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		<title>America on the Precipice: The 3rd Quarter of 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not an economist, but I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re getting out of this long, dark, tunnel yet. Frankly, I feel that with October all economic indicators will sink again. What are some economists saying? Double-dip recession. We are telling ourselves that a depression isn&#8217;t possible, but I think that the discomfort felt by the shrinking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=160</link>
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		<title>Work Matters / Career Choices: I&#8217;ve Made Up My Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I take too long to think about things, but that&#8217;s the nature of how I work it out. I was going to head into the medical field, like nursing, medical research, or clinical trials, but I realized I cannot stand the smell of sick people. I know that sounds offensive, but my olfactory senses are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=153</link>
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		<title>The Pursuit of Financial Purpose: Sometimes You Cannot Have It All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America is a country that is mostly, if not only, about money. If you do not heed this lesson, you will greatly suffer the consequences. There is no emotional or spiritual purity in poverty. It&#8217;s a fool&#8217;s bet. Education alone does not create access to money. It may point you in the right direction, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=145</link>
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		<title>Business: Fulfilling a Need or Creating a Want?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think the hardest aspects of a business are deciding whether to answer a need, such as food, shelter and clothing, or creating a want for something people don&#8217;t necessarily need bottled water (if you already have clean, filtered tap water), gym membership, nail salons and the like. Now, people will say the gym and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=128</link>
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		<title>Money: Extra Income</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like money. I am unabashed about my appreciation for it. However, I lack the stereotypical cutthroat ruthless drive for it. Some people feel it&#8217;s necessary to step on others and damage people to make a living. I don&#8217;t feel that&#8217;s required. Business-like should mean honest, respectful, reliable, and professional, not a grudge match that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=118</link>
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		<title>Self-Improvement: The Law of Attraction and P90X</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the latest in self-improvement material, along with the latest exercise routine called XP90 or is it P90X? The naming convention makes me think of a video game, or the latest microprocessor chip. Law of Attraction I&#8217;ve watched a few clips on YouTube about this. From my understanding, this all started with a movie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=114</link>
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		<title>Surrendering to the Boredom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve discovered that I&#8217;m lazy, but I&#8217;m not bothered by it. I haven&#8217;t always been lazy, but lately nothing matters to me. It&#8217;s a strange mindset to find myself in. It&#8217;s unusual. When something needed to get done, I&#8217;d get it done. Now-a-days, if I&#8217;ve decided nothing has any urgency, I&#8217;m doing nothing about it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=111</link>
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		<title>Why Job References Are Stupid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Testimonials are important. It has the same value as an actor or athelete endorsing a product s/he never used or ever will use. But we buy the soap, the crapsh*t product, anyway, right? Considering how much gets outsourced: What&#8217;s to stop this trend from becoming a provider of  job references? They do everything else &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=107</link>
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		<title>Knocking Down the House to Avoid Foreclosure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A news story a couple of weeks ago caught my eye. A man knocked &#8220;his&#8221; house down in order to prevent the bank(s) from foreclosing on it. The news media treated this story as though the man did something extraordinary. The news made it seem as though the &#8220;home owner&#8221; won an epic battle with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=103</link>
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		<title>Society Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American moto: &#8220;We are your good buddy, only when we want your money.&#8221; I cannot stand phony fake-friendly salespeople. I don&#8217;t need you to be my best friend. Respect and honesty about your product or service is all I require.]]></description>
		<link>http://theworkingroom.com/?p=97</link>
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