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	<title>The Official Blog of Elmer Thomas</title>
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	<description>Life, Success, Programming, Systems and Other Stuff...</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Checklist</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/07/21/the-checklist/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/07/21/the-checklist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of checklists and having procedures to glue all the todo lists and checklists together. I find procedures and checklists especially useful when it seems like all has been thrown into chaos. Following are a few tips to help you best utilize checklists.
Portability
Make sure you are not tied to a specific location [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary 2.0</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/06/03/primary-20/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/06/03/primary-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Skipping between CNN, MSNBC and FOX on cable TV, I feel like I&#8217;m watching the NBA Finals, game 7, with less than 30 seconds to go with a tie game! There is even a running scoreboard that does not go away during commercials! Then, looking to the Internet, sites like NewsJunk.com feed the fire. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Keys to Activating &#8220;The Secret&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/04/14/two-keys-to-activating-the-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/04/14/two-keys-to-activating-the-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was listing to the last podcast in the &#8220;Masters of the Secret&#8221; series by Bill Harris. He talked about the two key activating features of The Secret (the Law of Attraction) that are often skipped over. 
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		<title>Finding Time for Working on Strategy</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/04/10/finding-time-for-working-on-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2008/04/10/finding-time-for-working-on-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this case, I&#8217;m referring to strategy as the thin layer just above tactics; that is process definition. Taking the time to define processes is key to being able to delegate and thus freeing more time for strategic operations.Transunion credit report
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		<title>A Christmas Reflection: Managing Relationships</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/12/25/a-christmas-reflection-managing-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/12/25/a-christmas-reflection-managing-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is that day, where we *usually* take the time to re-connect with family. Similar to Thanksgiving, but much more fun for the kids. As the day winds down and the cleaning begins, I take a moment to reflect on the value of Christmas (instead of helping clean) and its effect on my personal relationships.
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		<title>GTD: How Do You Determine What To Do Next?</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/09/11/gtd-how-do-you-determine-what-to-do-next/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/09/11/gtd-how-do-you-determine-what-to-do-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[GTD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My GTD list is huge. That makes it daunting to decide what item to do next. Recently I was able to do a large update, where I made sure all my next actions were indeed next actions and not general descriptions or projects. This made my list larger, but each item on the list now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Playing Card Workout</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/09/08/the-playing-card-workout/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/09/08/the-playing-card-workout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I learned about this little workout trick from a friend who is an officer in the U.S. Navy. All you need is a deck of playing cards.

Following is the procedure:

Shuffle the cards and place the deck face down.
Draw card(s)

Keep drawing until the total number is greater than ten.
Face cards = 10, Jokers and Ace&#8217;s = [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals and the GTD</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/26/goals-and-the-gtd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/26/goals-and-the-gtd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[GTD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently did a high level goal assessment, starting at the Life view, then to five years, three years, one year and finally six months. Here I will describe the technique I used to integrate this process into the GTD.


Determine your overall life goals.
Work backward from there and determine your five years, three years, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mash Up Roundup</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/05/mash-up-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/05/mash-up-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An essential skill for the tech entrepreneur is to be able to quickly produce prototypes. Sure, you can always outsource that, but if you like to dabble and coding is your idea of fun, you might want to create these prototypes yourself. While in many cases scripting languages and frameworks like Ruby on Rails and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applying the Pareto Principle to the GTD</title>
		<link>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/01/applying-the-pareto-principle-to-the-gtd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/01/applying-the-pareto-principle-to-the-gtd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[GTD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One problem I have found in using the GTD on a daily basis is deciding on the next action out of hundreds of important tasks. Enter the Pareto Principle. The following method should help you to get that huge list more manageable and allow for better focus on what is truly important.
1. The Weekly Review
The [...]]]></description>
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