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		<title>By: JC</title>
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		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>glad you enjoyed it.

what do you mean by this?

&lt;b&gt;&quot;Jason would appreciate if such valuable stuff is forwarded by you on my Personal email id.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>glad you enjoyed it.</p>
<p>what do you mean by this?</p>
<p><b>&#8220;Jason would appreciate if such valuable stuff is forwarded by you on my Personal email id.&#8221;</b></p>
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		<title>By: Zulfi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zulfi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey thnx much for sharing your valuable inspiring thoughts and learning with all of us. I really loved it and now i eagerly am waiting to read more of such wonderful and amazing pieces. Also would like to take this opportunity to thank you :)

P.S. Jason would appreciate if such valuable stuff is forwarded by you on my Personal email id.

Thanks &amp; Regards,
Zulfi</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey thnx much for sharing your valuable inspiring thoughts and learning with all of us. I really loved it and now i eagerly am waiting to read more of such wonderful and amazing pieces. Also would like to take this opportunity to thank you <img src='http://www.thechangeblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>P.S. Jason would appreciate if such valuable stuff is forwarded by you on my Personal email id.</p>
<p>Thanks &amp; Regards,<br />
Zulfi</p>
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		<title>By: JC</title>
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		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jason, thanks a lot for sharing.

I too, can relate to having very bad job experiences.  Some of them were so bad in fact that I&#039;d have anxiety attacks on the way into work.  However, those were lessons in themselves and gave me the drive to pursue something different and more meaningful.

Sometimes it takes a blow in life to really make us see the light.  Sometimes it takes &quot;losing something&quot; and feeling completely lost and terrible, only to realize it was for our own good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason, thanks a lot for sharing.</p>
<p>I too, can relate to having very bad job experiences.  Some of them were so bad in fact that I&#8217;d have anxiety attacks on the way into work.  However, those were lessons in themselves and gave me the drive to pursue something different and more meaningful.</p>
<p>Sometimes it takes a blow in life to really make us see the light.  Sometimes it takes &#8220;losing something&#8221; and feeling completely lost and terrible, only to realize it was for our own good.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Ivers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Ivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I felt like leaving another comment, too... sometimes it takes some pretty serious downtimes (pretty much a solid kick in the rear), to get you to do something you need to do.  I lost my job a little over a month ago.  You could, I&#039;m pretty sure, call that a downtime.

That job, however, was killing me.  It was tearing me apart, and because of that, it was hurting my family, too (I barely saw my daughter a lot of the time because I was working so much).  Losing it was the best thing that happened to me in a long while.

It took me a week to recover enough to be able to start looking for a job.  About 20-30 minutes after I submitted my resume to the first place, I was called to schedule an interview later that day.  Three days later I was offered the job, and I took it.

I make substantially less at my new job (a little more than half), but I work less than five miles from where I live, I have pretty much no overtime, and I feel like a new man.

Just a couple days ago, I realized why my previous job was killing me so much (it had been fun for years, but had gotten bad about two years ago, then much worse at the end of 2008), and why I enjoy my new job so much... my previous job had changed so much that it went completely against my nature, and my new job suits my nature much better.

I wrote an article about it, if you&#039;re interested in reading it... it&#039;s at http://www.amiracleaday.com/articles/2009/12/28/knowing-your-nature-is-the-key-to-happiness/

Thank you, JC, for provoking my thoughts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I felt like leaving another comment, too&#8230; sometimes it takes some pretty serious downtimes (pretty much a solid kick in the rear), to get you to do something you need to do.  I lost my job a little over a month ago.  You could, I&#8217;m pretty sure, call that a downtime.</p>
<p>That job, however, was killing me.  It was tearing me apart, and because of that, it was hurting my family, too (I barely saw my daughter a lot of the time because I was working so much).  Losing it was the best thing that happened to me in a long while.</p>
<p>It took me a week to recover enough to be able to start looking for a job.  About 20-30 minutes after I submitted my resume to the first place, I was called to schedule an interview later that day.  Three days later I was offered the job, and I took it.</p>
<p>I make substantially less at my new job (a little more than half), but I work less than five miles from where I live, I have pretty much no overtime, and I feel like a new man.</p>
<p>Just a couple days ago, I realized why my previous job was killing me so much (it had been fun for years, but had gotten bad about two years ago, then much worse at the end of 2008), and why I enjoy my new job so much&#8230; my previous job had changed so much that it went completely against my nature, and my new job suits my nature much better.</p>
<p>I wrote an article about it, if you&#8217;re interested in reading it&#8230; it&#8217;s at <a href="http://www.amiracleaday.com/articles/2009/12/28/knowing-your-nature-is-the-key-to-happiness/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amiracleaday.com/ar.....happiness/</a></p>
<p>Thank you, JC, for provoking my thoughts.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Ivers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Ivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You want to hear something funny that most people don&#039;t think about?  LACK of failure and significant obstacles early in life can actually make life harder later on... 

When I was young, very little was hard for me... school was ridiculously easy for me, my dad made decent money, I got along with everyone, etc.  While all of these can certainly be good things, all taken together they meant that I never really encountered much in the way of failure or obstacles, which means that I never had to learn how to deal with them

Let me tell you... those lessons are a lot harder to learn later in life.

PS - Don&#039;t get me wrong, I don&#039;t wish I had a worse childhood, I just wish there had been more to challenge me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You want to hear something funny that most people don&#8217;t think about?  LACK of failure and significant obstacles early in life can actually make life harder later on&#8230; </p>
<p>When I was young, very little was hard for me&#8230; school was ridiculously easy for me, my dad made decent money, I got along with everyone, etc.  While all of these can certainly be good things, all taken together they meant that I never really encountered much in the way of failure or obstacles, which means that I never had to learn how to deal with them</p>
<p>Let me tell you&#8230; those lessons are a lot harder to learn later in life.</p>
<p>PS &#8211; Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I don&#8217;t wish I had a worse childhood, I just wish there had been more to challenge me.</p>
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		<title>By: JC</title>
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		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also believe that experiencing a rough period is sometimes exactly what we need to get us to the next level.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also believe that experiencing a rough period is sometimes exactly what we need to get us to the next level.</p>
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