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		<title>The $25,000 Secret Training Vault</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Gregorio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of a guy named Mike Hill? Probably not, I hadn&#8217;t
either until recently. But I&#8217;m glad I do now! This guy has been
quietly helping companies grow by millions in revenues, using
some very simple techniques.
Lets see how many you know now?
Do you know how to set up a micro-payment option?
Do you know how to [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you heard of a guy named Mike Hill? Probably not, I hadn&#8217;t<br />
either until recently. But I&#8217;m glad I do now! This guy has been<br />
quietly helping companies grow by millions in revenues, using<br />
some very simple techniques.</p>
<p>Lets see how many you know now?</p>
<p>Do you know how to set up a micro-payment option?<br />
Do you know how to use &#8220;Network Style&#8221; pages?<br />
Do you use Micro-Commitments in your sales pages?<br />
Can you make a short copy sales page?<br />
Have you pulled max value from Up Sells in your path?</p>
<p>If you answered &#8220;NO&#8221; to any of these, this email is for you&#8230;</p>
<p>Normally it&#8217;s $25,000 for just 8 hours of marketing training with<br />
this guy, but to promote his new course, he is going to release<br />
a few of his most powerful secrets to you for free this week.</p>
<p>If you want to see the future of marketing, this is it.</p>
<p>&#8212;-<br />
<strong>SECRET #1: VALUE TROJANS - How to turn ONE $5 sale per<br />
day into over 9K a year in cash.</strong><br />
&#8212;-</p>
<p>Get the First $9,702.52 Secret Here:<br />
<span class="hostname visible">http://iwu.me</span>/sales-tsunami/</p>
<p>- Eugene Gregorio</p>
<p>P.S. I&#8217;m sure this will be the last time this training is shown for<br />
free, so download all you can right now! (while you still can)</p>
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		<title>Is this Secret worth $9,702.52?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Gregorio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, you guys know the drill: guy gives
away free content hoping you&#8217;ll buy his
junk right?
I&#8217;m as sick of it as you guys, but this
is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Mike Hill charges $25K for a 1 day visit
to his office to teach big wigs how to
sell HUGE amounts of their &#8220;stuff&#8221;.
Today he&#8217;s giving away one of his best
kept secrets&#8230;
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
SECRET [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, you guys know the drill: guy gives</p>
<p>away free content hoping you&#8217;ll buy his</p>
<p>junk right?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m as sick of it as you guys, but this</p>
<p>is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!</p>
<p>Mike Hill charges $25K for a 1 day visit</p>
<p>to his office to teach big wigs how to</p>
<p>sell HUGE amounts of their &#8220;stuff&#8221;.</p>
<p>Today he&#8217;s giving away one of his best</p>
<p>kept secrets&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p><strong>SECRET #1: THE VALUE TROJAN - How to turn</strong></p>
<p><strong>ONE $5 sale a day into an EXTRA $9,702.52 CASH!</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>He&#8217;ll be releasing more secrets every few days</p>
<p>but this one is HUGE and something you</p>
<p>could use TODAY even if you&#8217;re new!</p>
<p>WARNING: If you like hype, this is NOT</p>
<p>the guy for you. No hype here, it&#8217;s all about</p>
<p>the numbers with this guy&#8230;</p>
<p><span class="hostname visible">http://iwu.me</span>/sales-tsunami/</p>
<p>- Eugene Gregorio</p>
<p>P.S. I know for a fact he won&#8217;t be putting</p>
<p>this out again. If you ever wanted to sell</p>
<p>your own product or dream, this is the guy</p>
<p>to follow.</p>
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		<title>Two sure-fire ways to stand out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philippe Desrochers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do I differentiate myself from the competition in an interview?&#8221;
This is one of the most popular questions that I receive. There is a way to stand miles above your competition. It is very simple but takes some work. Pay close attention.
