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		<title>Word-Of-the-Week #1156: Sensitive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sensitive – responsive to the feelings of others. Do you deeply care about others? Would you go out of your way to help those in need? This week features the last half of “People Who Talk Tough Because They&#8217;ve Been Seriously Hurt Are Usually Covering Up 8 Genuinely Sweet Traits” by Marielisa Reyes at YourTango.com [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Word-Of-the-Week #1155: Tough Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tough Talk – speech that is assertive and uncompromising. Do you know anyone who seems standoffish or sometimes seems mean? Is that one of your traits? This week’s WOW features the first half of “People Who Talk Tough Because They&#8217;ve Been Seriously Hurt Are Usually Covering Up 8 Genuinely Sweet Traits” by Marielisa Reyes at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Word-Of-the-Week #1154: Optimism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Optimism– the tendency to expect the best and see the best in all things. Do you choose to see the glass as half full or half empty? This week features another great one from Sam Horn. AHA ANECDOTE I had the pleasure of interviewing Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute, for my new book, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Word-Of-the-Week #1153: Traits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Traits – distinguishing features of your personal nature. Have you ever felt you were different and found it freeing to not blend in? Do you strive to want to understand yourself better and improve? This week’s WOW features “People Meant To Do Big Things In Life Usually Have 5 Pretty Obvious Personality Traits” by Kayla [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Word-Of-the-Week #1152: Agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Agency– the ability to improve what happens to us, by us, or around us. What do you do when you are at a crossroad of uncertainty? Take action or wait and see hoping something happens? This week features another great one from Sam Horn. AHA ANECDOTE Earlier this week, I was scheduled to speak at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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