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		<title>Help Wanted: Oh, No! What Do We Do Now?</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/05/14/help-wante/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Blumer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Have you ever had to fire a team member? It is truly one of the most miserable parts of a business owner’s job. If you have never had to do it, consider yourself blessed. You may have to fire someone one day, but you can lessen that risk if you hire correctly. Don’t make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Turn Smart People Stupid</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/05/05/how-to-turn-smart-people-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 12:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Kyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suck donk at taxes. I take too long. It’s because I try to clean everything up and tie everything out. What the hell kind of upside-down world is this where other accountants condescend to me because I’m too much of a perfectionist? It’s like fat people turning on you because you like donuts. I thought we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Call #8: What Is Onboarding?</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/30/community-call-8-what-is-onboarding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do you run a small business? Do you have a pulse? If you answered yes to either of these, you may be the perfect client for us! We don&#8217;t even know your name, but we can definitely do whatever it is that you want us to do.&#8221; While you may not have stooped to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THRIVEcast Episode 10 Now Available</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/28/thrivecast-episode-10-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Meet VeraSage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Golden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out THRIVEcast Episode 10 with special guest Michelle Golden. Now available on iTunes and Stitcher. &#160; Wanna come to a live recording of the THRIVEcast? We&#8217;ll be in Las Vegas on June 13th recording an interview with Tom Hood and Mark Koziel. Find out how you can join us for this free event here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Platform Thinking</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/24/platform-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Platform thinking &#8211; that phrase was in the title of a recent blog post and podcast on the Duct Tape Marketing blog.  John Jantsch interviewed Phil Simon, author of The Age of the Platform on how businesses are changing to a community mindset and sharing collaboratively with others to get better business done. Fascinating. Simon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THRIVEal&#8217;s &#8216;Why&#8217; Video Contest</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/18/thriveals-why-video-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joey Brannon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked a few THRIVEal member firms to provide us some videos on why they do what they do.  Now we want you, our THRIVEal readers, to vote on which video should win a prize! Prizes provided by Vend, Young Financial Advisors, and THRIVEal: &#160; &#160; Joey Brannon&#8217;s Video Magen Smith&#8217;s Video Adrian Simmons&#8217; Video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Styles 101</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/15/learningstyles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Blumer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Blumer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labels are tough for me. I know that people are very complex and that we shouldn’t put them into a box. People learn and change and are shaped by experiences, books, other people, etc. Still, I do love having a way to organize people into nice, neat categories. In last month’s article, I even labeled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitler Knew What Public Accounting Was Like&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/12/hitler-knew-what-public-accounting-was-like/</link>
		<comments>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/12/hitler-knew-what-public-accounting-was-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This (and such) Hide Sites]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Habits of Highly Successful Firms, Part 7 of 7</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/09/seven-habits-of-highly-successful-firms-part-7-of-7/</link>
		<comments>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/09/seven-habits-of-highly-successful-firms-part-7-of-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[XCM Solutions, Inc. (a robust workflow product we use in our firm) conducted a research project last year to identify the differentiating factors between high and low performing firms.  Some of the findings are amazing and support the things THRIVEal firms have been doing all along.  We’ll check them out over the next 7 posts.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THRIVEal Video Update</title>
		<link>http://thriveal.com/2012/04/08/thriveal-video-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thriveal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Become an Innovative CPA Firm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason Blumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jody Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pioneering the New Firm CPA Coaching Course]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry this update is so long (over 10 minutes) but we had a lot to tell you!  Thanks for watching! &#160; Pioneering the New Firm Coaching Course THRIVEal&#8217;s Deeper Weekend Learning Gathering in Greenville, SC THRIVEal&#8217;s THRIVEcast! Tweet This (and such) Hide Sites]]></description>
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