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		<title>How&#8217;s It Going?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with my sports fandom, I should be writing about the NBA Playoffs. But with the 4 out of 7-game format, they seem to go on forever. The good stuff is still a couple of weeks away, when we &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/hows-it-going/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March Madness: Expect the Unexpected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year again, when I become March Madness Girl, watching many games a day, especially the college women being necessarily ROUGH!  And so much diversity!  There was a SHORT player!  Heather Butler, the star Junior player from &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/march-madness-expect-the-unexpected/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Business of One&#8217;s Own</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I attended my regular meeting of women business owners (NAWBO) in the South Bay. I find whenever women gather together to be a very healing process. We introduced each other in an interview fashion. One of the questions &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/a-business-of-ones-own/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will Life Imitate Art?: TV NFL Player Comes &#8220;Out&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football and Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brendon ayanbadejo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long believed life imitates art.  Leonardo da Vinci conceptualized a helicopter and a tank centuries before they were “invented.”  The pioneering submarine designer, Simon Lake, credited his inspiration to Jules Verne’s science fiction story, “20,000 Leagues Under the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/will-life-imitate-art-tv-nfl-player-comes-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Momentum 2013: Reinvent or Reinvigorate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As usual, we enjoyed my Super Bowl/birthday party at my sister’s house. Of course, I couldn’t help taking  several notes during the game.  Baltimore had a commanding lead—28 to 6—when the lights went out in the stadium.  34 energy-draining minutes &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/momentum-2013-reinvent-or-reinvigorate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trusting Manti Te&#8217;o</title>
		<link>http://mimispeaks.com/trusting-manti-teo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football and Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a matter of trust. Whether you’re talking about exceptional customer service, loyalty as a leader, or Manti Te’o’s place in the NFL Draft, it’s a matter of trust. In my speech and course entitled “Whom Do You Trust?” I &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/trusting-manti-teo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions from the Playoffs</title>
		<link>http://mimispeaks.com/new-years-resolutions-from-the-playoffs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football and Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite time of year: NFL Playoffs! They delivered as usual: dramatic plays and touching moments. After last year’s playoffs, I wrote a blog with three lessons from the playoffs for us in the real work world. This year, there &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/new-years-resolutions-from-the-playoffs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays, Love Mimi</title>
		<link>http://mimispeaks.com/happy-holidays-love-mimi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football and Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, all! Will be taking a blog vacation for the holidays. Wishing you all a fantastic holiday season! Love, Mimi]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Trap Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football and Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have come to the last weeks of the NFL season . . .already . . .sigh.  It’s a short season to me, and now it’s time for the teams to really show what they are made of.  Playoffs are &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/beware-the-trap-game/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change? Deal With It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football and Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So they are renovating my apartment building in Marina del Rey, and they made everyone move out.  I’ve lived there for 10 years and would have stayed forever—the view was killer.  I know “moving” is 100 points on the Holmes-Rahe &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://mimispeaks.com/change-deal-with-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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