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				<title><![CDATA[A good thought: strategic planni]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[A good thought: strategic planning...
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I`d have to agree the 12-hr/7day]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I`d have to agree the 12-hr/7day work schedule will eventually lead to burn-out and an eventual mis-use of your time and talents.Starting, managing, and running your business is about figuring out how to optimize your use of time.&nbsp; So ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[One lesson I`ve learned: don`t p]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[One lesson I`ve learned: don`t pay for any service entirely up front, even if the service provider was recommended by somebody you trust. It took me two undesirable experiences before I learned this lesson.
Even if the vendor is&nbsp;a trustwort]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[This is an interesting thread. W]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting thread. Waiting to see more experience here :).
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Structure`s good. I support it. ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Structure`s good. I support it. :-D Right now I organize everything for
a realtor, and believe me, when there`s no structure....ya kinda
notice.&nbsp;
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Regarding the working and never ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Regarding the working and never stopping...
For me, the only structure I have is that I create. Without structure, I tend to ping-pong between work too much or not working-focusing enough. A few years ago, I created a "vacation log." I use it to]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I agree with ElidS.&nbsp; We los]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I agree with ElidS.&nbsp; We lost $100,000 because our attorney failed to put that a contract for the sale of our business was NOT transferrable.&nbsp; The original owner bailed on us for a better opportunity and sold the business to his employee and as]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Make sure you get EVERYTHING in ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Make sure you get EVERYTHING in writing, before anything happens. I dealt with a company that was supposed to do from A to Z, we had verbally agreed to that, but the agreement we signed covered from A to X. Since I failed to notice that Y and Z wer]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[That`s another hard lesson, ever]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[That`s another hard lesson, everyone seems to run into, but not so many people actually learn:
Life isn`t fair. 


:-)

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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 1:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[What a great thread. The most im]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[What a great thread. The most important lesson I`ve learned wasn`t learned the hard way — thankfully — but instead was learned through working with a client. I work with several nonprofits and this particular organization always shows their gratitude ([...]]]></description>
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