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		<title>It&#8217;s Time to Choose&#8230;Our Silence is Deafening</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For too long, we’ve been silent.  Our “silence is consent.”   It is time to stand.  And it is time to choose.  We have allowed the biblical values and founding principles of our nation to slowly slip away.  The sound of apathy is deafening.   But the drum beat of freedom calls us to move.  It’s time, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=485&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Issue of Motivation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this month’s issue of Entrepreneur magazine, a business owner wrote in and stated, “I’ve been totally ground down by 2009.  How can I get my motivation back?” While this seems like a straightforward – enough question, especially in light of how businesses have battled the recent economic downturn, I couldn’t help but think of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=475&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drive-By Conversations</title>
		<link>http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/drive-by-conversations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I ran across an interesting article in Entrepreneur magazine:  &#8220;How Twitter is Revolutionizing Business 140 Characters at a time&#8221;.  What a concept.  Now, instead of &#8220;courting&#8221; our clients over lunch or dinner, we aim to never waste more than 14 0 characters (spaces included) to get our message across.  Instead of sit down conversations, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=471&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They Just Quit!</title>
		<link>http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/they-just-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long spoken about generational differences within America&#8217;s workforce and the challenges &#8211; as well as the opportunities &#8211; a multi-generational workforce presents.   In this month&#8217;s Inc. Magazine, Penelope Trunk answered this question, &#8220;How can you tell if a member of Gen Y hates his or her boss?&#8221;  This was her response: &#8220;You can&#8217;t.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=465&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Your Favorite Chef?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/?p=457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I stumble across those &#8220;cooking shows&#8221; on television&#8230; the ones where a professional chef brings you into their kitchen and invites you to  cook a great meal with them &#8211; virtually, of course.  They show you the ingredients, and walk you through the recipe.  But most of all, I am struck with their passion for the dish&#8230; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=457&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The RIGHT Strengths</title>
		<link>http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-right-strengths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many management and leadership gurus are encouraging people to operate within their core strengths.  But, have you ever doubted whether your &#8220;sovereign foundation&#8221; included the RIGHT strengths to advance your career or your business? Just the other day, a colleague was telling me about her highschool friend who grew up in a home with a very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=427&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Marriage &#8220;Happens&#8221; After the Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I left for Canada yesterday to meet with the Leadership of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Halifax, Nova Scotia.   Even though it required Lea to wake up before 4:30 AM to bring me to the airport, that&#8217;s exactly what she did.  I joke that we&#8217;ve been happily married for 15 years, and 15 out of 22 ain&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=420&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Reinvent in a Dying Industry</title>
		<link>http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/a-dying-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I once read a very astute marketing consultant&#8217;s opinion of the newspaper industry.  He concluded that it was a &#8220;dying industry&#8221; and commented that &#8220;not since the town crier delivered the news&#8221; had he seen an industry truly facing extinction.  I agree that the industry is facing extinction&#8230; but ONLY if they don&#8217;t do something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=398&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tougher Than The Times, Archive, Rolfe Carawan, Leadership, Keynote Speaker</title>
		<link>http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/tougher-than-the-times-archive-rolfe-carawan-leadership-keynote-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Actually, they were thinking of ME!</title>
		<link>http://rolfecarawan.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/actually-they-were-thinking-of-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carawanglobal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are “TiVo-ing” your favorite shows and skipping the commercials, you may be saving TIME, but losing a lot of opportunities to LEARN (and see me running across the screen during Monday Night Football!  Well, actually, I was in a Ford commercial that played during the game, but I digress…) Commercials (and print  or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolfecarawan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3164940&amp;post=382&amp;subd=rolfecarawan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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