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	<description>help with your small business blogging. plus free rants about productivity.</description>
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		<title>The 4 Conditions for Small Business Survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; photo credit: Eustaquio Santimano Peter Drucker named these &#8220;four entrepreneurial activities that run in parallel&#8221; as the conditions for survival. He also called them Universal Entrepreneurial Disciplines but I think conditions for survival makes a catchier headline, don&#8217;t you? Condition 1: Organized abandonment &#8220;of products, services, processes, markets, distribution channels, and so on that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/08/the-4-conditions-for-small-business-survival/</link>
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		<title>How to Reach Your Goals: What the Research Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You might want to know this stuff. It's important.]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/08/how-to-reach-your-goals-what-the-research-says/</link>
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		<title>When Good Planning Goes Bad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: jakuza Your Plan Sucks. Here&#8217;s why. Much of your stress starts with either lack of a plan or a bad plan. Lack of a plan means that you have no (known, valid) reason to say no to requests, demands, suggestions, obligations, interruptions. You have no direction. You have not claimed your time, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/08/when-good-planning-goes-bad/</link>
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		<title>[Key Success Factor] Knowing What&#8217;s In Your Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are only two things that can possibly be standing between you and success in what you hope to accomplish, no matter what it is.]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/08/key-success-factor-knowing-whats-in-your-way/</link>
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		<title>Bare Bones Guide to Building Structures for Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[. photo credit: As counterintuitive as it sounds, I think you can innovate methodically. You can force innovation. There is a process you can follow to improve both the number and the quality of ideas you can come up with. -Kevin O&#8217;Connor Routine Routines help you to get right to the work without having to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/bare-bones-buide-to-building-structures-for-creativity/</link>
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		<title>10 Ways to Deal with Resistance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever method you use, there are three important factors to keep in mind. When you deal with external resistance, you should still be

    * encouraging creativity
    * engaging people
    * using common sense

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		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-deal-with-resistance/</link>
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		<title>The 4 Quests of Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You need to understand what you're pursuing (your quest). Understand your quest, and you can put your energy into developing that quest in a positive way. Otherwise you're left simply reacting defensively to perceived threats. ]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/the-four-quests-of-creativity/</link>
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		<title>[Key Success Factors] Have an End in Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Producing creative work, freelancing, starting and running your own business is difficult, demanding work. If you don't know why you're doing what you're doing, you're guaranteed to flounder and get frustrated and have more than your fair share of failures.]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/key-success-factors-have-an-end-in-mind/</link>
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		<title>Productivity Tip: Focus for the Flow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: DownTown Pictures For the most part, multitasking isn&#8217;t real or even possible. Why do we ask our brains to do it? It makes us feel better; when we can switch around and flit from one little task to another, we feel like we&#8217;re doing a lot even if we&#8217;re actually accomplishing less. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/productivity-tip-focus-for-the-flow/</link>
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		<title>27 Ways to Get More Done in a Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Eiti Kimura 1. Plan your day ahead of time. Put 3 &#8211; 5 big things on your schedule with blocked-out time for each one. Don&#8217;t wing it. Don&#8217;t cram it full of details. 2. Include transition time between tasks and major projects. Don&#8217;t expect yourself to switch instantly from one task or project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/05/27-ways-to-get-more-done-in-a-day/</link>
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