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		<title>No Shortcuts to the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely is anything in life or business accomplished in one dramatic and immediate event or effort. More often is the accumulation of many small efforts over time. Desire and ambition are fine, but without persistence and determination, they accomplish nothing. No place on earth more famously represents man’s ambition, persistence and determination than the efforts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Safety Training Or &#8220;When I Was An Idiot&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure that some people will disagree with the past tense in the title of this article&#8230;but in recognition of my previous sins, omissions and stupidity in the area of safety, I will confirm my idiot status. Years later, I did finally figure it out, proving that even the dumbest horse can be led to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two days in the course of an apprenticeship program that are the most important. Do you know what they are? These are the first and last days that a student experiences. The reason that these are so important is that they serve as portals into the future. These days, more than any others, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Kept Secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many apprentices really understand and appreciate the opportunity they have been given?]]></description>
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		<title>Apprenticeship: Real Life on the Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term "hitting the wall" is used in a lot of different situations. But mostly when it is used, the common reference point is that someone has given their all and is facing a physical or psychological barrier. It seems like it describes a barrier that tells them to quit. You hear it in sports all the time. But last month was the first time I heard it in reference to apprenticeship.]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons from a Weiner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaders must do the following three things to ensure that their moral default mode is not set to rationalization.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Management vs. The War of 1812</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 16:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that we cannot put financial management forward as a crucial element of education?]]></description>
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		<title>Promote Change, Get Your Ass Kicked, and Like It</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 02:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ask, most people will tell you they want change. They will have a long list of suggested changes they believe need to be made . . . by you and by others. What you will rarely hear though are suggestions for changes that impact them personally. "Change is good for everyone else, just not me. Just not right now." ]]></description>
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		<title>50 Strategies for Job Site Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Labors&#8217; Final Stand: Hearts and Minds of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Breslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in California, considered the bluest of the blue states, polls indicated that over 40% of people favored restricting or eliminating collective bargaining for public sector employees. Now first, the concept of collective bargaining is more a stated right than most of the population could ever imagine. It has shaped the national conscience and [...]]]></description>
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