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		<title>5 Minute Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oatmeal: How to Get 5 Million People to Read Your Website

One of the things professionals and small business owners always struggle at is finding ways to get their message or ideas across to the masses. Mentors are always telling us to network, to meet new people, to stand out, but how do we do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve jobs, co-founder of Apple just passed away a couple of hours ago. He&#8217;s the epitome of a true Top Contributor, and one of the most creative and successful business men in this country. I&#8217;d like to remember him by posting his famous speech at Standford University: &#8216;You&#8217;ve got to find what you love.&#8217; It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Day &#8211; Write it down on your Toilet Paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideas come when you least expect them, but there’s no reason to be unprepared when your light bulb goes on. People always say that their best ideas come to them when they are sitting on the toilet. Feel free to confess; we all do.   I don’t know if it’s because your body is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10,000 Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheTopContributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was watching The Latino List on HBO, where multiple successful and famous Latinos, such as Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, were talking about how they made it.
One comment especially made an impression on me, and that was how John Leguizamo says he encourages his kids to achieve their dreams. He tells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Unemployment to Startup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheTopContributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, being a Top Contributor is not about climbing the corporate ladder, it can also be about building your own company and making it to the top there. Yes, it will be 1000 times more difficult. You will have to work insane hours at first, and there will be millions of obstacles in your way, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Day &#8211; Being Somebody</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a saying that says, “When I was a kid I dreamed of being somebody. Now, that I’m an adult, I wish I would have been more specific.”
This might sound very funny, but it’s actually very true. Your goals should always be specific. For example, if you want to lose weight, your goal should not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should companies prohibit office romance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheTopContributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dating coworker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Office Depot was in the news today for firing an executive who had, what they called, an “improper relationship” with a coworker. They said “the company has a zero tolerance policy in this regard.&#8221;
It’s common knowledge that if you date a coworker and something goes wrong, it just doesn’t go wrong; it goes horribly wrong! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Thinking Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheTopContributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negative thoughts and negative self-talk can be our enemies at work. All that energy you use to put yourself down will simply diminish your chances to achieve your goals. If you catch yourself frequently saying things, such as:
-	I’ll never finish this project on time.
-	I’m so stupid. My boss will never take me seriously.
-	I’m just not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PNC Ballpark in Pittsburgh</title>
		<link>http://thetopcontributor.com/TopC/leizure/sports-and-outdoors/pnc-ballpark-in-pittsburgh/</link>
		<comments>http://thetopcontributor.com/TopC/leizure/sports-and-outdoors/pnc-ballpark-in-pittsburgh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheTopContributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports and outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of being successful at your job is being stress free, and playing sports or just being outdoors can really help with that. Of course, the next best thing to playing sports is watching professionals play live. 

If you happen to be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on business or just visiting and have some free time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulletproof your job</title>
		<link>http://thetopcontributor.com/TopC/expanding-horizons/books-to-read/bulletproof-your-job/</link>
		<comments>http://thetopcontributor.com/TopC/expanding-horizons/books-to-read/bulletproof-your-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheTopContributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books to Read]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulletproof your job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This book offers four simple strategies to be successful at work and protect you against layoffs. 
In a nutshell, this book encourages you to:
- Be Visible: Out of sight, out of mind, out of a job. If your superiors do not know you and don’t know what you are doing, then you’ll be the first [...]]]></description>
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