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		<title>5 Personal Core Competencies for the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/753/5-personal-core-competencies-for-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every epoch requires people and organizations to develop core competencies or skills needed to be successful. In the time of Henry VIII, key competencies to master probably included fealty to a powerful lord and skill with a rapier. Not so much in demand today, however.
What are the core competencies needed in this century? Harvard Graduate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Skills of Painless Time Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the free market had it’s way, you would buy into the cult of productivity’s belief that you need to stock up on expensive planners, equip yourself with complicated organizing gadgets, subscribe to a dozen trendy web applications and attend $5,000 seminars to start Getting Things Done and putting First Things First.
The trouble is, technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Want To Be Successful &amp; Wealthy? The Right Attitude is All You Need!</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/630/do-you-want-to-be-successful-wealthy-the-right-attitude-is-all-you-need/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitude]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your attitude today determines your success tomorrow.
Your attitude determines how much success you can achieve in all aspects of your life.
If your attitude is not positive, then you can use some tools to do an "attitude tune-up".]]></description>
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		<title>THE VALUE OF time management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Entrepreneur Magazine ’s Calendar for March 2009:
Successful executives the world over practice the discipline of effective time management.
Use this guide to optimise your most valuable resource:
1. Add structure and purpose to each day

Make a list of all your activities (on Excel, Outlook or a note pad)
Rank them according to priority
Allocate how much time you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE IMPORTANCE OF financial planning</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/613/the-importance-of-financial-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Entrepreneur Magazine ’s Calendar for February 2009:
Financial planning is a critical discipline that allows you to ensure the financial fitness of your business.
Implement the following:
1. Budget fastidiously

Create annual budgets, but
Review and adapt quarterly

2. Guard your cash flow

Create detailed cash flow projections
Cater for best and worst case scenarios

3. Keep your accounts up to date

Ensure your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Goal-Setting</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/465/the-power-of-goal-setting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Entrepreneur Magazine &#8217;s Calendar for January 2009:
In order to achieve goals, one must first identify them, put them in writing, focus on them and take the necessary action each day to bring you closer to them, visualise them as accomplished.
Here is an action plan to assist you:
1. Set your Goals in Writing

In the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It takes less than a minute &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/318/it-takes-less-than-a-minute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An age old time-management rule is to do right now, anything that takes less than a minute to do. Why? Partly because psychologically you can remove ten things from your to do list in ten minutes or less and that is bound to be good for your energy levels.
Clear out your cellphone: At the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Who&#8217;s the Boss?&#8221; 10 ways to start taking control (time management, goal setting, record tracking)</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/314/whos-the-boss-10-ways-to-start-taking-control-time-management-goal-setting-record-tracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first glance, it would seem that positive thinking and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have nothing to do with one another. But many of us with ADD develop negative thinking patterns because we become frustrated by our challenges and frequent feelings of being overwhelmed. This negative outlook then makes it even harder for us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Piece of Blarney Stone&#8221; 10 ways to empower your communication.</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/312/a-piece-of-blarney-stone-10-ways-to-empower-your-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blarney Stone is a historical stone, or actually part of the Blarney Castle in Ireland where it was believed that kissing the stone can grant you the gift of gab. Yeah, it seems strange in this day and age, but who are we to question tradition? It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m saying that Santa Claus [...]]]></description>
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