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	<description>win first, fight later.. win beforehand                                                                                                           www.sensei-winbeforehand.co.uk</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Never Mind the Three Rs - What About The Three Cs?</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/never-mind-the-three-rs-what-about-the-three-cs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[3Rs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Education Trust]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-esteem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shyness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social intelligence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I’m sick to death of hearing about the golden age of learning when pupils were taught the ‘3 R’s’ of reading, writing and arithmetic… even though only one of them starts with ‘r’.  So much for the golden age.
 
I’ve got a better idea.  What about the ‘3 C’s’ of comprehension, calculation and confidence?
 
Comprehension is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia N95 8GB</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/nokia-n95-8gb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was moseying around on the web a few months ago in search of a new mobile phone.  I deserved one - my old one (a trusty old Motorola Pebl) was falling apart.  
Feeling wild, I decided to investigate other brands, having had three Motorolas in a row.  I settled on a Nokia N85 8GB.  What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revenge of the Pancake People</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/revenge-of-the-pancake-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[brain and learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[concentration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[multi-tasking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine and I had a discussion recently on the miracle of multi-tasking. It started off with some droll comment about the pop-psych notion that women are better at it than men. Then we got onto larger questions. Is this a myth or a fact? Are human beings truly capable of it at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Beat the Office Grind and Think More Clearly</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/five-ways-to-beat-the-office-grind-and-think-more-clearly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[brain and learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[information overload]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tony Buzan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[work/life balance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This title is the subheading of an excellent BBC News Magazine article on the problems we face getting some thinking time. It’s fine for us to extol the virtues of ‘thinking smarter, not harder’. But how do you claim the spare time necessary to do this? Alan Connor gives five suggestions.
Choose your moment 
Take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do I Say in Conversation?</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/what-do-i-say-in-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conversation topics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interpersonal skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shyness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the questions I’m asked most often by people who have a hard time talking to others.
They can accept my points about the need for interest in other people, the different ways of building up personal confidence, the skills of listening and questioning, and all the other principles of inter-personal training. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men From Mars Waste Their Hours</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/men-from-mars-waste-their-hours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Belfast]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[QUB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[workshops for anyone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifelong Learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mars and Venus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[masculinity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men’s movement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Queen’s University Belfast]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[risk-taking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self improvement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-image]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why do men show so little interest in Lifelong Learning or self improvement.  Even - or especially - when it comes to learning about themelves?
I’ve taught lots of courses at Queen’s University Belfast in the field of Personal Development.  These workshops have ranged from Memory Improvement to Body Language, from Emotional Intelligence to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to be Interesting</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/how-to-be-interesting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[body language]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[influencing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[active listening]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conversation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dale Carnegie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interpersonal skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[open questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the course of an everyday conversation, many people are bored out their trees (as we say around here).  There are a lot of dull people out there.  Maybe you’re scared you’re one of them.  Or maybe you’re one of them but don’t know it.
People’s heads are full of rubbish when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learners or Customers?</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/learners-or-customers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Belfast]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[QUB]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brain and learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business in Northern Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[academics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[customers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifelong Learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Queen's University Belfast]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s an interesting article on the BBC website about whether students should think like customers. The thrust is that it might be dangerous because it forces cash-strapped academics to demean themselves by marketing their courses. The pain, the pain…
As a training consultant and business owner, I’m used to making the link between customers and learners. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Others Trust You</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/how-to-make-others-trust-you/</link>
		<comments>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/how-to-make-others-trust-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[body language]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emotional intelligence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[influencing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interpersonal communications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mirroring]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rapport-building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-disclosure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can personally vouch for three methods.  They work.  And it’s a good job they do too.  We could accomplish little in life without trust.  Trust is the glue that binds us together.
Self-disclosure
I extol the virtues of active listening and open-ended questioning as the main stays of inter-personal communication.  They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Test For Manhood</title>
		<link>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/a-test-for-manhood/</link>
		<comments>http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/a-test-for-manhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Baird, Partner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://senseilearningandperformance.wordpress.com/?p=308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Assume three things. Number one – you’re in a restaurant. Number two – you like your steak rare.  Number three – you’re a man. 
So you order a rare steak and you’re really looking forward to it.  The juices are flowing.  You’re in the company of good friends so the craic is [...]]]></description>
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