1Sweet Spot: Landing your coveted position requires that you meet the requirements of the [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;How do I differentiate myself from the competition in an interview?&#8221;</p>
<p>This is one of the most popular questions that I receive. There is a way to stand miles above your competition. It is very simple but takes some work. Pay close attention.</p>
<p>1Sweet Spot: Landing your coveted position requires that you meet the requirements of the job posting. This is a no brainer. But most people forget to talk about passion. I never understand why companies do not require passion as a requirement for a position. I figure it&#8217;s because so few have it. In fact, a recent Gallup pole showed that only 25 per cent of people feel like they are using their full potential. When you demonstrate passion in the interview you automatically stand out. Your sweet spot is the skill you are good at that you are also very excited about sharing with those around you. Here is an excellent interview answer that incorporates that spot.</p>
<p>Example: When asked in an interview about an example of how you demonstrated leadership say this: &#8220;As a Product Manager for company X, I was in charge of launching our new line of fragrances. I developed a vision for my team along with buy-in. We executed based on the strategic plan I produced, and as a result we completed the launch two weeks ahead of schedule. On this project I was particularly passionate about introducing a new line in a new part of the country because I enjoy focusing on the up side of taking risks.&#8221;</p>
<p>2 Cultural Fit: According to many experts, poor cultural fit is the primary cause for job loss. So it is important. Several weeks ago I taught you that values and beliefs make up culture. Let me go one step further. Put another way, it&#8217;s using the same words the company uses. For example, if your office often uses the word innovation, and an interview candidate were to also use that word, then they would more likely seem like a fit. Other culture words include: teamwork, customer service, giving back, serving the community, growth, money, profits, and shareholders.</p>
<p>Example: Emily Psimoulis is the president of Thinkbox National Marketing Inc. and whenever you talk to her about her company she will always mention how important it is to surpass customer expectations. A quick visit to the &#8220;company&#8221; section of her website are these words in big letters &#8220;Exceeding expectations and WOWing our clients&#8221;. If you are interviewing with her company you better use these words and have an example of how you achieved this. When you do this, you will sound like a cultural fit and be offered the position over the other candidate who has an equal skill set.</p>
<p>Success Stories: We are looking for interview success stories for a future article. All subjects welcome. Please send yours to me personally at my e-mail address below by Aug. 26 at 3 p.m.</p>
<p>philippe@Dr-Career.com</p>
<p>Listen to Career FastTrack &#8220;Live&#8221; Mondays at 5:30pm on CiTR 101.9 FM or online at citr.ca.</p>
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		<title>Top books that will shape your career</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philippe Desrochers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Can you recommend any books that would help in my career?
A: Here is a list of the best books I have ever read that will help you advance in your career.
Figure Out What You Want
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.
You no longer have to struggle in your life. This book will teach [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Q: Can you recommend any books that would help in my career?</p>
<p>A: Here is a list of the best books I have ever read that will help you advance in your career.</p>
<p>Figure Out What You Want</p>
<p>Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.</p>
<p>You no longer have to struggle in your life. This book will teach you how to listen to your intuition &#8230; that peaceful voice that knows what is right for you. This read will inspire you to forge ahead on your own path and no longer be influenced by society.</p>
<p>The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.</p>
<p>By paying attention to the coincidences in your life you will access the secret messages that are trying to guide you in the right direction. This book actually talks about practical signals you can observe in your life that are trying to get your attention. You will become more aware of the energy that is there to act as a map for you. The more aware you are of this energy the easier it will be for you to make important life decisions with clarity and peace of mind.</p>
<p>Get What You Want</p>
<p>The Peter Principle by Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull, and Robert I. Sutton.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, this book is very inspiring considering it is about getting promoted until you are incompetent. From this book, you will learn how not to do this. Your biggest enemy is falling into the promotion trap. Getting a promotion can be the worse thing for you. Better to excel on a lateral move or going off on your own than to be part of a rat race that leads to a dead end filled with frustration and resentment.<br />
Click here to find out more!</p>
<p>Getting To Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury.</p>
<p>This is the ultimate book on thinking Win/Win. If you are the type of person that thinks that life is a competition and that there are victors and losers then you will love this book. You will finally learn that in life everyone gets a piece of the pie and you can stop feeling guilty for having yours.</p>
<p>What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a classic for a reason. Tired of relying on the typical ways of finding work? This book focuses only on high return activities that will ensure you get in front of decision makers. It also has funny pictures.</p>
<p>Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles.</p>
<p>To be a rockstar in your career you want to create raving fans. That&#8217;s means whenever someone deals with you they leave salivating because of how much value you created for them. This book will teach you how to do this. Whenever you work with a client or supplier always remember that there is a way to inspire them to be loyal to you for a lifetime.</p>
<p>Please e-mail me the names of the books that have had the greatest impact on your life and why.</p>
<p>E-mail your question to: philippe@Dr-Career.com</p>
<p>Visit Dr-Career.com for a copy of &#8220;Land Your Dream Job in 12 Weeks or Less&#8221;. Listen to Career FastTrack &#8220;Live&#8221; Mondays at 5:30pm on CiTR 101.9 FM or online at citr.ca.</p>
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		<title>Self awareness before the job interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Moshin Manji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Having conducted thousands of job interviews over the years, the fact remains that the majority of people do not interview so well or could definitely use some practice.
