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		<title>Fairy Tales</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2010/06/06/fairy-tales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a fairy tale entitled: “I’m The Perfect Leader” and then I realized it was just a fairy tale.
Then I read another one, “I’m the Perfect Speaker” and then I realized it was just a fairy tale.
The next, “I’m The Perfect Husband” and you guessed it – it was a fairy tale.
Tried one more: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Twelve-Step Program</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2010/05/25/the-other-twelve-step-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pork industry has done a good job in their marketing of pork.  It’s the other white meat! I’d like to suggest the Other Twelve-Step Program but this one is for people building skills.
1. Treat people with respect.  Treat others as you wish to be treated.
2. Don’t believe anything you hear, okay, don’t believe 98% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remodel Your Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2010/01/19/remodel-your-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Kay Ash said it best when she said, “If you think you can’t, you’re right!”  Dale Carnegie said, “Remember happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have: it depends solely upon what you think.”  And Shakespeare said it this way, “Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To WIN in 2010!</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2010/01/02/how-to-win-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2010/01/02/how-to-win-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone likes to win.  In fact, some people will do anything to win.  If you want to win in 2010, I’d like to suggest these thoughts:
1.    It’s more important to be respectful, than to be right.
2.    There are three sides to every issue: side A, side B, and the truth.  Always focus on the truth.
3.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Plan For This Holiday Season</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2009/11/24/my-plan-for-this-holiday-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my plan for this season:  Rather than trying to have a good Thanksgiving and Christmas, I&#8217;m going to make sure that everyone around me has one. My plan is to quietly live out my deep gratitude for life, family, faith, friends, and show it like I’ve never shown it before.
To Earl, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enthusiasm – A Choice and A Key To Life</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2009/09/03/enthusiasm-%e2%80%93-a-choice-and-a-key-to-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norman Vincent Peale said, “If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm.  Life does give back in kind.”  Henry David Thoreau said, “None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”  Steve Siemens says, “When you stop looking for a rose, you will seldom find one.  When you stop looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHINE IN 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2009/01/09/shine-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[positive living]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the news&#8230;read the newspaper&#8230;go to coffee with friends and you find yourself being surrounded with negativism, questioning, doubts, and fears.  People have lost their perspectives about some issues and have unrealistic expectations.
We are living in tough times.  There are uncertainties and instability in many areas of our lives.  Yet, rough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAYS TO TREAT YOURSELF AND OTHERS!</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2008/11/28/ways-to-treat-yourself-and-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2008/11/28/ways-to-treat-yourself-and-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop All Criticism
Criticism never changes a thing. It leads to defensiveness, non-listening, no problem solving, and disaster. Refuse to criticize yourself and others. Accept yourself exactly as you are. Do the same for others. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself, your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive. The same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lose the &#8220;Buts&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2007/12/14/lose-the-buts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2007/12/14/lose-the-buts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That’s a good idea, but&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;That&#8217;s an interesting thought, but&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Your report was fine, but&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;I should spend more time with my family, but&#8230;&#8221; Have you heard any of these statements before? Maybe you were the person saying them. Either way, the but in each phrase causes a problem because it cancels out the good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THREE THINGS IN LIFE. . .</title>
		<link>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2007/11/12/three-things-in-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepeoplebuilder.com/blog/2007/11/12/three-things-in-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three things in life that, once gone, never come back:
Time
Words
Opportunity
Three things in life that may never be lost:
Peace
Hope
Honesty
Three things in life that are most valuable:
Love
Self-confidence
Friends
Three things in life that are never certain:
Dreams
Success
Fortune
Three things that make a man/woman:
Hard work
Sincerity
Commitment
Three things in life that can destroy a man/woman:
Alcohol
Pride
Anger
If I had the ability to rub a bottle and [...]]]></description>
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