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		<title>YOU ROCK!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Instead of wishing your friend good luck, how about telling them &#8220;YOU ROCK&#8221; As I see it, luck has nothing to do with whether you make it or not &#8230; it&#8217;s all YOU! Do your best at any given point in time, and you have nothing to worry about; simply because, you can&#8217;t do more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=119&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you disciplined for greatness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Chimp Paradox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think we have all the time in the world to do anything we set out minds on doing! The key word in that sentence is not &#8220;time&#8221; but in fact it&#8217;s the word &#8220;set&#8221;! From my experience, devising a plan is easy, seeing it through is the difficult part &#8230; we tend to sabotage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=115&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chimps vs. Humans</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/08/24/chimps-vs-humans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chimp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chimpanzee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-actualization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chimps act on instinct; and their basic instinct is survival. Even though we share 99% of our DNA with Chimps, there is an element that clearly sets us (humans) apart from Chimps &#8211; purpose! We each have a unique purpose in our lives that needs to be fulfilled for self-actualization. If you let life pass you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=108&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Want to Be a Kid Again</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/08/19/i-want-to-be-a-kid-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid superpowers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m not have a midlife crisis &#8230; besides, I&#8217;m not that old yet &#8230; but YES, I want to be a kid again! I&#8217;ve always been very proud of my age; in fact, I always flaunted it because 1) I&#8217;ve achieved quite a lot in such a young age be it professionally or academically, and 2) I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=104&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;That Ship Has Sailed&#8221; &#8230; or has it!</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/08/18/that_ship_has_sailed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GGSB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life coaching]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pekka Rautala]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always wished I were &#8230; a painter a singer an architect a doctor a chef an actor &#8230;. but it&#8217;s too late now, that ship has sailed a long time ago &#8230; I&#8217;m not as young as I used to be, I have responsibilities and obligations, I have a family to take care of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=93&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taboo Buster &#8211; Self-Help Books</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/07/10/taboo-buster-self-help-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monk Who Sold His Ferrari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robin Sharma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Virgin Megastores the other day browsing the new books &#8230; I noticed two young men, in their early twenties. One was browsing the business section, and if my memory serves me, he had one of Jack Welch&#8216;s books in hand and was very excited. The other was standing at a safe distance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=87&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emptying Your Cup First</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/07/09/emptying-your-cup-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always run into people that want to change the course of their life &#8230; they want to become better husbands and wives, better bosses and employees, better children to their parents, better friends, simply better individuals! Willingness is certainly the first step towards that goal of becoming a better you! Ironically, most of us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=83&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The more I learn, the less I lie!</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/06/21/the-more-i-learn-the-less-i-lie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[knowledge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started reading &#8220;Tuesday&#8217;s with Morrie&#8221; by Mitch Albom &#8211; I&#8217;m only half way through the book but I&#8217;m telling you it&#8217;s a must read, if you haven&#8217;t done so already. It&#8217;s one of those life changing books &#8230; Or let&#8217;s just call it a &#8220;life searching&#8221; book, and I owe thanks to my beloved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=72&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I love LIFE</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/06/19/i-love-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I love LIFE&#8221; &#8230; that&#8217;s what I wake up thinking every single day! I think very few of us actually realize how fortunate we are to have &#8220;today&#8221; &#8211; how lucky we are to be alive! Sure I have my bad days, but who doesn&#8217;t &#8230; and frankly, so what! I love LIFE because I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=68&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Superhero Needed</title>
		<link>http://johnzthoughts.com/2012/06/18/superhero-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antonios</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avengers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could understand why spiderman would be my idol at the age of ten, but how come movies like Captain America, the Avengers and the like still appeal to me as an adult? I believe that rooted inside of us is the notion of the good that stands victorious over evil; superheros, like superman, batman, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnzthoughts.com&#038;blog=36538603&#038;post=64&#038;subd=johnzthoughts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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