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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Verba: A digest of Richard’s ruminations</description><title>Verba</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @richardsneed)</generator><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Marshall Goldsmith on getting your mojo back and making yourself...</title><description>&lt;iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_44253500424" src="http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/44253500424/audio_player_iframe/richardsneed/tumblr_miygojEb2O1r0gao6?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frichardsneed%2F44253500424%2Ftumblr_miygojEb2O1r0gao6" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marshall Goldsmith&lt;/strong&gt; on getting your mojo back and making yourself (and others) happy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/44253500424</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/44253500424</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:14:43 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen: How to Get Through to...</title><description>&lt;iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_43892303779" src="http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43892303779/audio_player_iframe/richardsneed/tumblr_miqbdctPtr1r0gao6?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frichardsneed%2F43892303779%2Ftumblr_miqbdctPtr1r0gao6" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Mark Goulston&lt;/strong&gt;, author of J&lt;em&gt;ust Listen: How to Get Through to Absolutely Anyone&lt;/em&gt;, being interviewed by Amy Alkon on &lt;em&gt;Advice Goddess Radio&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43892303779</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43892303779</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:39:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>BJ Fogg's Behavior Model</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.behaviormodel.org"&gt;BJ Fogg's Behavior Model&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;What causes behavior change? &lt;strong&gt;BJ Fogg&lt;/strong&gt; posits three elements must converge at the same moment: motivation, ability, and a trigger. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.behaviormodel.org/index_files/pasted-graphic.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43891874224</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43891874224</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Andrew Sobel, author of Power Questions, being interviewed by...</title><description>&lt;iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_43891322737" src="http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43891322737/audio_player_iframe/richardsneed/tumblr_miqahfUOkV1r0gao6?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frichardsneed%2F43891322737%2Ftumblr_miqahfUOkV1r0gao6" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andrew Sobel&lt;/strong&gt;, author of &lt;em&gt;Power Questions&lt;/em&gt;, being interviewed by Mike McLaughlin of &lt;em&gt;Management Consulting News&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43891322737</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43891322737</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Are you wanting to prove something, or learn something?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3124-give-it-five-minutes"&gt;Are you wanting to prove something, or learn something?&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Give it five minutes …&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jason Fried&lt;/strong&gt; reminds us to think about something a little bit before pushing back.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43744278504</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/43744278504</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:54:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>We are all figments of our imaginations</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/01/a-legend-in-my-own-mind.html"&gt;We are all figments of our imaginations&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seth Godin&lt;/strong&gt; points out that we are not rational actors, and that it’s more important to understand the stories we make up about our past than to know what actually happened.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/41706434372</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/41706434372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:38:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Mastery</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sivers.org/book/Mastery"&gt;Mastery&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Derek Siver&lt;/strong&gt;’s notes on the book Mastery by George Leonard.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/41650974698</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/41650974698</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:30:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Secret ingredient for success</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/opinion/sunday/secret-ingredient-for-success.html?_r=0"&gt;Secret ingredient for success&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Questions are portals to breakthroughs.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/41495639824</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/41495639824</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:01:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Hell Yeah! or No by Derek Sivers
(The cure for overwhelm and...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25496723" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hell Yeah! or No&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Derek Sivers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The cure for overwhelm and resentfulness.)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/39599335691</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/39599335691</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:41:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The New Man Podcast: The Empowerment Directive</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thenewmanpodcast.com/2012/12/tnm-126-power-of-ted-are-you-a-drama-queen-and-dont-know-it/"&gt;The New Man Podcast: The Empowerment Directive&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Switch from VICTIM to CREATOR&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/38434291606</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/38434291606</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:59:06 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Scott Hanselman: “It’s Not What You...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/39020426" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott Hanselman&lt;/strong&gt;: “It’s Not What You Read—It’s What You Ignore” &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/23652130973</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/23652130973</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:10:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Seth Godin on improving your signal-to-noise ratio</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/05/ranking-for-signal-to-noise-ratio.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29"&gt;Seth Godin on improving your signal-to-noise ratio&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/23651888585</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/23651888585</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:06:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Why trying hard doesn't work</title><description>&lt;a href="http://danwaldschmidt.com/2011/12/extreme-behavior/why-trying-doesnt-work"&gt;Why trying hard doesn't work&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/14828188631</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/14828188631</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:18:23 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/12/11/30-things-to-stop-doing-to-yourself/"&gt;30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/14793596332</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/14793596332</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:29:41 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>What is the one question you wish others would ask themselves?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/12/fiveish_things_.html"&gt;What is the one question you wish others would ask themselves?&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/14099657831</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/14099657831</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:02:03 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. Seuss's uncle's great Words of Wisdom</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.humanity.org/voices/commencements/speeches/index.php?page=seuss_commencement_poem"&gt;Dr. Seuss's uncle's great Words of Wisdom&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;The commencement poem recited by &lt;strong&gt;Theodor Geisel&lt;/strong&gt; in 1977 at Lake Forest College&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13999647774</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13999647774</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:06:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Being so very insignificant makes me feel so very significant.</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/17jymDn0W6U?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being so very insignificant makes me feel so very significant.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13980899414</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13980899414</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:13:02 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>"How long should you try? Until."</title><description>“How long should you try? Until.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jim Rohn&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13967309098</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13967309098</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:58:15 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>20 Ways to Get People to Believe in Your Ideas</title><description>&lt;a href="http://passivepanda.com/movement"&gt;20 Ways to Get People to Believe in Your Ideas&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13947996819</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13947996819</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:53:15 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The Painless Path to Endurance</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2011/12/06/the-painless-path-to-endurance-plus-breville-winner-and-more/"&gt;The Painless Path to Endurance&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;What’s the best strategy for the long haul?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What did a coach tell one of the best pistol marksmen in the Russian armed forces that caused him to have a major breakthrough in his accuracy?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What’s the secret of people who make more and do more? (Here’s a hint: they don’t work harder.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What gives you access to performing at your highest skill, and also helps you have more fun?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You’ll find the answers in &lt;a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2011/12/06/the-painless-path-to-endurance-plus-breville-winner-and-more/" title="The Painless Path to Endurance"&gt;The Painless Path to Endurance&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;Tim Ferriss&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13946413177</link><guid>http://richardsneed.tumblr.com/post/13946413177</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:23:00 -0600</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
