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	<title>Ru Zi Ke Jiao</title>
	<link>http://ruzikejiao.com</link>
	<description>Nash Laoshi&#039;s thoughts on Life, Leadership and Love</description>
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		<title>College Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek has an excellent article out this week, Business Schools Revamp the Application
&#8220;But until recently one thing that hasn&#8217;t changed much in many years is the application process: A paper application, set deadlines, interviews, and recommendations are still its component parts. Today, though, that process is beginning to undergo a transformation.&#8221;
&#8220;The possibilities of what the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/11/college-applications/</link>
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		<title>I NEED Your Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Like you, I take pride in being able to take care of myself &#8211; and others &#8211; and so I HATE to have to ask for help.  Funny thing is, I am always thrilled when others ask for my help.  I truly feel honored that they trust me enough to ask for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/10/i-need-your-help/</link>
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		<title>Latin abbreviations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These Latin abbreviations &#8211; &#8216;i.e.&#8217;, &#8216;e.g.&#8217;, &#8216;et al.&#8217;, and &#8216;etc.&#8217; &#8211; will drive you crazy, if you let them.  There is a better way.  Spend a few minutes here and learn their correct usages.  All of the following comes from www.ehow.com.
Use &#8216;i.e.&#8217; to mean &#8216;that is&#8217; or &#8216;in other words&#8217;. &#8216;i.e.&#8217; actually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/09/latin-abbreviations/</link>
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		<title>The Inevitability of Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Change is neither bad, nor good, just inevitable.&#8221;
Sam Walton was the world&#8217;s richest man when he passed back in 1992.  At the time, Bill Gates was #2, and when Sam&#8217;s estate was divided among his five heirs, Gates grabbed the number one slot.  Today, some 18 years later, Bill Gates maintains the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/07/the-inevitability-of-change/</link>
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		<title>Future Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek magazine has an excellent article titled The Workers of the Future.
Here&#8217;s the money quote: &#8220;&#8230;there is no such thing as job security. You&#8217;ve got to be a free agent&#8230;&#8221; [emphasis mine].
NASH: I&#8217;ve said it before, I&#8217;ll say it again: The only security you&#8217;ll ever have is right between your ears.
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		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/05/future-work/</link>
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		<title>Your word, your smile and your gratitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
—Zig Ziglar (1926-); motivational author, speaker

There has been a lot recently published research showing that even if you force yourself to smile, the effects on your physiology are remarkable.  And that the consequences aren&#8217;t limited to merely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/05/your-word-your-smile-and-your-gratitude/</link>
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		<title>Teamwork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s on your team?  Watch this video and learn about the value of teamwork, and what just a few, commited people can accomplish when they dedicate themselves towards achieving something remarkable.
Pay close attention to all of the words that are displayed in this video; you should be familiar with ALL of this vocabulary.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/04/teamwork/</link>
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		<title>100 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Approximately one hundred million Chinese &#8211; ALL of whom are OUR  brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, grandparents and friends we haven&#8217;t met yet &#8211; have these hideous hookworms living inside them.
The consequences are devastating.  We know that when hookworms are eradicated that productivity increases by about 30%.  Imagine what that means [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/03/100-million/</link>
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		<title>25%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;25 percent of [American] teens reported smoking marijuana in the last month.&#8221;
Take a minute and think about the significance of that number &#8211; 25%.  Think of your three closest friends, then imagine that one of you is smoking dope.  
Yes, one of marijuana&#8217;s many monikers is &#8220;dope&#8221;.  That&#8217;s because this is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/02/twenty-five-percent/</link>
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		<title>Your purpose in life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ruzikejiao.com/2010/03/02/your-purpose-in-life/</link>
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