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		<title>Importation productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand is an island nation, our economic livelihood depends on our imports and exports and the processes around them. We also have low productivity, I wonder why? Here&#8217;s my recent experience. On 7 January 2012 I ordered a product from a supplier in Germany, it was picked, packed and despatched on the 9th, a <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/importation-productivity/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>From an email doing the rounds&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economically simplistic but still perhaps the cleverest and simplest description of the debt problems facing both the US and many European counties. Why the U.S. was downgraded: U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000 Let&#8217;s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it&#8217;s a household <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/from-an-email-doing-the-rounds/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why writing is important&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“But words are things and a small drop of ink, Falling like a dew, upon a thought produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think; and why what we write needs to carefully considered&#8230; &#8216;Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages; to what straits <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/why-writing-is-important/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Message to Garcia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The language is no longer current, the &#8220;motivational techniques&#8221; will not pass today&#8217;s muster but in essence there is much to be said for the sentiments expressed in&#8230; A Message to Garcia By Elbert Hubbard 1899 In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/message-to-garcia/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-life Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished a call with a colleague in the States who is facing that thing we know so well&#8230; the mid-life crisis. It sounds banal but it is a very real experience for those going through it. And it looks something like this. My work no longer satisfies me I try to find satisfaction <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/mid-life-crisis/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A strong Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A German colleague and I were discussing the Euro crisis and the general perceptions surrounding it. At one point he made the comment that &#8220;people are still afraid of a strong Germany&#8221;. My response to him was that Germany will be forever misunderstood. Then I read this letter to the editor in one of New <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/a-strong-germany/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Massage and Consulting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years I have had a knot under my right shoulder-blade and I&#8217;ve tried everything: deep tissue massage, heat treatment, even those orange knobbly balls you can use to &#8220;self massage&#8221; against a wall. Result, temporary relief but nothing that ever lasted. Last week I decided to try something different. A colleague had recommended a local <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2012/01/on-massage-and-consulting/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Weiss Keynote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which he demonstrates superb technique and explains why consultants have been educating their buyers incorrectly: time-based fees are good for neither the consultant nor the client. Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>Was it worth it&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online colleague (that&#8217;s someone with whom I correspond but have never met) posted the following, he&#8217;s in the US: The US invested somewhere between $800 billion and over $1 trillion dollars, 30,000+ troops were injured, many with traumatic brain injuries and other debilitating injuries from which they will never fully recover, and about 4500 <a href='http://www.making-hay.com/2011/12/was-it-worth-it/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The hill fell into the river&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Hay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A slip in the Manawatu Gorge, NZ MURRAY WILSON /FAIRFAX NZ NZTA]]></description>
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