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	<description>Develop the strength to take bold action, not the strength to endure suffering.</description>
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		<title>Now That&#8217;s an ActiveEngine - Agile Dissected and Skewered</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/now-thats-an-activeengine-agile-dissected-and-skewered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Head over to Bill Miller&#8217;s blog to read his great post on Agile on and applying the appropriate problem solving techniques to business processes.  Bill very decisively lays out the case for NOT using Agile as a tool for solving problems; rather, you should use logic, analysis, and experience which can only be come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bragging Rights</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/bragging-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
&#8211; Albert Einstein
The significant investment we all have made in our systems is ephemeral, but not for the reasons that may be publicly acknowledged.  That is, the architecture we fail to select will become the black hole that all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brotherhood of the Wolf</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/brotherhood-of-the-wolf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://activeengine.wordpress.com/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wolf Credo:
Respect the elders
Teach the young
Cooperate with the pack
Play when you can
Hunt when you must
Rest in between
Share you affections
Voice your feelings
Leave your mark.
Del Getz and Associates

It&#8217;s not enough to identify objectives, FTE&#8217;s and timetables.  You have to focus your team like a unit.  The wolf pack is natures most effective hunting unit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Turning a Weak Excuse into a Strong Defense</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/the-art-of-turning-a-weak-excuse-into-a-strong-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it.
&#8211; Einstein 

Many applications have a life cycle, with some surprisingly long that leave you scratching your head saying &#8220;How the hell can that piece of crap ever be sold?  Who could love this so much that they would keep it around anyway?&#8221;  These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing Your ActiveEngine.</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/outsourcing-your-activeengine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, never, ever look for third party tools will magically implement your core, proprietary processes.  If your processes differentiate you from your competition, then by definition you will not find them boxed up in a software package.  You want an AR system, go buy one, as AR will no give competitive advantages as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Concepts in 4 Paragraphs with 3 Reasons 2 use 1 ActiveEngine Method</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/5-concepts-in-4-paragraphs-with-3-reasons-2-use-1-activeengine-method/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[goal setting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://activeengine.wordpress.com/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Sensei saying?  With a title like that you should go to the next blog.  NOOO!!  This is a challenge to train your mind to use an ActiveEngine method.  Why?  Because you&#8217;ll find the productivity you&#8217;ll experience will be liberating.  The ActiveEngine method is to state your objectives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discipline is the Mind Liberator</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/discipline-is-the-mind-liberator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[As a corollary to the post Ego is the Mind Killer, a practitioner of ActiveEngine principles will always seek the basics and routine to liberate the mind.  Constraints are the best way to innovate, to turn the puzzle upside down, read the paragraph from end to beginning.  Constraints force you to make a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ego Is The Mind Killer</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/ego-is-the-mind-killer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago when ActiveEngine Sensei attended Kenshu, he was struck by the fact that some of the most humble of the akidoka were the seniors.  Every class the students were exposed to shi-doho style of teaching, when O-Sensei would select a technique, one from among thousands, and then select a student at random to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s The Cool Stuff We&#8217;ll Be Doing on the Mission Together</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/thats-the-cool-stuff-well-be-doing-on-the-mission-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.&#8221; - Bertrand Russell
If you head over to ProjectManagement411.com Bob has started a conversation focused on how a Project Management Office (PMO) can assist with describing your domain of problems.  This got me thinking about how difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen</title>
		<link>http://activeengine.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ActiveEngine Sensei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Coders love to improve things and sometimes can&#8217;t understand why a company would want to enhance or replace a &#8220;bad&#8221; process.  Here&#8217;s some advice on being impatient with lack of change:  don&#8217;t be impatient with a lack of change.  When you rail against process owners they&#8217;ll think you think their stupid; when [...]]]></description>
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