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	<title>Tom Leu &#187; purpose</title>
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	<description>&#34;seeing things&#34; ... perspectives on music, marketing, &#38; motivation</description>
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		<title>&#8220;When I Grow Up&#8221; #7</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/when-i-grow-up-cwt7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Conversations with Tom"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivation/Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perception]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what do you want to be when you grow up?
I have no idea.
No idea? Really? 
I used to think I knew, but I didn’t, and still don’t think I do. Not exactly.
I find that hard to believe.
Why’s that?
Because you’re always so busy with so many projects, and you appear so focused and seem to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>willing AND able?</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/willing-and-able/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willingness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The question is often asked&#8230; &#8220;are you willing and able?&#8221;
It&#8217;s usually posed as a single question, when in fact, there are two very distinct things at play here. Willingness and ability are not the same thing of course, though we&#8217;re often led to believe they should be.
Just because you can doesn&#8217;t mean you should.
And just because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>go your own way</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/go-your-own-way/</link>
		<comments>http://tomleu.com/blog/go-your-own-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio/Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destiny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fleetwood mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malcolm gladwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point, Outliers) discussing the band Fleetwood Mac&#8217;s story as an illustration of the often very long time it takes to truly become great at something. The video&#8217;s comment below prompted my writing that follows: (gotta love Mal&#8217;s hair&#8230;)


&#8220;I don&#8217;t doubt he is correct about the time it takes to achieve greatness. To me this isn&#8217;t a big breakthrough. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>opposition confirms progress</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/opposition-confirms-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://tomleu.com/blog/opposition-confirms-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obstacles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When a car zooms by you while you&#8217;re out driving what often pops into your mind?  Maybe something like: &#8220;That person&#8217;s crazy &#8211; look at how fast they&#8217;re going - who do they think they are?&#8221;  On the other hand, the slow car gets the &#8220;what&#8217;s wrong with that guy &#8211; he&#8217;s hardly moving - what&#8217;s his problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>living on purpose</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/living-on-purpose/</link>
		<comments>http://tomleu.com/blog/living-on-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The secret of success is constancy of purpose.&#8221; &#8211; Benjamin Disraeli
A lot of people live life on accident instead of on purpose. In other words, we are reactive more than we are proactive. We are responding to life rather than creating it.
Living on purpose means to have, at least generally, an idea of where you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the suite oblivion</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/the-suite-oblivion/</link>
		<comments>http://tomleu.com/blog/the-suite-oblivion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suite oblivion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;suite oblivion&#8221; is a metaphorical place or a state-of-mind that most of us go to and reside in at various times in our lives. Oblivion is defined as the state of being disregarded or forgotten; total forgetfulness. Simply put, we often &#8220;forget&#8221; who we are and why we are really here. We then digress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the ultimate gift</title>
		<link>http://tomleu.com/blog/the-ultimate-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://tomleu.com/blog/the-ultimate-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Leu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pressure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selflessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tunnel vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We tend to get tunnel vision when we&#8217;re only thinking about ourselves. The big picture becomes impossible to see.
Things eventually get real small and the pressure goes up.
Ironically, it&#8217;s through service &#8211; the efforts that bring forth a greater good, the energy that positively affects others &#8211; that the self&#8217;s needs truly get met.
As life&#8217;s possibilities [...]]]></description>
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