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		<title>Changing the Lives of Children with just two clicks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may or may not know that my 12 year old son (Jordan) was recently diagnosed with liver disease &#8211; of which they know very little about in children.
Diet and exercise are two of the most important components to try to &#8220;stall&#8221; the increasing bad liver enzymes he has been experiencing. While I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest for Perfection. Can it kill you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can striving for perfection kill you?

Okay, seriously most likely not in a literal sense. But it can cause you to freeze up and not pursue your goals.
It&#8217;s just over the mid-way point for January 201o and I&#8217;ve already fallen short on my blogging goals (as well as commenting on other people&#8217;s blogs).
I wrote out my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Goals for Your Virtual Assistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where the heck am I going?
2009 in Review and BHAG for 2010!
June 5, 2009 &#8212; a big day for me &#8211; new website design (not this current one) is finally launched and I do my first blog post about why I do not like FollowFriday on Twitter.
My Google Analytics prior to blogging were sad, sad, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is in your library?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What knowledge do you hold in your library?
Thanksgiving Day was my one year anniversary in business as a Virtual Assistant (my Year of #Tweetsgiving). As part of the reflection of my first year in business I realized that I have accumulated an immense amount of knowledge that has made me a better Virtual Assistant and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A year of Tweetsgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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The journey is the reward &#8211; Chinese Proverb
In a way, I think of myself as a warrior&#8230;.My last day as a full-time employee was the day before Thanksgiving 2008. Thanksgiving last year was a pretty emotional day. Part of me wondered if I had lost my mind, after all I had &#8220;given up&#8221; a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweetsgiving: Twitter friends who mean the world to me</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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What I am thankful for &#8211; Part One
To the many people who have supported me, my dreams and my vision
It is only because of Twitter that I happened to cross paths with these people and for that I am eternally grateful.

@AceConcierge and @VAinParadise &#8211; my water cooler girls whom I will meet IRL some day. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Millionaire Mind Intensive Weekend in Denver, Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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I had read T. Harv Eker&#8217;s book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, several months ago and was quite excited to go to the actual Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar this past weekend in Denver, Colorado.
This was the most beneficial seminar I have ever attended (and I go to several a year) for many reasons, some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why it&#8217;s important to give back</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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Why I believe it&#8217;s important to give back
Yoplait has pink lids on the top of their yogurt and if you send them in to Save Lids to Save Lives Yoplait will donate $.10 for each cover.
I have a tiny pile on my kitchen counter and ever so often I send them out. Last week I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How uncomfortable are you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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&#8220;We change when the pain to change is less than the pain to remain as we are.” &#8211; Ed Foreman

Shake your head with me if you are the type of person who agrees too often.  You say yes and then, at some point, you wish you had said no.
I am particularly guilty of doing this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop. Pause. Take a shower.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve been working with a LOA coach for several weeks now. During our call two weeks ago she asked what I do for self-care&#8230;HUH? Take time for me? Really? Do people do that?
It was a simple assignment, I only had to buy myself flowers. I forgot.
Last week I had to admit I had forgotten but [...]]]></description>
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