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	<title>rickcecil.com</title>
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	<description>Life skills, writing, experience design, and a bit about me</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>10 people I&#8217;d like to meet</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/09/07/10-people-id-like-to-meet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Tech Republic, Justin James listed the Tech people he would like to meet. Really interesting read and got me thinking about the people I would like to meet. Here&#8217;s my list of people&#8212;and includes more than just techie people.


    Steve Jobs; Particularly for his innovative thinking as well as his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Clock Meeting Planner</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/09/07/world-clock-meeting-planner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently scheduling several international meetings and must say that I have found the World Clock meeting planner an invaluable tool. Basically, it allows you to view the time differences in four cities so you can select the best time for your meeting. Great stuff.
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		<title>Covey on listening: Not quite right</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/05/18/176/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 22:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Listening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who has followed my blog for some time will tell you, I&#8217;m a big proponent of listening skills. In fact, I believe that listening is the key component of the successful communication.

In a book that I&#8217;m reading, Life is a Series of Presentations (one that I&#8217;ll review in the coming days), he mentions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read Chasing Daylight</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/05/17/read-chasing-daylight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 03:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In fact, stop reading whatever book you&#8217;re reading and read Chasing  Daylight.

This is, perhaps, the most important book you&#8217;ll ever read. In the book, Eugene O&#8217;Kelly documents his experiences during the last few months of his life. In fact, his wife writes the final chapter because Eugene has died. And no matter how tough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A follow up: Risk and self doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/05/16/a-follow-up-risk-and-self-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/05/16/a-follow-up-risk-and-self-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 02:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post before the break was about risk and self-doubt. I&#8217;d like to report, albeit eight months later, that the event was a great success.

Not only did we have a great turnout, we also used the event to jumpstart a local professional organization, which I&#8217;m now the president. So was it worth it? Absolutely. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gone too long</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2006/05/15/gone-too-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 03:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So how long has it been? By my count, nearly eight months. Far too long.

There are several reasons why I haven&#8217;t posted, but the biggest reason has been that I&#8217;ve developed a repetitive strain injury, so I&#8217;ve been limiting my computer use. I&#8217;m still having trouble with my wrists, but I&#8217;ve discovered text-to-speech speech-to-text software, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk and self doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2005/10/14/risk-and-self-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is risk, really? If you choose not to take advantage of an opportunity, you risk not accomplishing great things. If you go for it, you risk losing things that are important to you. You can&#8217;t escape risk. The only question, then, is, what are you willing to risk?

This is certainly not an original thought. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for scheduling meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2005/10/11/tips-for-scheduling-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Never Eat Alone a few months ago. It&#8217;s a great book that I strongly recommend. I&#8217;ve had a lunches with a lot of people over the past 6 months. I&#8217;m certainly no expert, but I did want to share some preparation tips that I&#8217;ve learned over the past few months:


Confirm the lunch. Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Improvement Report, 10/03/2005</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2005/10/03/personal-improvement-report-10032005/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rickcecil.com/2005/10/03/personal-improvement-report-10032005/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Been a long time since I&#8217;ve done one of these. Insert random excuse here. To my defense, though, it&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve consistently posted to my blog&#8230;

In the past three months, I&#8217;ve had quite a few ups and downs. First, I&#8217;ve actually started working with a trainer, so am exercising twice a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration: Where do you get yours?</title>
		<link>http://www.rickcecil.com/2005/10/02/inspiration-where-do-you-get-yours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rickcecil.com/2005/10/02/inspiration-where-do-you-get-yours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I just started a new job a few weeks ago. Nothing special about that, except that the company I now work for was started six years ago by two 17 year-olds. Now that&#8217;s both amazing and depressing. 

Here I am, almost 30 and have not achieved anywhere near the business success that they have. Of [...]]]></description>
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