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	<description>Thoughts, dreams, and opinions of a guy named Chad Renando</description>
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		<title>The importance of gratitude: Please be thankful, it’s for your own good</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations of society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gratitude is good for business and good for your well being, or so says the collection of studies below.  You can thank me later. The case for gratitude My last post on the benefits of generosity got me thinking about what it takes to maintain a generous perspective. I was discussing my thoughts on generosity with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generosity: The individual-driven, unlegislated happiness pill for the workplace</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/generosity-the-individual-driven-unlegislated-happiness-pill-for-the-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Generosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organisational Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social exchange theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Generosity makes us happy and creates better workplaces. How does this work in a commercial world that seems to promote &#8220;what&#8217;s in it for me&#8221;? What does it mean to give? The adage states, and behavioural research supports, &#8220;it is better to give than to receive&#8221;, a point reiterated by Michael Norton above.  And yet to what extent is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An American on becoming an Australian citizen: A journey through patriotism, nationalism, and community</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/an-american-on-becoming-an-australian-citizen-a-journey-through-patriotism-nationalism-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/an-american-on-becoming-an-australian-citizen-a-journey-through-patriotism-nationalism-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations of society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have become an Australian citizen.  Does this make me less American? And how appropriate is patriotism or nationalism in my new outlook? In the end, I find the extent of my Australian pride depends on how accountable I am with what has been given to me. An American in Australia One of my first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maslow versus the world: Self-actualisation and peak experiences through something outside of ourselves</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/maslow-versus-the-world-self-actualisation-and-peak-experiences-through-something-outside-of-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/maslow-versus-the-world-self-actualisation-and-peak-experiences-through-something-outside-of-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abarham Maslow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work-life balance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maslow talks about notions of self-actualisation and peak experiences that seem in direct opposition to what people experience in their day jobs.  Research shows a way to resolve this conflict is to turn your job into a cause.  What does this mean for organisations looking to either become that cause or help their teams create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Predicting the demise of the compact disc: Life lessons from throwing out my CDs</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/predicting-the-demise-of-the-compact-disc-life-lessons-from-throwing-out-my-cds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/predicting-the-demise-of-the-compact-disc-life-lessons-from-throwing-out-my-cds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations of society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This digital world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ipswich Brisbane 2011 Flood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Queensland floods forced a decision on what I should do with my music CDs.  Market projections suggest the medium only has a few years remaining before CDs go the way of cassettes and LPs.  When we look at what really matters in life, is that such a bad thing? I have hundreds of CDs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Drive with Daniel Pink through autonomy, mastery and purpose: Why do we continue to get motivations so wrong?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/a-drive-with-daniel-pink-through-autonomy-mastery-and-purpose-why-do-we-continue-to-get-motivations-so-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strengths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There appears to be a  gap between what science knows and what business does.   Intrinsic motivation produces higher long-term profits, but organisations continue to implement soul-destroying carrot and stick practices.  And yet will it take a carrot or stick to motivate business leaders to change? Drive through the bullet points Drive by Daniel Pink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday reflections: Signs and direction at Mount Tamborine and Lamington National Park</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/holiday-reflections-signs-direction-at-mount-tamborine-and-lamington-national-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/holiday-reflections-signs-direction-at-mount-tamborine-and-lamington-national-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work-life balance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some pics of my recent holiday, and thoughts on life directions, signs, and real beauty. I am old enough to have sat through slide projector carousel sessions of my grandparent’s holidays to appreciate the value in efficiency a holiday blog post brings.  Secure in the anonymity of your own personal Internet, you can now look disinterested, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On heeding New Year’s resolution advice: The difference between hypocrites and teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/on-heeding-new-years-resolution-advice-the-difference-between-hypocrites-and-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/on-heeding-new-years-resolution-advice-the-difference-between-hypocrites-and-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's resolutons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Year&#8217;s resolutions can often be based on advice from others.  To what extent do we trust advice based on where another has been versus where they are now? And what does this mean for advice we give to others? On heeding advice The New Year can hold near-spiritual connotations for resolutions. Our propensity for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My frustration with Firms of Endearment: Shame, meaning, and action</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/my-frustration-with-firms-of-endearment-shame-meaning-and-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/my-frustration-with-firms-of-endearment-shame-meaning-and-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firms of Endearment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who wouldn&#8217;t want to work for, or lead, a firm of endearment? As attractive as the name sounds, the book of the same title exposes both frustration and shame that more organisations have not taken up the mantra. What are Firms of Endearment? Firms of Endearment is a 2007 management book by authors Sisodia, Wolfe, and Sheth.  Similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change with meaning: Levinas on the il-y-a, The Other, hypostasis, and a new representation</title>
		<link>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/change-with-meaning-levinas-on-the-il-y-a-the-other-hypostasis-and-a-new-representation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renando.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/change-with-meaning-levinas-on-the-il-y-a-the-other-hypostasis-and-a-new-representation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations of society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and organisational development and leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Man’s search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life.” ~ Victor Frankl The philosophy of Levinas seeks to expose the meaning behind change. Like seeing medical results that reflect poor life decisions, I question whether we are prepared for what we will see if we ask the question. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40390680@N08/5446258724/ This is the [...]]]></description>
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