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		<title>Will China Change the World on Its Economic Ascent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Chinese industry forge a new path to turbocharge their economic growth the wayJapandid in the 1960s through to the early 1990s with their world-changing focus on quality improvement? Or will Chinese industry simply adopt the concepts and models developed by others in the West and inJapanand present the world with the same-old, same-old? Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spontaneous Music in the Subway: The Guerrilla People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I stepped into the subway train after work this evening, I was greeted by something wholly unexpected: live music. In the train was a group of 4 young men, 3 on acoustic guitar and one on a djembe drum. For the duration of the half-hour ride from downtown up to my stop near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers and Accountants Should Not Be At the Helm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago, and every so often, I encounter some friction and unanticipated concerns from the financial folks in the organization whom I must satisfy. Accountants, lawyers, and other risk analysis and procedural gatekeepers have their place, of course &#8211; particularly in a government bureaucracy &#8211; but I can&#8217;t help but think of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Want to Be Around a Perfectionist Unless You&#8217;re a Perfectionist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I think &#8220;good enough is good enough&#8221; because the cost of perfection &#8211; in terms of time, energy, or money &#8211; isn&#8217;t warranted. But there are times when I really, really want to make something perfect. Despite the high prices his knives command, perfectionist Iizuka still feels his knives aren&#8217;t perfect. Just once, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer Meetings Plus Better Meetings = More Productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I get my best work done at the office between 4pm to 7pm. I don&#8217;t like having to stay until 7pm, but I find that&#8217;s the best time that (a) matches my own physiological rhythms, and (b) when there are very few interruptions, if any. Meetings, in particular, can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unfairness + Encouraging Minimalist Performance: A Surefire Way to Lose Your Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving the unexpectedly late from work a few nights ago, I thought back to an experience early in my working life. I had been taught all through my childhood to work as hard as possible, and that working late is to be expected. I was taught to believe that good things happen when you push [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Male-Dominated Fields Are The Same In Every Social Strata</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve read the book Kitchen Confidential or ever worked in a commercial kitchen, you know that this is a male-dominated environment. You also know that this is also a far cry from a politically-correct environment and is sure to make bleeding-heart liberals&#8217; ears bleed. Here&#8217;s an example: &#8220;A rare exception because you don&#8217;t find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Decide Whether To Feel Fear or To Experience Excitement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mind is a wonderful thing. It is through the conscious mind that the same experience for one person may be gut-wrenchingly fearsome, and for another, an absolutely exhilarating thrill. Physiologically-speaking, arousal is arousal is arousal. Your body is primed for action when aroused. The adrenaline that courses through your body when you&#8217;re scared is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You&#8217;re Gonna Read, Read Something Productive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best advice I ever got was something my aunt told me back when I was still a university student. I have always been an avid reader, but at that point I had gotten to reading a lot of fiction and not much else. I was on a trip to visit a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 8 Keys to Success &#8211; and Staying Successful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the keys to success? To many people, that&#8217;s like asking what the winning numbers are to the big lottery jackpot. There is the belief that there just might be a simple key to success, like turning the key to starting a car. Well, the recipe for success is indeed conceptually simple, but it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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