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		<title>Books &#8211; the best investment I ever made in myself and my future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I keep buying books at the rate I have for the last month, I&#8217;m going to have to build a new wing on the castle to hold my library. Maybe I&#8217;ll give the library at the Biltmore House a run for it&#8217;s money. (grin) When I was a computer consultant, I bought, studied, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals are stepping stones to success</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/09/19/goals-are-stepping-stones-to-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever spent much time out in the country, where there are no roads? I have. As far back as I can remember, I liked seeing what was over the next hill or around the next bend in the river. So, I used to spend a lot of time exploring. It wasn&#8217;t like I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming obstacles and living our dreams</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/07/31/overcoming-obstacles-and-living-our-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your dream? What are you doing to live it? It&#8217;s a lot easier to think about something we want to do and to imagine doing it than it is to take all the steps to plan how to achieve it and then acting on our dream to make it real. You already know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family or work &#8211; which is most important to you?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/06/26/family-or-work-which-is-most-important-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two things you should know about me, if you have any hope at all in trying to understand me. 1. I love my work. 2. I love my family. I love my work For the great majority of my life, those two things were most important to me. Instead of &#8220;I love my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is your biggest goal?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/05/11/what-is-your-biggest-goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop! Don&#8217;t tell anyone! Keep it to yourself! You don&#8217;t want to undercut your motivation to actually achieve that goal, do you? I know, most people tell you to announce your goal so that you&#8217;ll be held accountable. Research says otherwise&#8230; Derek Silvers presents research dating all the way back to the 1920s to show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What leads to success?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/05/11/what-leads-to-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 23:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all want to succeed, in one way or another. In just 3 and a half minutes &#8212; you do have less than four minutes, don&#8217;t you &#8212; Richard St. John condenses years of research and over 500 interviews into the 8 things that lead to success&#8230; Learn more about Richard St. John on TED.com.]]></description>
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		<title>If you fall, get back up and run faster!</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/04/02/if-you-fall-get-back-up-and-run-faster/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/04/02/if-you-fall-get-back-up-and-run-faster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not accomplishing your goal is not a failure, if you learn from it, change your approach, and try again. Falling is not losing, if you get back up and run as fast as you can. You fail when you quit. You succeed when you do your best. Life is full of obstacles, incidents, and accidents. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want to start an online business?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/06/29/do-you-want-to-start-an-online-business/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/06/29/do-you-want-to-start-an-online-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been posting to this blog nearly as much as I would like, and you may already know the reason. If you don&#8217;t, the short story is that I&#8217;m battling cancer and lots of days I don&#8217;t feel like doing much of anything. However, the good news is that I&#8217;m stronger than I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: How do you determine who is helpful and who is harmful?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/01/18/think-and-grow-rich-test-how-do-you-determine-who-is-helpful-and-who-is-harmful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill&#8217;s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich. There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: Is it possible that someone has a negative influence on your mind?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/01/18/think-and-grow-rich-test-is-it-possible-that-someone-has-a-negative-influence-on-your-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/01/18/think-and-grow-rich-test-is-it-possible-that-someone-has-a-negative-influence-on-your-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill&#8217;s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich. There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: Do you see any connection between your friends and some unhappiness in your life?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/12/21/think-and-grow-rich-test-do-you-see-any-connection-between-your-friends-and-some-unhappiness-in-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill&#8217;s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich. There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: What do you know about your friends?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill&#8217;s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich. There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: Do you have spiritual forces to protect you from fear?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/12/21/think-and-grow-rich-test-do-you-have-spiritual-forces-to-protect-you-from-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill&#8217;s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich. There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: Does your job inspire you?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/12/08/think-and-grow-rich-test-does-your-job-inspire-you/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/12/08/think-and-grow-rich-test-does-your-job-inspire-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill&#8217;s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich. There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich test: Do you form your own opinions?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/12/08/think-and-grow-rich-test-do-you-form-your-own-opinions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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