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		<title>Groundhog Day</title>
		<link>http://sherpabusinessdevelopment.com/2009/12/groundhog-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like many business owners, this time of year is a mixed bag of regrets over what you didn&#8217;t accomplish during 2009 and renewed energy to make 2010 your best year ever.  In your dark moments, do you feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day&#8230;doomed to live the same day, with the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty of a One Page Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter&#8221; is a quotation from T.S. Eliot.  I agree that it is hard to boil down big ideas and concepts into brief statements.  But the process is so valuable.  Not only that, the output is exponentially more valuable the shorter it gets.
You can&#8217;t tack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple But Powerful Way to Stay &#8220;On Track&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t funny that so many powerful tools boil down to just a few simple concepts.  I am constantly reading books on business, leadership, self-improvement and the like.  At least for me, the most profound insights are the ones that make you go &#8220;duh &#8212; why didn&#8217;t I think of that?&#8221; 
It may sound backwards, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Set the Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get some &#8220;pushback&#8221; on this point &#8212; the idea that setting your marketing strategy should come a whole lot earlier than &#8220;step 3.&#8221;  Some of it is symantics &#8212; of course establishing a Vision for your business 1 year and 5 years down the road is a fundamental step in refining your existing business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Steps to a More Successful Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The simple question I help my clients tackle is &#8220;How do I grow my business?&#8221;  That&#8217;s a pretty big question though, you have to admit.  It&#8217;s a big question because making a REAL change can set you on a completely different path. Don&#8217;t fall into the trap of just working harder!

Any problem or challenge is SO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Champion&#8221; Mentality</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was privileged to attend a leadership summit here in Danville, CA over the weekend that drew about 1,500 people from Northern California and beyond.  The event was put on by a local job-seeker networking group, but went far beyond just a &#8220;hang-in-there&#8221; message for those caught in the middle of this economic crisis. 
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		<title>Create a &#8220;Destination&#8221; for Your Business</title>
		<link>http://sherpabusinessdevelopment.com/2009/04/create-a-destination-for-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndyM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know where you are taking your business? Have you determined a destination? Let me put it this way, if you want to go on a vacation, you first have to decide where want to end up (on the slopes in Tahoe, or sipping a tasty cocktail by the beach or pool). Only after [...]]]></description>
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