun (and therefore by extension, play). We’ve been taught that work implies effort and struggle and discipline and challenge. All of this can be true, AND it isn’t an inclusive list. Work can include meaning and [...]]]></description>
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