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		<title>THE LESSON: 5 Principles that Help You Identify It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you struggling to find meaning, or learn a lesson from some tragic event or difficult person in your life? In today&#8217;s free inspirational podcast brought to you by motivational keynote speaker and expert professional communication trainer Dan O&#8217;Connor, here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll learn:
There is a lesson in every struggle we&#8217;ve had, or tragedy we&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Miracles: In A Miraculous Instant You Can Release the Hate at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 23:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're considering professional communication training or a communication keynote speaker (or more specifically training addressing dealing with difficult people and negativity at work), I recommend first asking yourself what the real problem is that you need to deal with first. Is it really communication, or is it the negative attitudes and hate among employees that leads to a breakdown in teamwork and communication?]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing With Difficult People? New Communication Training Program: EVS101</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/dealing-with-difficult-people-new-communication-training-program-evs101</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan O&#8217;Connor releases his much anticipated communication training program, Energy Vampire Slaying: 101, How to Combat and Defeat Negative Energy and Toxic Attitudes in your Office, Your Home, and Yourself. This professional training program is totally free, and includes:

.


Book
Workbook
Quick-Reference Cards
Daily Principle Cards

Just click here to go to our Free Book page, and download your copy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Instantly Change Any and Every Relationship</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/instantly-change-any-and-every-relationship</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/instantly-change-any-and-every-relationship#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dan's Communication Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Course in Miracles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication podcast]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://powerdiversity.com/?p=1163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW FREE AUDIO PODCAST: Are you struggling with healing, transforming, or resurrecting a relationship? If you&#8217;re dealing with difficult people in the workplace or at home, it is not the difficult person (or Energy Vampire) that needs transformation; it is the lens, or the heart through which you are perceiving this relationship that needs transformation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Invest in Shows and What You Focus on Grows</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/what-you-invest-in-shows-and-what-you-focus-on-grows</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/what-you-invest-in-shows-and-what-you-focus-on-grows#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://powerdiversity.com/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW AUDIO PODCAST: Are you investing in your professional communication training? It shows. Are you investing in your family? It shows. Are you investing in your career? It shows. So many people we know are  living lives filled with misery and  suffering. What they don&#8217;t realize  is, that they are investing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Act Differently in the Light</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/people-act-differently-in-the-light</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/people-act-differently-in-the-light#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dan's Communication Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Advice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://powerdiversity.com/?p=976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW AUDIO PODCAST: If you&#8217;re dealing with difficult people or difficult situations,  remember that people act differently in the light. It is our job to be  the light that casts out darkness. Whether you&#8217;re engaged in  professional communication training, self-development, or learning to  deal with energy vampires, you must remember the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonder Twins Powers Activate! Form of&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/wonder-twins-powers-activate-form-of</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/wonder-twins-powers-activate-form-of#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dan's Communication Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW AUDIO PODCAST: You know how we tend to get it backwards most of the time? Well, one  way we tend to get it backwards, especially in our personal  relationships, is focusing on form rather than substance.  We focus on the form love takes in our lives; the form abundance takes  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Podcast: Miracles are Seen in the Light</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-miracles-are-seen-in-the-light</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-miracles-are-seen-in-the-light#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW FREE AUDIO PODCAST:  Today I&#8217;d like to discuss a line from A Course in Miracles that I believe to be so profoundly meaningful that I frequently incorporate it into my communication training. The line is: &#8221;Miracles are seen in the light.&#8221; The message is that we tend to focus on darkness and illusion, but the only way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Are In Charge of Every Relationship in Your Life</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-you-are-in-charge-of-every-relationship-in-your-life</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-you-are-in-charge-of-every-relationship-in-your-life#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW FREE PODCAST/AUDIO: The foundation of any communication training course dealing with  personal or professional relationships is knowing that you are in charge  of every relationship in your life, and it is only what you are not  giving that can be missing from any relationship in your life. If you  are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Podcast: Swine ATTITUDE is the Real Problem&#8211;Not Swine flu</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-swine-attitude-is-the-real-problem-not-swine-flu</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-swine-attitude-is-the-real-problem-not-swine-flu#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://powerdiversity.com/?p=757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just delivering on-site communication training (and a funny keynote&#8211;or so I was told) in Memphis, and while I was there, I noticed that the H1N1 (or swine flu) vaccine is available everywhere. This is not, however the biggest health crisis most of us have to worry about. This is not the biggest communication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Podcast: I Do Not Perceive My Own Best Interests</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-i-do-not-perceive-my-own-best-interests</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/new-podcast-i-do-not-perceive-my-own-best-interests#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a line in A Course in Miracles that reads, &#8220;I do not perceive my own best interests.&#8221; Basically, we think and think about how to fix our lives, and unfortunately, the source upon which we&#8217;re drawing, namely our mind, is flawed beyond belief. Our mortal mind is made up of all our past experiences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MILDRED’S REAR VIEW MIRROR–by Who else? Mildred</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/mildred%e2%80%99s-rear-view-mirror%e2%80%93by-who-else-mildred</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHERE DO THOSE DIFFICULT PEOPLE COME FROM, ANYWAY???
Where do those difficult people in the workplace come from? Ever wonder that? Were they just born mean? Were their parents mean? When they were little, was their mean behavior rewarded? (Because remember, what gets rewarded, gets repeated.) I don&#8217;t know, but I have my suspicions. My suspicion is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MILDRED&#8217;S REAR VIEW MIRROR&#8211;by Who else? Mildred</title>
		<link>http://powerdiversity.com/in-the-rear-view-mirror-by-mildred</link>
		<comments>http://powerdiversity.com/in-the-rear-view-mirror-by-mildred#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
I&#8217;ve been reading a great deal lately&#8211;0n blog postings and elsewhere&#8211;about giving without counting the cost&#8211;and about not expecting anything in return. Dan O&#8217;Connor, Chief Energy Vampire Slayer has written several blogs on the topic, and of course I&#8217;ve read them all. Theoretically, everything he&#8217;s said is well and good. But I live in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacrifice Shmacrifice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“But I’ve sacrificed so much!”
How often do you say or think this? How does what you think you&#8217;ve sacrificed affect the way you communicate at work?
“I’ve sacrificed so much for you, I’ve sacrificed so much for this&#8230;I DESERVE&#8230;” How does this kind of thinking affect our communication in our romantic relationships?
What does that even mean? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you REALLY loved me&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you really loved me, you’d...”

How many times have we thought that or said that, referring to someone else’s behavior? If you’re polishing your communication skills, the phrase, “If you really loved me,” would be what we call in my onsite communication training courses, a DELETE PHRASE. While delivering a funny keynote presentation the other day, part of the presentation was about the following:]]></description>
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		<title>How to Have Beautiful Lips:  Speak Beautiful Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidently Audrey Hepburn, one of the most beautiful women of our time, was asked to give some beauty advice, and while I’m not quoting, she said something to the effect of, “If you want to have beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; for beautiful hair, let children run their fingers through it regularly, for a slim waistline, make sure that those who are hungry are fed, and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me Dan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan O</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASK DAN FOR HELP!
Do you need help dealing with difficult people?  Could you use some assistance with stress management? How about concrete tactics and scripts for raising your level of communication in the workplace? Do you have any customer service or workplace communication challenges? How about harassment or diversity questions?
Ask Dan! He’ll be happy to [...]]]></description>
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