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		<title>The Perfect Employee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob&#8217;s Annual Review:
01 Bob Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found
02 hard at work in his cubicle. Bob works independently, without
03 wasting company time talking to colleagues. Bob never
04 thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always
05 finishes given assignments on time. Often he takes extended
06 measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=223&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Up With Ideas</title>
		<link>http://coolbert.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/coming-up-with-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t be afraid to give out ideas. Don&#8217;t hog it. Give it away, for you&#8217;d be surprised to find that somehow it&#8217;ll come back to you for the better.
I was asked two days ago to give some comments about a contest that Head Office were supposed to be doing for my workplace. The contest was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=219&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Year Hiatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been half a year since I last blogged. Time flies when you&#8217;re (NOT) having fun.
I&#8217;ve sort of &#8216;disappeared&#8217; from blogging here due to certain situations beyond my control, where I just didn&#8217;t have the strength or motivation to carry on as I used to. The last six months has been a struggle for me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=213&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Extra Time To Your Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has this ever happened to you?
You start your day thinking you have all the time in the world to finish your project and meet the deadline.
Then you check your e-mail&#8230;
Then the phone rings&#8230;

Then you find out it&#8217;s your turn to make the company coffee run&#8230;
Then you make the mistake of asking your co-worker (the really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=208&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Back To The Groove</title>
		<link>http://coolbert.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/getting-back-to-the-groove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a quite a while since I last posted something here. The fact that my online access has been restricted due to circumstances not to my liking. Add to the fact that I was cooped up at a conference for days without any form of communication allowable compounded my posting absence.
I hope to make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=206&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unrealistic Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I mentioned about being short of the boss&#8217; expectations, which I feel is prevalent in most corporations today. It seems ironic that when society in general becomes more advanced, the more pressured it is in some of our expectations.
You would have thought that bosses today would be more exposed to better schools of thinking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=202&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Smart Dog, But Still Only A Dog</title>
		<link>http://coolbert.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/a-smart-dog-but-still-only-a-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lifted from my mentor&#8217;s blog.
A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So, he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its mouth.
He takes the note and it reads [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=198&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>16 Reasons To Serve Beer At The Office</title>
		<link>http://coolbert.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/16-reasons-to-serve-beer-at-the-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coolbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
1. It’s an incentive to show up.
2. It leads to more honest communications.
3. It reduces complaints about low pay.
4. Employees tell management what they think, not what they want to hear.
5. It encourages car pooling.
6. Increase job satisfaction because if you have a bad job, you don’t care.
7. It eliminates vacations because people would ra [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=197&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just For Laughs &#8211; Stress Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess you&#8217;ve had a rough week, probably like me. So here&#8217;s a seven-step stress management technique that was recommended in the latest psychological texts. It really works.
1. Picture yourself near a stream.
2. Birds are softly chirping in the cool mountain air.
3. No one but you knows your secret place.
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		<title>Listening and Understading</title>
		<link>http://coolbert.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/listening-and-understanding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a meeting with my senior manager the other day, which was the day I was told that I would be transferred out from my current place. The funny thing about the transfer discussion was that somehow it didn&#8217;t work the way I thought it was supposed to be. I didn&#8217;t know the meeting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coolbert.wordpress.com&blog=3959979&post=194&subd=coolbert&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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