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	<description>Tom Volkar ~ Career Coaching Your Leap to Self-Employment</description>
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		<title>Seven Step Small Business Startup Checklist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Startup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic positioning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authenticity]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[To beat paralysis and get started on your authentic business you first need to master the inner game of business. What you’re thinking and feeling has direct impact on the actions you are or are not...<br/>
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		<title>Does a Business Startup Have To Be Hard?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Startup]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[entreprenuership]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I don’t think so.  I've found that the more authentic the business is for the entrepreneur, the easier it is to build.  Opportunities and productivity increase in proportion to fulfillment.   Since...<br/>
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		<title>Experimenting For Fun and Profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business launch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[experimenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[making money]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[playing games]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[small business coaching]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes the best way to stimulate a cash stream is to shake things up and play. Money is attracted to confidence. Confidence is a natural occurrence that seldom visits when we are tight and...<br/>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Startup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[entreprenuerial interview]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Akemi Gaines, of Yes To Me, interviewed me for her Successful and Inspiring Entrepreneurs series.

I share my story and startup realizations. I'd be grateful if you'd visit her blog and tell me what...<br/>
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		<title>Do It Your Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Startup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business discovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[decision-making]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[true calling]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Herd mentality works best for the lead bull. If you base your decisions on what others are doing then at best you’ll create a poor imitation of what has worked well for them. That’s not good enough...<br/>
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		<title>Clarity Empowers Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business discovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic positioning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career transition]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[decision-making]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[decisiveness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life's work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[right livelihood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[true calling]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When we are crystal clear about where we are and where we want to be, we create less stress and more often hit targeted objectives. It’s darn hard to find our true calling when we aren’t willing to...<br/>
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		<title>Leveraging Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[community building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[support]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[teamwork]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m asking for your support and in return I’ve got something for you.
The Helping Spirit
 
     The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson<br/>
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		<title>Got It?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/10/16/got-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Coach Your Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career choices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Guidance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career transition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[keeping agreements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[right livelihood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[true calling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=177</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We ask this question to check for understanding. We can also gain insight by questioning ourselves. When grasping new knowledge, it’s useful to both discover what we are newly aware of and then to...<br/>
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		<title>Finding Your Path to a Successful Business Startup</title>
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		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/10/13/finding-your-path-to-a-successful-business-startup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Startup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business discovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business launch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career transition]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Budding entrepreneurs who want to discover and run the authentic business of their dreams often get bogged down in pre-startup analysis and research. Sometimes they wait for the brilliant light of...<br/>
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		<title>Authoring Your Own Life</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DelightfulWork/~3/414178961/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delightfulwork.com/2008/10/07/authoring-your-own-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Volkar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Startup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic business discovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authenticity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authority]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[entreprenuers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[entreprenuership]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You are your own best authority. You know what works best for you and what doesn’t. Even though it may appear more comforting to receive validation of a business plan or startup idea from another,...<br/>
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