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	<title>Slow Leadership &#187; Balance</title>
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		<title>A Question of Patience</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/a-question-of-patience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There’s plenty of evidence impatience causes us to spend inordinate amounts of time and energy repairing, re-working and re-doing what we did when we were impatient,” Peter Vajda writes. “Sadly, we live in a culture of ‘hurry up’. We act as if delay spells d-e-a-t-h. Why not try the alternative?”]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with your anger</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/dealing-with-your-anger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/dealing-with-your-anger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=4092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Whenever we give in to anger, we misuse our ‘fire energy’ to ignite anger in place of courageous action,” writes Peter Vajda. “In place of strength and power, we are caught up in fear and bitterness. All that energy goes within, until we burn out.”]]></description>
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		<title>Yin, Yang and Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/yin-yang-and-creativity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/yin-yang-and-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Better Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The creative renewal of systems and processes is essential to any organization, just as innovation of products and services is the way to create a new, and hopefully better, future. But creativity has a down side too. Creativity and consistency are equally essential. Flipping from one to the other can only create doubt and uncertainty.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Joy of Saying &#8216;No&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/the-joy-of-saying-no/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/the-joy-of-saying-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere in our past, saying “no” has become ‘not the thing to do’, writes Karen Senteio. What most folks are missing is their boundaries—their ‘line in the sand’. But over-committing is not a core competency. It’s an aggressive oppressor that needs managing. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Antidotes to Envy</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/02/antidotes-to-envy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/02/antidotes-to-envy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=2574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Vajda takes a long, hard look at envy and the negative effects it has on people's lives; then suggests antidotes to help you let go of the dead weight envy lays on your future potential.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Unholy Trio</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/02/the-unholy-trio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/02/the-unholy-trio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=2412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent events have focused us all on the problems of greed and the obsession with grabbing and getting. But what about  all the aspects of life we don't like? Many people are just as obsessed with trying to control everything to avoid what they fear. Aversion can be as destructive of happiness as any greed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Perfectionism is the enemy</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/01/perfectionism-is-the-enemy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/01/perfectionism-is-the-enemy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-preservation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=2137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Making ideas into life, career or business goals, purely because you can envisage them in your mind, is likely going to set you up to fail.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Importance of NOT Doing Something All the Time</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/12/the-importance-of-not-doing-something-all-the-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/12/the-importance-of-not-doing-something-all-the-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=2035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people feel so uneasy if they’re not busy that they fill their time with ‘make work’ and things they would be far better off NOT doing. Even more want to fill every silence with chatter and sound. Yet silence and empty space are wonderful and necessary gifts. There's no need to fill them with anything.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Making Your Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/12/making-your-mark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/12/making-your-mark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business Ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=1904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What kind of mark are you leaving behind you as you push ahead? If you’re acting like a typical macho manager, intent on short-term profits and quick returns for shareholders, you’ll likely be thrusting your way through your environment using a combination of high velocity, fierce determination and brute force. What kind of wake will that leave behind you?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Use Balance to Help Overcome Your Fears</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/use-balance-to-help-overcome-your-fears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/use-balance-to-help-overcome-your-fears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=1848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When your attachment to anything, however benign in itself, becomes too powerful, it increases the chance that a corresponding fear will corrode your life and destroy your relationships from within. Understanding this can help you stay balanced and avoid destroying your chances of getting the very things you value most.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Facing Challenging Times</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/facing-challenging-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/facing-challenging-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=1827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Vajda offers thoughts on worry and how to deal with it. Do worry and fear control much of your thinking and activity? The way to eliminate worry and move past fear is not to resist it or try to think your way out of it. Worrying and being fearful is a choice. Releasing fear and worry is also a choice. If you can do the one, you can do the other.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Pitfalls of Emotional Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/the-pitfalls-of-emotional-reasoning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/the-pitfalls-of-emotional-reasoning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=1815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many joys in the journey through life, but plenty of pitfalls too. Sometimes the most difficult blockages to overcome are the ones inside your own head. The way you think, and what you tell yourself about events and people, can stop you cold on the journey towards happiness. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do You Put Up With Living in More-or-Less Comfortable Misery?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/do-you-put-up-with-living-in-more-or-less-comfortable-misery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/do-you-put-up-with-living-in-more-or-less-comfortable-misery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Simosko</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=1758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nina Simosko says no one should allow themselves to fall prey to comfortable misery. Not only does doing so make for many unhappy days in your own job and life, it serves no productive purpose for your company either. Change your thinking about what satisfies you. Don't settle for what is mediocre, however comfortable it seems to be.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Are My Options?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/what-are-my-options/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/what-are-my-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=1732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ If you want to transform your life, the first step is to re-establish conscious choice in place of all those automatic, habitual decisions. This will give you back your ability to find fresh options to replace worn out habits; permanently increase your opportunities to learn; and free you from repeating past mistakes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>How To Gain Insight</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/how-to-gain-insight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/11/how-to-gain-insight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Vajda tells you how to ‘tune in’ to greater creativity and understanding and create the condition needed to gain the insights you may have been seeking. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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