Over-answering, providing incomplete answers, mumbling and simply not answering the interview questions well top the list of job-interview mistakes. These issues are noticed not only from my experience, [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having conducted thousands of job interviews over the years, the fact remains that the majority of people do not interview so well or could definitely use some practice.</p>
<p>Over-answering, providing incomplete answers, mumbling and simply not answering the interview questions well top the list of job-interview mistakes. These issues are noticed not only from my experience, but also from other hiring managers, recruiters and colleagues I have spoken to.</p>
<p>Unfortunately most job seekers don&#8217;t improve their job interview skills mainly because they are unaware of their opportunity to improve. For those of you who have had the opportunity to hire in your work history, you will confirm this to be true. For those who have not hired, go and ask any professional recruiter, HR and hiring manager to comment on how frequently they see the mistakes mentioned above. Ask how often they felt like pulling out a pillow during an applicant&#8217;s long-winded response. The honest ones will tell you that many people do not interview well. More importantly, many qualified people don&#8217;t interview well.</p>
<p>So how would you interview if you are one of the unskilled and unaware? What can you do about it?</p>
<p>While you can consider online job interview courses or seek a professional coach, it can be as simple as getting a friend who is willing to role play a job interview with you and video tape it!</p>
<p>Video is the most honest job interview coach you will ever have. See for yourself, how you interview. Look for missing answers, over-answering or rambling and the ever common &#8220;ums,&#8221; &#8220;ahs&#8221; and &#8220;like.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now if technology is a challenge, then do the above exercise without the video. Instead just ask your friend for feedback (while you will not need technology for this option, you will need an honest friend). An important note here is, if possible, try to get someone who has some experience in hiring, before seeking their advice.</p>
<p>Lastly, if an honest friend is the challenge, then just practice in front of a mirror playing both the role of the interviewer and applicant. This is a simple and effective way to improve your job interview skills (but I must caution if someone catches you talking to yourself in front of a mirror, I cannot take responsibility for what they might think).</p>
<p>&#8211; hrinmotion.com</p>
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		<title>New U.S. jobless claims rise unexpectedly to 558K</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Gregorio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, while continuing claims fell sharply.
The Labor Department says new claims increased to a seasonally adjusted 558,000, from 554,000 the previous week. Analysts expected new claims to drop to 545,000, according to Thomson Reuters.
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<p>WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, while continuing claims fell sharply.</p>
<p>The Labor Department says new claims increased to a seasonally adjusted 558,000, from 554,000 the previous week. Analysts expected new claims to drop to 545,000, according to Thomson Reuters.<br />
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<p>The number of people remaining on the benefit rolls fell to 6.2 million from 6.34 million the previous week. Analysts had expected a slight decline.</p>
<p>The four-week average of initial claims, which smooths out fluctuations, rose by 8,500 to 565,000, after falling for six straight weeks.</p>
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		<title>Three steps to your own biz in a recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philippe Desrochers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Feel like your career is on life support? You are not alone. There is a cure.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Feel like your career is on life support? You are not alone. There is a cure.</p>
<p>&#8220;I recently read your article on the secrets to being an entrepreneur during a recession. The moment I read your article I knew that was me, which explained why I have been so unhappy at work. I have always wanted to be my own boss. My work is quite uncertain at the moment and I have been there way too long. Your article assumed we already owned a company. What is your advice on how to get started?&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the Small Business Administration, two-thirds of new businesses survive for at least two years, and 44% survive at least four years. Not bad. The article goes on to cover reasons for business failure: Poor management, insufficient capital, poor location, lack of planning, and ineffective marketing.</p>
<p>There are two types of entrepreneurs and it is critical that you know which one you are so that you can survive these pitfalls and thrive as a business owner in today&#8217;s economic climate.</p>
<p>Passion Entrepreneurs: These are people who have a passion for one thing &#8212; a passion for opening a restaurant, a stationery store, or a garden shop. You cannot open a business without passion, however, passion is not enough. You must link that passion with a good business model.</p>
