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		<title>More on Germany, less on luggage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving hundreds of miles on German autobahns you notice things.  Like, if the highway has three lanes in one direction, the far right lane is for slow-moving traffic, the middle lane requires you to be going at least 80 mph, &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2013/05/17/more-on-germany-less-on-luggage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=797&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Another Tale of Lost Luggage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dateline: Berlin Some of you who follow me on Twitter (@milouness) are aware of the recent adventures of two bags belonging to me and my mom. Actually the bags didn&#8217;t do that much adventuring, come to think of it. We &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2013/05/15/just-another-tale-of-lost-luggage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=715&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rules I Try to Live By</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2013/04/06/rules-i-try-to-live-by/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the idea for this post began last week when a GovLab fellow was telling me that he thought he was finally figuring me out. (GovLab is a leadership development/innovation program I work with at Deloitte Consulting; actually I think &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2013/04/06/rules-i-try-to-live-by/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=703&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reality is the Land of Unintended Consequences</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2013/03/07/reality-is-the-land-of-unintended-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was struck the other day by reports that President Obama last fall opposed the near unanimous recommendation of his advisors that the US arm Syrian rebels. (The USG has now decided, according to press reports, to provide some rebel &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2013/03/07/reality-is-the-land-of-unintended-consequences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=694&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What ARE Extroverts GOOD For? An Incomplete List</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2013/01/22/what-are-extroverts-good-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RecoveringFed is not an extrovert. I am an introvert. I was reminded just how much of an introvert I am in the aftermath of a talk I gave on innovation recently at a Federal Government agency. I think the talk &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2013/01/22/what-are-extroverts-good-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=676&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fallacy of Worst Case Scenarios</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2012/11/01/the-fallacy-of-worst-case-scenarios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Sandy has led to some pretty foolish thinking. Just the other night some high school classmates were involved in some dreary silliness on Facebook about what might have caused Noah&#8217;s flood. One, a proud climate change denier and I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/11/01/the-fallacy-of-worst-case-scenarios/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=672&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ten Habits of Non-Conventional Thinkers</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2012/09/16/the-ten-habits-of-non-conventional-thinkers/</link>
		<comments>http://recoveringfed.com/2012/09/16/the-ten-habits-of-non-conventional-thinkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 02:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>recoveringfed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I do a couple of times a year is lead a discussion on conventional wisdom. It wasn&#8217;t my idea to do this. I was asked a few years ago by someone who was teaching a class &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/09/16/the-ten-habits-of-non-conventional-thinkers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=638&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rebel Life: Random Observations and Learnings</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2012/06/25/the-rebel-life-random-observations-and-learnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>recoveringfed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please do wander over to Rebelsatwork.com for my latest musings on being a corporate rebel. Here&#8217;s the link: The Rebel Life<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=635&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is your Toothpick? (and what do you do when you get screwed?)</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2012/06/17/where-is-your-toothpick-and-what-do-you-do-when-you-get-screwed-20-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So today I was assembling some Ikea outdoor furniture. I&#8217;ve probably assembled close to 50 Ikea pieces in my lifetime. This one was a little more complicated than I was used to. It was called Applaro, as Ikea is wont &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/06/17/where-is-your-toothpick-and-what-do-you-do-when-you-get-screwed-20-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=628&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You can Act Like a Hero, Just Don&#8217;t Be One</title>
		<link>http://recoveringfed.com/2012/06/03/you-can-act-like-a-hero-but-dont-be-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>recoveringfed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I posted an observation on Twitter, which I&#8217;ve posted once or twice before, that yet again I had been reminded that Heroism is not a viable Leadership Strategy. Someone asked me to say more. I included the &#8230; <a href="http://recoveringfed.com/2012/06/03/you-can-act-like-a-hero-but-dont-be-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveringfed.com&#038;blog=12269235&#038;post=554&#038;subd=recoveringfed&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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