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		<title>Have we been here before?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>motagg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you upgraded to MS Office 2007? What does an upgrade really mean? I was fascinated by the effort and the development but it was not an improvement or the best strategy for capturing the 'lost' generation of engineers and many other professionals who do find a way to manage with 2003. Unless the Microsoft team listen to the users, it is another dwindling profit potential.
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		<title>How do You Define a Leader?</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpurposeblog.com/2010/03/04/how-do-you-define-a-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leadership is a very popular conversation topic these days, especially in the corporate world.  What is a leader?  Through research and experience I have found one of the best definitions of a leader as defined by Bruce D Schneider in his book Energy Leadership.
Bruce defines leadership as how you interact with everyone, including yourself.  Leaders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=463&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>College Engineering Students Share Your Experience!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an inspirational article entitled, “Are You a Mentor? An Open Letter to All Engineers” by Ben Matthews.  Ben defines a mentor as &#8220;someone who takes personal responsibility for the success of someone else.&#8221;  Ben challenges engineers to not only help younger engineers but also better themselves through the mentoring process.  He also makes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=458&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Inspires You in Your Career Each Day?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BZZZZZ, BZZZZZ, BZZZZZ…….the alarm clock goes off.  It’s that time again!  You shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, maybe walk the dog and then off to work.  For some people, they jump out of bed and hit the floor running.  They can’t wait to start their day and seize all of the opportunities.  For others, every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=448&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Stick It?</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpurposeblog.com/2010/02/21/can-you-stick-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>youngmotivatedengineer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Goals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka
Follow me on my journey to become a great engineer.
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/williammerunka
Throughout life, we encounter situations that are challenging and unavoidable.  When in this situation we have two options, fight or flight.  While our ego may tell us to fight and work through it, we usually take the path [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=430&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Career Goals: Don’t Sell Yourself Short!</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpurposeblog.com/2010/02/18/career-goals-don%e2%80%99t-sell-yourself-short/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Goals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have said in the past that it is extremely important to have career goals, which act as a destination for where you are taking your career.  It is important when setting your goals, to take the time to figure out exactly what you want, nothing more, and nothing less.
Clearly defining your goal is extremely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=432&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survival of the Fittest within the Workplace Revisited</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpurposeblog.com/2010/02/16/survival-of-the-fittest-within-the-workplace-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick
Sales Aerobics for Engineers
Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies
Connect With Babette On Linkedin 
Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers Blog
We are in the midst of economic recalibration. No surprises there.  For engineers who remain employed by the same companies they worked for in 2009, congratulations. For those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=426&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Societies:  How Important are they to Career Advancement?</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpurposeblog.com/2010/02/11/professional-societies-how-important-are-they-to-career-advancement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have seen quite a few discussions on this topic as of late in the social media arenas, so I figured I would give my input, being that I have always been very involved in professional societies.
I am a firm believer that your career advancement is strongly related to the relationships you build in your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerfulpurposeblog.com&blog=9222435&post=418&subd=anthonyfasano&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Conventional?</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpurposeblog.com/2010/02/08/are-you-conventional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>motagg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a thin line between conventional and exceptional electronic-style calculations. It is the difference between cave painting and impressionism. A matter of techniques and sharing ideas. Even more remarkable is just how much you can achieve with so little knowledge of MS Word and Excel.

In this blog. I look at the traits between the two styles of calculations and invite you to download an example. I show also the first important trick you need to know.
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		<title>Conflict in the Workplace:  A Waste of Time and Energy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Fasano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought today I would write about a subject people tend to avoid, conflict in the workplace.  Webster’s Dictionary defines conflict as the following:
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