<p>Business Entrepreneurs: These are people who love the concepts in the groundbreaking book The e-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don&#8217;t Work and What To Do About It, by Michael E. Gerber. This type of entrepreneur will start any business. They often do not care what the business is, as long as it has profit potential. These people are often good at systems and managing resources and raising capital and selling new concepts and taking risks. These are the people who can hedge many of the risks associated with business failure.</p>
<p>Step 1: Which type of entrepreneur are you? If you are a passion entrepreneur, you must find a business entrepreneur as a partner. The way to find this person is to Google: Entrepreneur Association for _________ (city). Then join that group.</p>
<p>Step 2: Before starting your business, have someone else pay you to learn from their mistakes. If you want to open a seductive coffee shop where servers are scantily dressed, then work for your local popular coffee shop and observe their systems. After six months, take the owner out to lunch and ask them why they are so successful. Before you quit the job, always make sure to offer value. Stay at least one year and do not leave before you introduce a new product or system to improve their business. They trained you, you give back.</p>
<p>Step 3: Offer value. People don&#8217;t care what you are promoting. People care how you can help them. It&#8217;s never you. It&#8217;s them. I was recently approached by an individual who wanted to promote their women&#8217;s conference on my radio show. All they talked about was the conference. No research was put into whether the public was interested. Instead of saying: &#8216;My conference is so great because &#8230;,&#8217; she should have said, &#8216;Recent data indicates that women&#8217;s pay equality has not improved in 15 years &#8230; therefore there is a need for &#8230;&#8217;</p>
<p><em>Email your question to: info@Dr-Career.com. Visit www.dr-career.com for a free download. Listen to Career FastTrack &#8216;Live&#8217; Mondays at 5:30 p.m. on CiTR 101.9 FM or online at citr.ca.</em></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philippe Desrochers</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Q: &#8220;I have recently taken on a leadership role at my company. That was the first time that I realized how few women were my peers. At that moment, I experienced an odd feeling like I had to represent women. I became quite ineffective in my work as I felt this heavy pressure on my shoulders to fight for women&#8217;s equality. What are your thoughts on this?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8211; Won&#8217;t-Give-Up</p>
<p>A: Dear Won&#8217;t-Give-Up, you cannot help everyone and taking personal responsibility for your life must be your first priority. When you do this, you can impact the world. Here are research findings and strategies to release the talents inside of you.</p>
<p>The Barnard Center for Research on Women found that &#8220;women continue to face gender discrimination but it does not operate through the kinds of overt barriers to participation that mobilized activists in the 1960s. It is embedded in the everyday interaction.&#8221;</p>
<p>On the other hand, a Time magazine cover story sourced a workplace study by catalyst which studied 353 Fortune 500 companies and found that those with the most women in senior management had a higher return on equity by more than one-third!</p>
<p>I set out to learn strategies women can apply to their lives to realize their potential. I invited three successful women on my radio show, Career FastTrack, to share the following strategies to stacking the odds in your favour.</p>
<p>Believe in yourself: One of the surprising pieces of data that came out of my interview was not competency but confidence. Denise Baker, assistant dean for the Sauder School of Business Career Centre, highlighted the importance of trusting yourself and believing that you have every right to sit at the decision-making table. She went on to say that you have valuable contributions to make, and are smart and equally capable.<br />
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<p>Mentoring: &#8220;Mentoring can be very powerful for women who are struggling to reach their full potential&#8221; says Diane Akelaitis, a tax partner for Price Waterhouse-Coopers who is also involved with the firms Women in Leadership and Retention initiatives. Tips she highlights are the importance of networking in certain male-dominated industries. Women who are successful cite their mentors as being critical to their growth.</p>
<p>Celebrate: Akelaitis went on to say that women must learn to celebrate their own achievements. Women are naturally pre-wired to be modest about what they have accomplished and this harms women in the long run. Being recognized is important in advancing your career.</p>
<p>Networking: Women are more likely than a man to find their next job through an ad in the classifieds. In other words, they do not rely as heavily on networking to build their career as men. Woman are also more likely to be egalitarian while men more based on power and influence. According to Norm-Jean Thompson, founder of Canada&#8217;s Young Women in Business Network, this is the old way of networking. &#8220;I believe women are more effective at networking. They are focused on relationships and finding common ground with people and this is at the core of business success.&#8221;</p>
<p>Listen to the complete Career FastTrack podcast entitled Women: Empowering to Take Control of Their Career at www.citr.ca.</p>
