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		<title>How to avoid meetings where people ask to pick your brain</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[You receive a lot of requests to &#8220;pick your brain,&#8221; right? Here&#8217;s a way you might consider navigating those awkward interactions: First, let&#8217;s be honest. &#8220;Pick your brain&#8221; means &#8220;Will you give me free consulting?&#8221; It&#8217;s almost always one-sided, and you&#8217;re asked to meet for a coffee/lunch, which means you&#8217;re taking time away from your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why the closer parking spot actually costs you time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick experiment I ran, and it proves why deliberately going the long way can actually be more efficient: You&#8217;ve seen people jockeying for position in a parking lot, bypassing open spots to get marginally closer to the door. So I thought to myself, &#8220;Does it actually take more time to wait for a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The eSports industry will exceed $1B in revenue in 2019. Here&#8217;s why you should care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The eSports industry (people watching other people play video games) is estimated to exceed $1 billion in revenue in 2019, per Forbes. Why should you care? Here&#8217;s why: Regardless of what you like to watch (other people playing video games, other people playing soccer, other people playing poker), you have a distinct appreciation for those things that the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Turkish Uber driver &#8211; how lucky we are to do business in the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 11:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nothing like a 4am Uber ride to offer some perspective on how lucky we are to do business in the United States. Here are some highlights from my ride this morning. First, a note &#8211; please keep in mind these are his opinions: 1/4 of Turkey&#8217;s 80 million people live in Istanbul In Istanbul, despite [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Childlike curiosity &#8211; a lesson from Seth Godin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer X Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I exchanged emails with Seth Godin, author of 18 bestselling books, about his research process regarding human behavior, and here was his reply verbatim &#8211; &#8212; thanks Spencer I notice things saw the line wondered asked. &#8212; A little backstory: after hearing Seth&#8217;s interview on the Tim Ferriss podcast, I asked him specifically about a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Millennials and Gen Zs &#8211; why you should have faith in our future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I now employ both a Millennial and a Gen Z. I&#8217;m flabbergasted I&#8217;ve never, ever heard this phrase come out of either of their mouths: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to do that.&#8221; I&#8217;m 42. When I was a kid and wanted to learn something, I had two options: 1.) Find someone who knew what I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I HAVE to go to work vs I GET to go to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a phrase I&#8217;m striving to eliminate from my vocabulary &#8211; &#8220;I have to&#8230;&#8221; This occured to me recently in speaking to my children. I used to say things like the following, whether to the kids, peers, or colleagues: &#8220;I have to go to work.&#8221; &#8220;I have to go to a meeting.&#8221; &#8220;I have to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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