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		<title>Philosophy #5: The Creation Of Happiness</title>
		<link>http://inkmarks.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/story-1-the-creation-of-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a waitress, I used to follow up with people after they got their food.  &#8220;Are you happy?&#8221; I&#8217;d ask.  &#8220;Yes,&#8221; they would always say, &#8220;thank you&#8221;. It&#8217;s a small victory, but one nonetheless.  I was in a position to lead people to admit that they were happy.  Sometimes I could sense a little hesitancy.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=342&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philosophy #4: On Service Artists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bottom line of any service provider lies at the feet of their clientelle. Therefore: who I am is in direct correlation to who you need me to be. The character basics of good service are self-evident: reliable, timely production, excellent communication, clearly determined and impeccably executed agreements, and quality-upon-delivery being paramount. These almost go without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=246&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philosophy #3: Think Before You Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a business owner, you have a certain skill set. You went into business to provide that service or product to the world. And then – you discover all sorts of peripheral needs that you have to get done. But that doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re good at them&#8230; or even that you know what to go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=311&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anecdote: Stupid Spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some things we do that are stupid. Accidentally. Of course, nobody plans on wasting $18,000 to purchase a relatively useless and very definitely embarrassing website.  One of those websites of which you have to say, apologetically, &#8220;Please don&#8217;t visit my website.  It&#8217;s not the best representative of our business.&#8221; But it happens all the time.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=130&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accomplishment: Be Friendly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a new friend today. Because of this blog, as a matter of fact. I was sitting with another friend working on our respective businesses, chatting about some difficulty I was having with a particular link I was trying to create. A man adjacent to us overheard our conversation. He asks what&#8217;s going on. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=198&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philosophy #2</title>
		<link>http://inkmarks.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/philosophy-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time is finite.  At least that&#8217;s what our senses perceive.  We can only do so much within the time we have.  Resources have a beginning and an end; there is a limit to &#8220;what is mine&#8221; and &#8220;what I can afford&#8221;. And attention is limited.  It&#8217;s limited to: &#8220;What&#8217;s really important to me?&#8221; There&#8217;s all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=173&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philosophy #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing carves out a place in the mind of the audience.  It takes from all the infinite possibilities of the world and crafts one solid, cohesive option.  Well-crafted, it makes a space into which a person might pour their belief, their understanding, their sympathy.  And in the act of that pouring is an investment.  Business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=169&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sidling up to the work</title>
		<link>http://inkmarks.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/sidling-up-to-the-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recall a compilation of writers&#8217; advice on writing.  Here&#8217;s a little scrap of wisdom that seems to have found its way into the clutter of my mental spare room: One author discussed writing on a daily basis.  She was asked: How do you get the work done every day?  How do you find inspiration, discipline, and the motivation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=126&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time Manage -ment, -er, -ing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://inkmarks.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/time-manage-ment-er-ing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m hanging out with a business friend of mine today, and we&#8217;re chatting about time management.  (This is one of the moments in life where I have to realize that all the books in the world only amount to giving me a marginally functional language with which to diagnose my daily-(mal?)functioning characterological ills.  And that whatever language I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inkmarks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8150372&amp;post=122&amp;subd=inkmarks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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