<p><em>E-mail your question to: info@Dr-Career.com. Visit www.Dr-Career.com for a free download. Listen to Career FastTrack &#8220;Live&#8221; Mondays at 5:30pm on CiTR 101.9 FM or online at citr.ca.</em></p>
<p>A study of 353 Fortune 500 companies found that those with the most women in senior management had a higher return of equity by more than one-third!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Philippe Desrochers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You have a lot in common with GM and Chrysler: &#8220;50% of Americans today say they are dissatisfied with their jobs, up from 40% in 1995,&#8221; according to the Conference Board.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have a lot in common with GM and Chrysler: &#8220;50% of Americans today say they are dissatisfied with their jobs, up from 40% in 1995,&#8221; according to the Conference Board.</p>
<p>Being unhappy at work has nothing to do with the quality of work available. It has everything to do with your fear and inability to decide to go after what you want. Economic uncertainty is the perfect opportunity to seize control of your career. Why? Because you have little to lose.</p>
<p>You know everything you need to know now. However, what you don&#8217;t have is the ability to make a decision in the face of uncertainty. You will never get more certainty. The time is now. There is no tomorrow.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s called progress. To have progress you must suck first. The single greatest lesson you must learn is that there is no right choice for you. All decisions have opportunities. Pick the one that seems the most interesting at the moment.</p>
<p>First, you must die. GM and Chrysler have died. A definition of death is the termination of something. For years, these two companies knew that their old way of doing business was not sustainable. But they could not change. You also know, deep down, that you cannot continue on much longer being uninspired at work. It&#8217;s killing you. The solution is career bankruptcy.</p>
<p>A Morgan Stanley study found that returns were strong for companies that emerged from bankruptcy from 1980 through 1993, the last period of multiple recessions.</p>
<p>Covad, a company recently declaring bankruptcy, said its restructuring will &#8220;make the company virtually debt-free while putting it in a better position to obtain the additional capital necessary to achieve profitability.&#8221;</p>
<p>In other words, a rebirth. A second chance.</p>
<p>But how do you get reincarnated. Let&#8217;s look at GM. Never in my life have I ever wanted to own a GM car. After researching gmreinvention.com, I was actually inspired to consider them. Why?</p>
<p>They see this as an opportunity to recreate and reinvent a better product. GM CEO Fritz Henderson said it quite beautifully: &#8220;We will get the job done and do it once. We will start over and get stronger.&#8221;</p>
<p>A great line in the commercial is: &#8220;&#8230;The only chapter we are focused on is chapter 1.&#8221;</p>
<p>But starting over is too risky, right? Let&#8217;s look at the risks in your life. Your risk is that you will lose what you have. Is it all that much? Imagine you shifted your focus on the opportunity that existed if you changed your life? Is it possible that the true risk is continuing your life as is? What do you risk losing if you do not change? Your energy, your enthusiasm, your dreams? Your greatest risk now, is the status quo.</p>
<p>A new life is calling you. One that you yearn for deep down.</p>
<p>Poll question: If you could reinvent yourself, what would you do differently with your career? Send your answer to the e-mail below. The most inspiring answer may get published.</p>
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		<title>U.S. jobless rolls drop sharply to nearly 6.7M</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Gregorio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The total number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls dropped for the first time since early January, the government said Thursday, while new claims for benefits rose slightly.
The Labor Department said the total unemployment insurance rolls fell by 148,000 to 6.69 million in the week ending [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="grayOut"><em>By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</em></p>
<p><span id="textResize">WASHINGTON — The total number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls dropped for the first time since early January, the government said Thursday, while new claims for benefits rose slightly.</p>
<p>The Labor Department said the total unemployment insurance rolls fell by 148,000 to 6.69 million in the week ending June 6, the largest drop in more than seven years. The decline is a sign that layoffs are easing.</p>
<p>The drop also breaks a string of 21 straight increases in continuing claims, the last 19 of which were records. A dip in continuing claims several weeks ago was later revised higher.</p>
<p>The department also said initial claims rose 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 608,000 last week, above analysts’ expectations. The four-week average, which smooths fluctuations, fell by 7,000 to 615,750. Continuing claims data lags initial claims by one week.</p>
<p>The drop in continuing claims could signal a slowing in the rise of the unemployment rate, which reached a 25-year high of 9.4% in May. Many economists forecast the rate could reach 10% by the end of the year. <a href="http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Business/2009/06/18/9838446.html">Continue reading.</a></p>
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