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		<title>Letting Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted a status update on Facebook yesterday. I suppose it was part of a New Year&#8217;s renewal to state that I was,&#8221;Letting Go.&#8221; You might guess that this evoked some response. I&#8217;m grateful to loving friends and family that thought to reach me. I was encouraged by the messages I received.  Some wondered what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Wait to Thank Your Mentors and Heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Act now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like many, Steve Jobs had an influence on my life.  He taught me a lesson recently.  It was in his passing that I learned not to wait to seek out my heroes.  Steve Jobs did not live that far from me but we didn&#8217;t know each other.  He was a distant mentor on a pedestal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditate, Pray and Visualize</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiet your mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visualize]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During this season, with Thanksgiving upon us, I&#8217;m especially grateful for the support of good friends. Life these past months has been a flurry of activity. Sometimes that activity has been connected to goals and appropriate vision. Often it has felt like I&#8217;ve been bounced or yanked from one thing to the next with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Cobetto demonstrates the driving line at Virginia International Raceway</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/passion/chris-cobetto-demonstrates-the-driving-line-at-virginia-international-raceway/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=chris-cobetto-demonstrates-the-driving-line-at-virginia-international-raceway</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiski School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Cobetto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Cobetto is a buddy of mine from High School. We where roommates our senior year at The Kiski School.  Chris had die-cast models of race cars in his room back then&#8230;now he plays with some bigger toys.  Chris, now President of National Auto Sports Association (NASA) Mid-Atlantic, runs more than a dozen races, High [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEDxNextGenerationAsheville – Birke Baehr – “What’s Wrong With Our Food System”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self-Discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asheville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birke Baehr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of TEDx as an inspiration and a movement.  It&#8217;s awesome to see the interest in sharing such powerful ideas.  This recent video from a youth focused TEDx event in Asheville, North Carolina features 11 year old Birke Baehr.  He&#8217;ll make you reconsider your diet!]]></description>
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		<title>The 4 Types of Evangelical Bigwigs from Futurity.org</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/character/leadership/the-4-types-of-evangelical-bigwigs-from-futurity-org/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-4-types-of-evangelical-bigwigs-from-futurity-org</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/character/leadership/the-4-types-of-evangelical-bigwigs-from-futurity-org/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rice University]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 4 types of evangelical bigwigs &#8220;Most people assume that evangelicals think that they have all the answers. I&#8217;ve found that there is a large segment of business leaders who are evangelical who are certain that they don&#8217;t have all the answers. Their decision-making is largely pragmatic, and they hope they wind up making the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect Your Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/protect-your-dream/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=protect-your-dream</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/protect-your-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabriele Muccino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pursuit of Happyness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Funny that a friend, one that doesn&#8217;t know me so well, thought to post this short video clip on my Facebook wall.  Awesome scene.  Even better message. &#8220;The Pursuit of Happyness&#8221; is one of my favorite films. Will Smith is a REAL actor and Gabriele Muccino is a wonderful Director &#8211; they did &#8220;Seven Pounds&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Pull the Knife Out of Your Back</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/how-to-pull-the-knife-out-of-your-back/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-to-pull-the-knife-out-of-your-back</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/effectiveness/how-to-pull-the-knife-out-of-your-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apologizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back-stabbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meetup.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sun-Tzu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfriending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever said something stupid?  I have.  Maybe you spoke out of turn? Let something slip that you shouldn&#8217;t have?  I did.  I also know some pretty smart folks that have done the same.    What did you do?  Humbly apologized, I hope.  I also offered to do what I could to make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Rules for Wowing Your Holiday Office Party</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/books/3-rules-for-wowing-your-holiday-office-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=3-rules-for-wowing-your-holiday-office-party</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/books/3-rules-for-wowing-your-holiday-office-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 rules for wowing your holiday office party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frances Cole Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How to Wow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wow Factor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a fan of Frances Cole Jones of Cole Media Management.  Ms. Jones has given exceptional advice to executives and those in the public eye to &#8220;&#8230;feel more confident in their ability to present their best self –in any situation.”  She&#8217;s the author of How to Wow and The Wow Factor: The 33 Things You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Mindmap of Steven Covey&#8217;s Effectiveness Quadrants</title>
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		<comments>http://www.jeffmarmins.com/covey/great-mindmap-of-steven-coveys-effectiveness-quadrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Marmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Covey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Discipline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like mindmaps and mind mapping tools [Mindmeister is a good one]. It&#39;s a natural fit for those like me with a lifehacker bent. This mindmap is of particular note, though, as it&#39;s a real user tool (perhaps as a desktop background) for managing your time effectively.]]></description>
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