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		<title>Advantages of Leaving the Corporate World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 19:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t easy to make the leap from a 9-to-5er to an entrepreneur. Obviously there are many challenging and time-consuming steps in-between. But it&#8217;s possible that you don&#8217;t even need to make all of these steps or free the rat race in order to find a more peaceful and fulfilling work life. Maybe all you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Courtesy of a Rejection Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a fresh-faced recent college grad excited about his entry into the &#8220;real world&#8221; in the spring of 2005, I encountered one of my first soul-crushing obstacles that helped set me on a slow but sure course toward the entrepreneur I am today. I would send out job applications and never hear anything back. This [...]


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		<title>New Workplace Trends: 9 to 5 is So Last Decade!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an old friend who works as a software engineer. He holds the same position with the same company as he did over five years ago. His salary has increased steadily each year. Coming from a traditional family where his father valued hard work ethics, integrity, and professional stubbornness, my friend was ecstatic to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Last 9 to 5 Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a few people ask me what my last traditional office job actually was like. Where did I work? What did I do? Was that the job that pushed me over the edge? The answer to the last question is a resounding &#8220;yes&#8221;. In fact, the day I lost that job, I sought solace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Ask for Time Off From Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His door is slightly ajar. You can almost feel the hot coffee-laden breath and steely eyes of your boss bowling you over as you tip-toe gingerly into his office. 100 thoughts flash through your mind. &#8220;Maybe I don&#8217;t need the time off. What if he fired me for asking? No, that&#8217;s crazy. He wouldn&#8217;t do [...]


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		<title>Don&#8217;t Read this Article</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;if you are at work, that is! In fact, you might want to close this entire website from your browser. You don&#8217;t want to be caught reading &#8220;The Great Office Escape&#8221; on your job! And it doesn&#8217;t matter if you clear the search history or not. Your IT department sometimes has programs that will record [...]


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		<title>Becoming Your Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazingly easy to lose yourself in your job. Let&#8217;s face it &#8211; the majority of us spend more than half of our waking hours at work &#8211; 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. When we come home at night (and the sun has already been down for an hour) it&#8217;s sometimes difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fallacy of 8 Hour Workdays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look back and the last time you had a week off (or more) and didn&#8217;t actually go on vacation. I&#8217;m assuming you didn&#8217;t just sit around the whole week getting absolutely nothing accomplished. You probably did some cleaning, did some chores, or fixed something at least once. You were productive for a bit [...]


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		<title>Job Comparisons: Before and After</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9 to 5 Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies for the lack of updates the last two weeks. I&#8217;ve been busy working on the web-developing side of things, and have an internship which begins tomorrow working with some Flash and XHTML projects. Speaking of which, I was thinking about the completely different directions and traits my current and former careers possess. Exercise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outside the Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9 to 5 Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are office jobs bad for your health? Based on my own personal experience, I&#8217;d have to say &#8220;yes.&#8221; I have noticed a few nice changes in my health since the day my most recent office job ended in November. (I am a currently unemployed student who is beginning to take on web development projects for [...]


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