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		<title>Men Without Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>This week&#8217;s book review is Men Without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt Eberstadt defines a problem in the US that has so far remained invisible to the public: There are literally tens of millions of able-bodied American men who have left the US workforce and are not even trying to participate. He goes into great detail [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week&#8217;s book review is Men Without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt Eberstadt defines a problem in the US that has so far remained invisible to the public: There are literally tens of millions of able-bodied American men who have left the US workforce and are not even trying to participate. He goes into great detail [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>What Are The 5 Most Dangerous Words In Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="199" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-300x199.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-1030x685.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-705x469.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-450x299.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;That is not my problem.&#8221; If anyone in your business responds to a coworker or to a customer with &#8220;that is not my problem…&#8221;, your business is in serious trouble! These five words signal a dangerous situation where that employee is totally disengaged from the business and does not care about it, their coworkers, the [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="199" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-300x199.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-1030x685.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-705x469.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous-450x299.jpg 450w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dangerous.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;That is not my problem.&#8221; If anyone in your business responds to a coworker or to a customer with &#8220;that is not my problem…&#8221;, your business is in serious trouble! These five words signal a dangerous situation where that employee is totally disengaged from the business and does not care about it, their coworkers, the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Is Your Main Thing Really Your Main Thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birkman]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-705x470.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-450x300.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.&#8221;  Stephen Covey &#160; What is your &#8220;main thing&#8221;? What is it that you do so well that people are willing to pay you for it? If you are not doing your main thing, or what you do best every day, chances are you are [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-705x470.jpg 705w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MainThing-450x300.jpg 450w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>&#8220;The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.&#8221;  Stephen Covey &#160; What is your &#8220;main thing&#8221;? What is it that you do so well that people are willing to pay you for it? If you are not doing your main thing, or what you do best every day, chances are you are [&#8230;]</p>
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