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		<title>Why Your New Years Resolutions Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re well into January, and I&#8217;m guessing that by now you&#8217;ve already begun abandoning your well thought out and well intentioned New Years resolutions. And they were well intentioned, weren&#8217;t they? That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s so much easier to be optimistic when you&#8217;re looking at the new year through the rosy vapors of last night&#8217;s champagne. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Questions to Ask After a &#8220;Failure&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent blog article, I made the observation that too many of the big decisions we make in life are predicated on the avoidance of failure rather than on the achievement of success. In other words, we make too many &#8220;safe&#8221; decisions because we&#8217;re afraid of what might happen if we fail. I encouraged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Failure vs. Achieving Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spend far too much time trying to avoid failure. It drives many (maybe even most) of our decisions—at least the bigger ones. &#8220;What if I fail?&#8221; &#8220;What if this doesn&#8217;t work?&#8221; &#8220;What if I get embarrassed?&#8221; &#8220;What if I get sued?&#8221; Sure, these questions—and others like them—need to be taken into consideration. But all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Success Lesson from Paul McCartney</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the good fortune to meet Paul McCartney a few times. And I say &#8220;good fortune&#8221; not just because it&#8217;s cool meeting famous people; I say &#8220;good fortune&#8221; because of the lesson I learned—and re-learned—from this guy (who, as a refresher to our younger readers, was one of the Beatles). Think about this: Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You a Worker Bee or a Wannabe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently talking to a fellow speaker about marketing. She was complaining (whining, really) because she had to put together a new marketing campaign for her services, and she wasn&#8217;t enjoying the process. She said she didn&#8217;t want to do any marketing. I asked her what she did want, and she said: &#8220;I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A TV Producer&#8217;s 3 Questions for a Successful Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often ask me, &#8220;Bill, what&#8217;s the secret to a successful life?&#8221; Okay, that&#8217;s a lie. People almost never ask me that. But, given that I&#8217;m a multiple Emmy Award winning TV producer, they do occasionally ask me what the secret is to being a successful producer. And you know what? It turns out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Teacher&#8217;s Million Dollar Lesson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent convention where I was speaking, I ran into my good friend and science wizard Steve Spangler. As always, I was astounded by just how successful this guy is. He runs a multi-million dollar company, he&#8217;s an Emmy winner, and he&#8217;s appeared numerous times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. And if you ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Irritating Person You Need on Your Team</title>
		<link>http://ovationconsulting.com/blog/the-irritating-person-you-need-on-your-team</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Rohn once said, &#8220;You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.&#8221; While there are certainly exceptions to this axiom, there&#8217;s enough truth in it that it might behoove us to pay attention. And by &#8220;pay attention&#8221; I mean &#8220;pay attention to just whom we&#8217;re hanging around with.&#8221; Let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Change the World (in one easy step)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Emmy Effect: Developing & Leading Creative Talent & Teams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the privilege of delivering the opening keynote address at the annual convention of Mensa. This can be a little intimidating, because the sole requirement for membership in Mensa is that you be a genius (in the top 2% of IQ). Granted, I&#8217;m a member, but I&#8217;m pretty sure I got in under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Will Your Business Hold Up 50 Years From Now?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Stainton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad is turning 91 today. He never planned to be around this long. Both of his parents died young (his father, my grandfather, died at age 42), so he just kind of assumed that he would too. But here he is, nearly 50 years later, still chugging along. Most of us don&#8217;t plan to [...]]]></description>
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