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		<title>&#8220;crazy handful of nothing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://john.scardino.us/blog/2010/08/23/crazy-handful-of-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[when i really think about it, it&#8217;s difficult for me to believe that i&#8217;m only 25 (coming up on 26). i&#8217;m a real hard-charger; always have been. that makes putting my career into perspective all the more difficult.  in the grand scheme of everything, i&#8217;m only just starting out.  i&#8217;ve got miles of road ahead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;the common man goes nowhere&#8221; — herb brooks</title>
		<link>http://john.scardino.us/blog/2010/03/22/the-common-man-goes-nowhere-%e2%80%94-herb-brooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;you can&#8217;t be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon.&#8221; — legendary hockey coach, herb brooks of all of herb brooks&#8217; quotes, i love this one the most.  i don&#8217;t know that it&#8217;s something i do intentionally, or if it&#8217;s something in my natural programming, but i don&#8217;t do common work. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>make SMART goals that work</title>
		<link>http://john.scardino.us/blog/2010/01/04/make-smart-goals-that-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this really is consulting 101 stuff here, but it&#8217;s also important to point out since it&#8217;s the new year and people are undoubtedly going to make resolutions that they end up giving up on in the end.  listen up, because this is important&#8230; when you set goals, you want to make them SMART: specific measurable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>to get where you&#8217;re going&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://john.scardino.us/blog/2009/08/17/to-get-where-youre-going/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; they say you have to know where you&#8217;ve been. i say, to get where you&#8217;re going — you have to know where you&#8217;re going. stupid, right?  or is it? whenever you start some sort of new venture, you have to know what the end state is. you have to set some sort of goal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the worst words you can ever hear</title>
		<link>http://john.scardino.us/blog/2009/08/10/the-worst-words-you-can-ever-hear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;well, we can&#8217;t [blank]. but keep thinking about these things and bringing them up.&#8221; if you hear those words in your job — leave it. i&#8217;m not joking. those are quite possibly the worst words that you could ever hear from your manager. those words say, &#8220;we&#8217;re not committed to diverse viewpoints.&#8221; they say, &#8220;we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stories: they&#8217;re not just for bedtime anymore</title>
		<link>http://john.scardino.us/blog/2009/05/28/stories-theyre-not-just-for-bedtime-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 02:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[one of the most important communication tools is storytelling. we tell stories to entertain. we tell stories to enlighten.  stories help us in so many ways. here are just a few ways that you should use stories to help achieve your goals&#8230; tell stories in your presentations! when you have presentations, nothing drives home your point(s) [...]]]></description>
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