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		<title>That Myth Called Talent!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 21:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to be successful at whatever you want to do, whether it be designing gift baskets, marketing, or writing descriptions for your website, you&#8217;ve got to put one piece of nonsense out of your head.  It doesn&#8217;t take Talent!  Now let me explain why. Sure, some of us have more of a &#8220;natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Business 101 from Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Auletta, in his new book  Googled: The End of the World as We Know it, gives us ten basic business lessons that we should learn from Google.  CNN Money.com recently featured an article written by Auletta which should be read in its entirety at http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/technology/auletta_maxims.fortune/index.htm Here are the ten lessons discussed in the article. Passion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dare To Be Different</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we first start our business, we are told to research, to find out what works for others and to determine how we are different.  But many of us are afraid to take that step that would keep us from being  just &#8220;more of the same.&#8221;  We copy what works for others in our industry and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharks With A Passion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve gotta read this article written by guest blogger Susan Placek.  It takes more than a good idea, money, and a desire to build a successful business&#8230; Sharks With A Passion By Susan Placek You won’t find me in front of my TV very often, but Tuesday nights I treat myself to my new favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail Lessons Learned from Ted Kennedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail Lessons from an Unexpected Source By Guest Blogger: Rick Segal of  The Retailer&#8217;s Advantage at ricksegal.com We all know the rule &#8212; NEVER mix politics and business. That is one lesson that we all need to practice. It’s just too dangerous because it is the fast track to alienating someone and losing a customer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Minute Wisdoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started this blog, I decided that creating a sucessful business is about more than just making money.  Since I use this blog to say what I want to say and to tell it as I see it, here is another of my one-minute-wisdoms. Each of us started our business with goals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned About Business from Walter Cronkite</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walter Cronkite died yesterday.  His death won&#8217;t receive the media frenzy that Michael Jackson did &#8212; even though Walter Cronkite was much more of a man and a much more influencial and powerful individual.  No one person was more trusted to present the news in a truthful unbiased manner than Walter Cronkite. I grew up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying in Business Takes Patience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses go out of business for many reasons.  But one of the major reasons is just not sticking it out long enough. Starting a business is easy.  It&#8217;s sticking it out and growing your business that is hard.  All of us have had days, weeks, or even months when we&#8217;ve wondered if it is worth it.  No [...]]]></description>
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