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		<title>A Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The DIY MBA Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the only way to get better at your job is to get better at living your life. This is the lesson I am learning. It&#8217;s a hard lesson to learn, because I invest so much energy in developing myself professionally; I collect new skills about as fast as my]]></description>
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		<title>OKHR: The Missing Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the Harvard Business Review published an article called The Rise of the Supertemp. It was a nine-page feature about the new &#8220;gig&#8221; economy, where the best executive and professional jobs are increasingly part-time and contract gigs. The piece features Ed Trevisani, a Wharton MBA and GE alum who]]></description>
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		<title>A Conference Survival Guide for the Shy and Terrified</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[introverts guide to networking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there I was, hanging out with LITERALLY HUNDREDS of preeminent HR professionals from all across the state, and this was what I chose as my opening line: &#8220;Hi. I&#8217;m Sara Gallagher. I&#8217;m not in HR.&#8221; WHAT??? There are so many interesting things I could have said about myself. (Many]]></description>
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		<title>OKHR: A Conference that &#8220;Gets It&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sara Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The DIY MBA Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That email makes you sound like a twerp.&#8221;  I can always count on my mother to provide honest&#8211;if unsolicited&#8211;professional advice. &#8220;Seriously&#8211;you have like ten words over five syllables in the first paragraph. And it&#8217;s an email, so you only need ONE paragraph. And where are the smiley faces?? You really]]></description>
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		<title>Losing a Customer: Good for the Bottom Line?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a saying that needs to go the way of the dodo: the customer is always right. The sentiment is based on a kernel of truth, to be sure. Customers are usually right. And when they aren&#8217;t, it can be devastating to your relationship to suggest that they are wrong.]]></description>
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