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		<title>Tell other people what you want them to think about you</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2012/02/02/tell-other-people-what-you-want-them-to-think-about-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Kohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I could say that I thought of this leadership approach myself, but I can&#8217;t. One of my clients a few years back shared this with me, and I’ve been passing it on ever since. It is an adage to live and lead by. So often what we tell others about ourselves is exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop trying</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2012/01/30/stop-trying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatsworth Consulting Group</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Change and grow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Thoughtful Leaders Minute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[challenges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Doing more of what doesn&#8217;t work won&#8217;t make it work any better.&#8221; Charles J. Givens This quote made me laugh. It&#8217;s so true. Yet somehow we seem to forget and we continue to operate on the belief that if we just try harder, even if it&#8217;s not working, we&#8217;ll somehow figure it out and push [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your certainty getting in your way?</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2012/01/02/is-your-certainty-getting-in-your-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatsworth Consulting Group</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chatsworthconsulting.com/?p=2543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It ain&#8217;t what you don&#8217;t know that gets you into trouble. It&#8217;s what you know for sure that just ain&#8217;t so.&#8221; Mark Twain Sometimes I think that nothing gets in our way as much as our certainty. We argue with others incessantly, steadfastly insisting how right we are on a specific topic, even when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our hope for the New Year</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/29/our-hope-for-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn McLeod</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change and grow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assumptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Patrick Kinney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Cold Within]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Year is a time of reflection on the past and hope for the future for many of us. As we look back on 2011, all of us at Chatsworth Consulting Group are grateful for all of the wonderful new people that have crossed our paths this year, the new ideas that have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership lessons of a stomach bug</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/22/leadership-lessons-of-a-stomach-bug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Kohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Care for self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chatsworthconsulting.com/?p=2537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How can a stomach virus possibly be a good thing? How can it yield inspiration for a thoughtful leadership lesson? Am I being too “Pollyanna-ish” – looking for the good in situations and circumstances that truly only stink? With nothing much to do yesterday but recuperate from the stomach bug that knocked me out two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do what Lewis Carroll did before breakfast</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/19/do-what-lewis-carroll-did-before-breakfast/</link>
		<comments>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/19/do-what-lewis-carroll-did-before-breakfast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatsworth Consulting Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change and grow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Thoughtful Leaders Minute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do the impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lewis Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walt Disney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chatsworthconsulting.com/?p=2511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sometimes I&#8217;ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.&#8221; Lewis Carroll Our imagination is usually expansive and unstoppable when we&#8217;re young, and then, bit by bit, it lessens and sometimes even dies. And then corporations pay consultants, such as us, to teach their employees &#8220;innovative thinking and problem solving&#8221; or &#8220;creativity.&#8221; I won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighten up and laugh</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/12/lighten-up-and-laugh/</link>
		<comments>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/12/lighten-up-and-laugh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chatsworth Consulting Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal growth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chatsworthconsulting.com/?p=2503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.&#8221; Vaclav Havel Recently I read a story excerpted from a book called The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. The punch line of the story was to &#8220;not take yourself so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten minutes of powerful inspiration that will last a lifetime</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/08/ten-minutes-of-powerful-inspiration-that-will-last-a-lifetime/</link>
		<comments>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/12/08/ten-minutes-of-powerful-inspiration-that-will-last-a-lifetime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Kohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Take risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Purdy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limits]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chatsworthconsulting.com/?p=2491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. That’s all I have to say. Someone I care about was kind enough to forward this TED video to me, and I have to share it with everyone I know. It’s just under 10 minutes long, and I promise you, it will be an absolutely inspiring 10 minutes – and so worth your time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don’t have to be grateful after today…do I?</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/11/24/i-don%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-grateful-after-today%e2%80%a6do-i/</link>
		<comments>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/11/24/i-don%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-grateful-after-today%e2%80%a6do-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Kohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Show gratitude - appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thankfulness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chatsworthconsulting.com/?p=2464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that Thanksgiving is only one day? Why is it that thankfulness and appreciation are so seemingly difficult for so many of us? Why is it that each year, when I used to make the family go around the table and share one thing they were thankful for, they all rolled their eyes? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What my Murphy’s Law Thanksgiving taught me</title>
		<link>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/11/17/what-my-murphy%e2%80%99s-law-thanksgiving-taught-me/</link>
		<comments>http://chatsworthconsulting.com/2011/11/17/what-my-murphy%e2%80%99s-law-thanksgiving-taught-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn McLeod</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughtful leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[values assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who Am I]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently as part of a coaching program I have been focusing my clients on values. After taking a quick values assessment, clients consider how those values that are most important to them have shaped their lives, their choices, and their beliefs. As part of the process they write a brief &#8220;Who Am I&#8221; story that [...]]]></description>
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