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		<title>Why are you settling for mediocre?</title>
		<link>http://www.bobholdsworth.com/2011/12/why-are-you-settling-for-mediocre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this there are 16 days left in 2011. How was your year? For me it&#8217;s been a very trying year, both business and personal challenges have reared their ugly heads this year and both have been faced and brought under control&#8230; thankfully. All around me I&#8217;ve been listening to the media, other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas 2011 &#8212; Birth of a New Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support your local Entrepreneur!! This is a reprint of something a reader sent to me that I think is a GREAT idea that we should all adopt.  I&#8217;m in&#8230;who&#8217;s with me? As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want time freedom? Eliminate anything that steals time and doesn&#8217;t add profit to your business!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the world has exactly the same numbers to work with, 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week and 8,736 hours in a year. Interestingly that even though we all start out on equal footing, a few will use their time in ways that advance their careers, improve their personal relationships, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifetime value of a client, customer service and&#8230;sunglasses.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every business owner should be able to answer a simple question about their client list&#8230;what is the average lifetime value of a typical client? If you&#8217;re not sure what I mean, let me give you a brief overview. Anytime you spend marketing money to land a new client in your business you expect that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;They do it too&#8230;&#8221; (not a valid excuse)</title>
		<link>http://www.bobholdsworth.com/2010/12/they-do-it-too-not-a-valid-excuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading a very silly sports article about the whole NY Jets tripping &#8216;scandal&#8217;&#8230;what?! A New York Jets coach blatantly tripped a Miami player the other day, he was fined $25,000 and suspended for the remainder of the season. Crime &#8211; punishment&#8230;no scandal. The issue that I have with the whole event is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burning the Koran &#8211; An example of bad marketing and bad citizenship.</title>
		<link>http://www.bobholdsworth.com/2010/09/burning-the-koran-an-example-of-bad-marketing-and-bad-citizenship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reverend Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Church in Florida thinks it&#8217;s a great idea to burn a copy of the Muslim Holy book the Koran on the anniversary of the 9-11 attack. He is getting international attention with his intention and free publicity for his ministry, which should by now be attracting just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SkimBoarding &#8211; A man&#8217;s got to know his limitations!</title>
		<link>http://www.bobholdsworth.com/2010/08/skimboarding-a-mans-got-to-know-him-limitations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there I was watching my two eight year old sons skim boarding at the beach&#8230;over and over&#8230;how hard can it be ?? The picture is Chris executing a 180 turn perfectly. The process is easy, pick up the board, wait for a little water at the end of the wave&#8217;s journey ashore, throw the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business ethics, take the high road, it&#8217;s easier to spot trouble.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it me or does it seem like there is another news story about a corporate scandal or political ethics probe about once a week? It makes me wonder how any consumer can trust any of us business owners. I know that I&#8217;m subjected to lots of business scams every week ranging from the Nigerian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m sorry to break it to you, but you don&#8217;t know it all.</title>
		<link>http://www.bobholdsworth.com/2010/07/im-sorry-to-break-it-to-you-but-you-dont-know-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever run across one of those people who believes that they know everybody and everything?  They are constantly trying to one-up anything you say.  They routinely speak up at meetings, not to contribute but more to just be heard by the group and feel good about themselves.  If you&#8217;re in leadership&#8230;don&#8217;t be one of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get twice the work done&#8230;in half the time.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Holdsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't know about you, but my 'IN'  box never seems to get close to empty.  Voice mail, email, snail mail, periodicals, industry journals, client projects, travel schedules, kids on vacation, family time, the operational demands of running three different companies and of course writing, writing and more writing.

People routinely ask me how I manage to get it all done.  I work only about 45 hours a week, I'm typically able to take about 6-8 weeks of vacation every year, I'm able attend the majority of my kid's school events and still manage to build the profitability of each business on pace, each year.

I'm not the smartest guy in the world, I don't have 26 hours in a day, but I do have very well developed delegation skills and I'm developing a greater ability to sort, prioritize and say no to distracting offers.  I also make it a point to surround myself with people who can think through problems, follow through on projects, accept responsibility for their efforts and then I LEAVE THEM ALONE.   The word micro-management is not in my vocabulary.

Training, mentoring, coaching, developing and responsibility are and I'm willing to take the time with a person to do the first four so that in very short order they can take on the fifth.]]></description>
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