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		<title>The Seven Lemons of Leadership – Episode Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first lemon of leadership is NO GOAL/NO SCORE. In this episode we explore why goals are critical to leadership success and present a simple and effective way to approach goal-setting. NB: the price of the lunch box was terribly overstated! One could custom order the lunch boxes for less than $0.50 a piece, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Leadership Is A Picnic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brilliance Activator blog is all about teamwork, creativity and leadership. On Saturday, I had the chance to experience those rather than merely post about them. Sly James is the new mayor of Kansas City. Instead of holding an inaugural ball, he held an inaugural picnic for city workers and residents! Here&#8217;s what the mayor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Team&#8217;s Past: is it burdensome baggage or a ticket to travel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re the new leader of a team &#8220;with a history&#8221; (or if you&#8217;ve been leading such a team since it formed), the question is: Is the team&#8217;s past &#8220;burdensome baggage&#8221; or a &#8220;ticket to travel&#8221;? My good friend and colleague John Schuster has just released a new book called The Power of Your Past: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Leaders Lose Their Luster And 3 Ways To Get It Back</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/3-ways-to-add-luster-to-your-leadershi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I pulled a black coffee mug out of my dishwasher and noticed massive white streaks down the sides of the mug. Hard to miss. I then looked at the flatware, dishes and glasses and noticed that they had lost their luster. Although the white streaks on the mug immediately caught my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mare Crismis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother-in-law, his wife and family stayed at The Idea Loft during the Thanksgiving Holiday. I made sure there were art paper and markers available to keep the children occupied during their stay. After they left, I noticed this piece amidst the many drawings their three daughters produced–– This is a brilliant drawing. Brilliant because: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Minded Visionary Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/community-minded-visionary-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Stuart McCaig, of Oban Scotland, is a fine example of what it means to be community minded, a visionary leader and a Brilliance Activator.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be a Nowhere Man</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/dont-be-a-nowhere-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliant Blogger Jan Harness produced yet another interesting post yesterday–Creativity Tips: Forget Your Phone. She wrote about how she had forgotten her cell phone and that allowed her &#8220;multi-tasking brain&#8221; to breathe a sigh of relief. She then mentioned that once-upon-a-time, in the days before cell phones and mobile phones, many homes had but a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliance is Focused, part two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 22:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Sullivan heads an organization called The Strategic Coach. His organization helps business owners better run their companies and their lives. Several years ago I attended an extensive Strategic Coach program and one of the best take-aways was a simple method for discovering unique ability. Since brilliance happens when we express our unique ability–this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliance is Focused, part one</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/brilliance-is-focused-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/brilliance-is-focused-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliance happens when we express our unique ability. That means two things: we have to know what our unique ability is and we have to apply it. More often than not, brilliance brings value into the lives of others but it is not dependent upon the approval of others. The March 26th, 2010 edition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy Duty</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/heavy-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the title of a recent article by Natalie Angier in The New York Times: &#8220;Abstract Thoughts? The Body Takes Them Literally.&#8221; The point of the article is this – we embody, we incorporate, we flesh-out the abstractions we think about. As the French philosopher Merleau-Ponty put it: we are our bodies. When people are [...]]]></description>
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