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	<title>Richard Dedor: Finding Focus</title>
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		<title>Reach</title>
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Anthony Delcore reaches for a volley.







		
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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/30/reach/</link>
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		<title>FOCUS: Tell the Truth! (v3n12)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Selected Life Lesson
Do not lie and always tell the truth no matter how hard it may be.
-Kate N&#8217;s life lesson from Olathe, Kansas
Richard&#8217;s Thoughts&#8230;
There is an old saying from Mark Twain: A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. We know that to be true. Lies can [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/29/focus-tell-the-truth-v3n12/</link>
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		<title>A Rare Breed</title>
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*Beginning in 2010, I started writing a bi-weekly column, “From Richard’s Oft Cluttered Desk” which appears every other Wednesday.
Four days ago we said good-bye. And thank-you. It happens a lot to me when I say farewell to my friends. I am very thankful for them. Of this I am very public about. But it wasn&#8217;t [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/28/a-rare-breed/</link>
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		<title>On The Road Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a wonderful dinner with my twitter friend @_Ashley_Nicole_. We just needed to catch up. The last time we met up she was unhappy with her current job and I was just starting to do research on my own move. I&#8217;d seen on Twitter that she had a new job so I knew [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/26/on-the-road-again/</link>
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		<title>I Like Tennis Too!</title>
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While watching tennis, I saw this bug. Couldn&#8217;t pass up taking a picture of it!







		
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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/23/i-like-tennis-too/</link>
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		<title>FOCUS: Up &amp; Down Adventures! (v3n11)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Selected Life Lesson
Life is a like a roller coaster – when things are going downhill, if you hang on long enough, eventually you’ll go back up again.
-Betty K&#8217;s lesson from Mason City, Iowa
Richard&#8217;s Thoughts&#8230;
I remember growing up that I never ever EVER would go on roller coasters. It wasn&#8217;t until high school when I was [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/22/focus-up-down-adventures-v3n11/</link>
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		<title>Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love to watch episodes of The West Wing from time to time and a recent episode had a great story in it. It is Sen. Stackhouse speaking to the President just before he drops out of the race: &#8220;He said a new pilot will fly into cloud cover. There&#8217;ll be no visibility. And they&#8217;ll [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/21/keep-your-eyes-on-the-horizon/</link>
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		<title>Build Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had my fair experiences with managers and directors and one thing that always stands out is that I believe there are two types of managers.It happens to even the best intentioned leaders.
First, there is the leader that you can trust. That trusts you. The respects you and your knowledge. And then there is the [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/19/build-trust/</link>
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		<title>Waiting &#8211; and &#8211; Watching</title>
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A player watches his shot &#8211; waiting to see if it comes back.







		
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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/16/waiting-and-watching/</link>
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		<title>FOCUS: Embrace Challenges (v3n10)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Selected Life Lesson
Challenge yourself to do something you never, ever thought you could do.
-Cindy B&#8217;s life lesson from Springfield, Mo.
Richard&#8217;s Thoughts&#8230;
Today I am off on a big adventure! I&#8217;m in the Big Apple meeting with public relations folks as well as book publishers and agents! I never thought I would even start this journey but [...]


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		<link>http://www.richarddedor.com/blog/2010/07/15/focus-embrace-challenges-v3n10/</link>
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