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		<title>Significant Insignificance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a great video and song. Listen to the lyrics Nick Hornby is throwing out here, people. He&#8217;s written numerous bestsellers, and many of them are major motion pictures. What have you done to live? Have you lived at all? What mildly incredible thing have you done to claim your place here on Earth? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/09/significant-insignificance/</link>
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		<title>Choosing vs. Chasing: Getting What You Want</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed people that jet-set across continents, whether for business, pleasure, or a mixture of both, never seem to lose grip on what they want? They have a clear vision of what they are looking for, and nothing seems to phase them. They&#8217;re not chasing a dream &#8211; they&#8217;re choosing and declaring what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/09/choosing-vs-chasing-getting-what-you-want/</link>
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		<title>The Unlimited Landscape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have made it so far through the book, that it&#8217;s about time I started getting the word out about it. I am asking for help in getting it published and on store shelves.  The additional funds will be used to get the new Suicide Prevention and Life Celebration charity started.  These are exciting times, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/08/the-unlimited-landscape/</link>
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		<title>Remove Waste and Reinvent Yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jay Shafer decided one day to remove the clutter from his world and start over.  He designed and built an 89 square foot home, and began living there. Leaving the &#8216;everything big&#8217; lifestyle behind him, his life transformed. I love this story. It reminds me how frivolous some of our attachment to material goods can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/07/remove-waste-and-reinvent-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Turn Squishy Desires into Hard Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Mattocks over at Rent-A-Smart-Guy has a great post on setting real, achievable goals. There are several variations of the S-M-A-R-T acronym, but this is the original. Read on! &#8220;Many people use goals to drive to a more ideal future. Some goals can&#8217;t easily be achieved because they don&#8217;t seem to convert well into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/07/turn-squishy-desires-into-hard-goals/</link>
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		<title>The Contender Syndrome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Psychology Today has a brilliant article on America&#8217;s culture of envy, and wanting be, do, and have more. Moreover, it&#8217;s about our own judgements that we haven&#8217;t accomplished enough &#8211; regardless of what incredible feats we have completed. It rings so true with me because I can hear the parts of my mind screaming at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/07/the-contender-syndrome/</link>
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		<title>Perception is Reality, right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s difficult to see the world in color if your mind only lets in black and white. The eyes are judgment-less lenses to the world. Our perception of what they record is the hindrance we often live by. One man gets laid off (in this economy? you&#8217;re kidding right?) and we may judge that as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/06/perception-is-reality-right/</link>
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		<title>Business Wisdom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I write over at Rent a Smart Guy as well, and this is an article that another contributor, Brian Mattocks, wrote over there that I think goes well with the most recent post here. Definitely head over there and read what we can do for you! Wisdom is a business worth billions of dollars a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/06/business-wisdom/</link>
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		<title>The Science of Stillness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Once an old woman came to Buddha and asked him how to meditate. He told her to remain aware of every movement of her hands as she drew the water from the well, knowing that if she did, she would soon find herself in that state of alert and spacious calm that is meditation.” “Water, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/06/the-science-of-stillness/</link>
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		<title>Incredible Offer!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free Coaching Session! With 2010 coming to the half-way point in the next couple of weeks, are you happy with where your year has taken you?  Are there things you&#8217;d love to change, improve, increase, or achieve?  Maybe you would only like a little clarity about where you are and where you feel you&#8217;re headed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appliedhappiness.org/home/2010/06/incredible-offer/</link>
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