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		<title>Reflections on Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I spoke in Flagstaff, Arizona, at the Arizona School Administrator’s Institute for Excellence, and had a great time. My audience was responsive and fun to speak to. The setting, the weather and the food were just perfect. I even enjoyed the drive from Phoenix to Flagstaff and back. The scenery took my breath away. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=166&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Group Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently participated in a Sunday-through-Sunday professional training program directed by Drs Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli. Counting the two leaders, one hundred fifty-two people investigated insight meditation together from six in the morning until about nine-thirty each evening. We were a highly diverse gathering of people from many countries, professions and age groups. Kabat-Zinn and Santorelli guided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=164&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine has had a new job for the past four months. Changing industries wasn’t easy for him, and he has been working hard to learn about and explore the new company. In addition, he wanted to discover and exceed his new bosses’ expectations of him. During a recent phone call, my friend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=127&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Champs Include People</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once chaired a board of directors whose members included a farmer, an internist, a surgeon, a homebuilder, a professor and a certified public accountant, among others. The longer I served as leader, the more I began to notice how each person had a different method of arriving at decisions. The surgeon made the fastest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=122&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Past Behind</title>
		<link>http://champsblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/leaving-the-past-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. –Carl Brad I like Brad’s perspective for several reasons. First, looking backward rarely helps us. When we concentrate on our past, we miss current opportunities, sometimes with disastrous results. The TV show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=119&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Morning! Tips for a Better Day</title>
		<link>http://champsblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/hello-morning-tips-for-a-better-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend whose mornings are recurrent catastrophes. He creates these maelstroms by setting his alarm to go off as late as he possibly can. His goal is to enjoy those last few moments of sleep and still get to work on time. As a result, he jerks awake each morning at the alarm’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=116&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A CHAMP’s world consists chiefly of others.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the morning, I regularly stop at a gas station for a paper, coffee or maybe a snack. The station bustles with activity as people come and go. As is customary, lines are painted on the pavement to direct the traffic flow and ensure efficient parking. However, yesterday when I pulled in, someone had parked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=110&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do the Hard Things First</title>
		<link>http://champsblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/do-the-hard-things-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new workday morning had dawned, and I was on the road headed for the office. Suddenly, a bright yellow light on the dashboard caught my attention. My heart sank. It was the check engine light. The hassle of dropping the car off at the dealership, getting a ride to work, waiting for the obviously [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=107&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stone Soup: Pooling Resources in Difficult Times</title>
		<link>http://champsblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/stone-soup-pooling-resources-in-difficult-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard the European fable “Stone Soup”? The tale begins as a stranger enters a village during difficult times. When the locals realize that he is thinking of staying for a while, they do their best to encourage him to leave, fearing that he will take what’s left of their food reserves. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=104&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring for Success</title>
		<link>http://champsblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/mentoring-for-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The job hunt was over. I felt both relieved and excited as I walked into the building to begin my new assignment. On this the second day, I would begin to get acquainted with the work site and learn my responsibilities. Fortunately, the company provided a “teacher,” who would shepherd me through the process. My [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=champsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3440727&amp;post=101&amp;subd=champsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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