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		<title>Words to Live By to Be &#8220;GREAT&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
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		<title>Advice: &#8220;Make a good salary just to pay Sallie Mae&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[            So you&#8217;re a high school junior or senior looking to join the college ranks in a year or so.  If you are like most 17/18 year olds then you probably have little idea of what you want to do with your lives but you do know college is necessary.  You want that &#8220;college experience&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Awkward Moment When&#8230;Underpaid/Undervalued</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job Help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[           That awkward moment when you realize you are the lowest paid (or underpaid) at your company when you thought your salary was comparable to some of your colleagues.  Initially, you&#8217;re probably infuriated then you more than likely fall into a mini-state of depression and your production declines.  After the realization that you are underpaid/undervalued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YP Quote of the Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotes to Live By]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You can never go somewhere you&#8217;ve never been without doing something you&#8217;ve never done&#8221; YP&#8217;s, if we want to change our lives for the better, we can not expect to do the same things and expect different results. We have to be able to get out of our comfort zone and challenge ourselves. Even though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wise Words to Live By</title>
		<link>http://ypblogspot.com/t2w2a2h2c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Watch your THOUGHTS for they become WORDS. Watch your WORDS for they become ACTIONS. Watch your ACTIONS for they become HABITS. Watch your HABITS for they become CHARACTER. We all have weak moments when we say to ourselves, &#8220;I&#8217;m only going to have one or I&#8217;m only going to do this one time or one time won&#8217;t hurt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Six tips from your future self&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a very interesting article that I wanted to share. It talks about what advice the elder generation would give to the younger generation if they could do it all over again. The elderly share some very good insight on what is really important, which can help any young professional today. Enjoy.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success: How bad do you really want it???</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Great video sent to me via twitter by way of my little cousin @AmbitiousDom.  Even if you&#8217;re not an athlete please listen to the voice in the background and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll be inspired if you truly want to be successful.  The video and speaker speaks for itself&#8230;Enjoy&#8230;see you ladies and gents in Successville&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Tired Of…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[YP Guest Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life can be as hard as you make it at times. YP CGT shares a poem about some of the trials and tribulations that he goes through in life. Even though the stacks are against him, he is ready for a change, and his own personal &#8216;revolution&#8217;. Tired Of&#8230; Doing nothing&#8230; Overlooking things.. Not speaking up&#8230; Being half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YP Workout Plan:PPD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Fitness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  PPD: Pull Ups, Push Ups &#38; Dips           YPs this is a blog/workout for all you young professionals that consider yourselves workout buffs.  I do a total of 100 pull-ups, 300 push-ups, and 200 dips in 10 supersets.  I have a love hate relationship with this workout because it is so grueling but once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivation: &#8220;Keep Going&#8221; by T-Pain (Replay)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Keep Going: T-Pain             Like T-Pain or not this short, simple song speaks volumes.  I bet when T-Pain started pursuing his dream of being an artist in the fashion in which he went about it (auto-tune), he probably had a handful of supporters and triple the doubters and naysayers.  But he kept going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Humble&#8230; (Replay)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest qualities a person can have in this world is to be humble. I was having an interesting conversation with a friend of mine one day last week. We were talking sports and coaching youth. He then asked me if I could teach the youth today one thing about sports what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contentment&#8230; (Replay)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[          I was reading an article recently about contentment in one&#8217;s life. It brought about many interesting points, that made me contemplate my own situation, and think about what really brings me contentment. Contentment defined by the dictionary is &#8220;a source of satisfaction.&#8221; We all have different ways of finding satisfaction in our lives. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denzel Washington, Commencment Speech at UPenn, Urges Failure&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ypblogspot.com/denzelcommencmentspeech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denzel Washington has always been one of my favorite actors. Recently, he gave a commencement speech at his son&#8217;s school, the University of Pennsylvania. While speaking to the graduates he talked about taking risks in life, and not fearing failure, but embracing and becoming better because of them, which I believe is an inspiring message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Youth, Our Responsibility!</title>
		<link>http://ypblogspot.com/our-youth-our-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 14:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimH</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ypblogspot.com/?p=14539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Through my years of working with youth, I have noticed certain factors that give youth a better chance to succeed. This year in particular while working with youth in the inner city, I have learned more than ever that the youth of today, are very much a byproduct of the environment that surrounds them. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What If: Great Leaders became Extinct?</title>
		<link>http://ypblogspot.com/canulead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>YP Guest Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Leadership requires the ability to make decisions, to guide, or to direct a person , group and or society to take action in order to accomplish a common goal. Many people have allowed  themselves to become complacent. Ironically, and as a result we now have more followers and the prospective pool of leaders is very shallow. [...]]]></description>
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