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	<description>Random obvious opinions that are entirely my own. I hope you disagree with every one of them.</description>
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		<title>Standing out in a large crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Christmas, a friend of mine who lives in New York City sent me a box of cookies from Levain Bakery. If you have never had a cookie from them, go right now and get one.. or two. I&#8217;ll wait. &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/standing-out-in-a-large-crowd.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I apologize for that expectation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for setting that expectation. Apparently it was done during a weak moment of kindness, one that you are now making me wholeheartedly regret. I&#8217;m sorry I answered the phone on a Sunday morning. You mistook a moment of &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/i-apologize-for-that-expectation.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why you are unemployed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently responded to a LinkedIn posting about why employers find it hard to find qualified employees despite the 9.x% unemployment rate. Someone responded to my comment with a long diatribe about why I was wrong. And he started off &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/why-you-are-unemployed.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I named mine Gerard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get a kick when pop culture recognizes the name &#8220;Gerard&#8221; because it happens so infrequently. Maybe it has something to do with the popularity of Gerard Butler. From the few to choose from though, Raymond&#8217;s cousin Gerard remains my &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/i-named-mine-gerard.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why are you here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is this trend going on in the social media world that almost every new industry goes through. The &#8220;fun&#8221; part of getting in there and connecting and talking and chatting is over and the Social Media Elites are finding &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/why-are-you-here.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quality Newspapers in Education (NIE) respects the intelligence of young readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was originally written as a comment to Karina Stenquist&#8217;s post on her blog. The issue of respecting the intelligence of young readers came up again today and I thought I would post this here as well. While specific to &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/quality-newspapers-in-education-nie-respects-the-intelligence-of-young-readers.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to win a comment war</title>
		<link>http://gerardmclean.com/how-to-win-a-comment-war.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago, I posted a comment on a very popular blog. A few minutes after that, the blog owner commented briefly on my comment more of an acknowledgment to say, &#8220;Hey, I see you&#8221; rather than to support &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/how-to-win-a-comment-war.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why you lost me as a customer. Do you even really care?</title>
		<link>http://gerardmclean.com/why-you-lost-me-as-a-customer-do-you-even-really-care.html</link>
		<comments>http://gerardmclean.com/why-you-lost-me-as-a-customer-do-you-even-really-care.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Name and product was removed to protect the guilty. I think too many companies just walk away from a provider without giving them any real feedback as to why. It is really, really hard to lose me as a customer. &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/why-you-lost-me-as-a-customer-do-you-even-really-care.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor me this, mentor me that</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never had a formal mentor arrangement with anyone. It wasn&#8217;t for lack of trying, but perhaps I&#8217;ve always associated with folks who weren&#8217;t closers. And when feeling closed upon by my &#8220;mentors,&#8221; I backed away. Perhaps that is the &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/mentor-me-this-mentor-me-that.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Embrace silly time-wasting activity as a part of being productive</title>
		<link>http://gerardmclean.com/embrace-silly-time-wasting-activity-as-a-part-of-being-productive.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a couple of months now since the life coaches and go-getters pushed out their brand of RAH RAH RAH and GO! GO! GO! for 2010. We&#8217;ve seen folks choose keywords for their life, new resolution for the year, &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/embrace-silly-time-wasting-activity-as-a-part-of-being-productive.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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