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   <title type="html">Want Creative Solutions?</title>
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     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2010-07-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Try this little process that takes only two or three minutes. Simply sit back for 60 seconds and look around the room...]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Want Creative Solutions?
Try a little creative thinking
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
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Try this little process that takes only two or three minutes. Simply sit back for 60 seconds and look around the room....]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Eating Your Words</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Willis Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2010-06-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[If you think back over the past 20 years or so, menu descriptions and adjectives have taken on the heaving breathlessness of a romance novel.]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Eating Your Words


Make your menu clear and enticing
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Willis Getchell, CEC
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Remember the days of standard fare on menus, such as shrimp cocktail, prime rib and veal parmesan, when menus were nearly identica...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Productive Web Surfing - June 2010</title>
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   <updated>2010-06-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A great way to show customers your commitment to community involvement is to get involved...]]></summary>
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Productive WEB Surfing
Share Your Strength
Community Giving
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Check Out
www.strength.org
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Share Our Strength is a national organization that works hard to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. One of Share Our Stren...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Too Many Projects Have You Frozen in Your Tracks?</title>
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     <name>David Scott Peters</name>
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   <updated>2009-10-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The reality is that as your list of uncompleted tasks keeps growing, your restaurant suffers and your stress level explodes to a point where instead of getting things done...]]></summary>
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Too Many Projects Have You Frozen in Your Tracks?





A recipe for effective delegation

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By David Scott Peters
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   <title type="html">Great American Dine Out</title>
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     <name>Jenny Brooks</name>
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   <updated>2009-09-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Share Our Strength is once again holding the Great American Dine Out &#8213; a week-long national restaurant event to raise funds to help end childhood hunger in America]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Great American Dine Out

Restaurants across the US unite to end childhood hunger
&nbsp;
By Jenny Brooks
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">The Elephant in Your Restaurant</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2009-08-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Do you have an elephant lurking in your restaurant? Are you sure? Check the kitchen, the dining room, behind the bar. Maybe your manager is riding it around daily or it lives on your receiving dock.]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Elephant in Your Restaurant
Although it may be uncomfortable, it&rsquo;s time to face it
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
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Do you have an elephant lurking in your restaurant? Are you sure? Check the kitchen, the dining room, behind the ...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Cookin' Out</title>
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     <name>Jenny Brooks</name>
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   <updated>2009-07-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I learned a lot living in the South, but one of the things I will take with me wherever I go next is that &#8216;cookin&#8217; out&#8217; is a great way to bring people together...]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cookin&rsquo; Out
It&rsquo;s not just for barbecue


Jenny Brooks 
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   <title type="html">An Airport Parking Lot and Your Restaurant</title>
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     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2009-06-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What could an airport parking lot possibly offer that you should emulate? ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[An Airport Parking Lot and Your Restaurant
What do they have in common? 
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
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Hopefully your restaurant and one particular airport parking lot here in Phoenix have a lot in common. 
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What could an airpor...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">SECRET #31: Set Your Type in Narrow Columns</title>
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     <name>Drew Eric Whitman</name>
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   <updated>2009-04-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Narrow columns are easier to read. The eye needs to move only a short distance to get the full information. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Narrow columns are easier to read. The eye needs to move only a short distance to get the full information. ]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Good Ideas Come from Likely Places</title>
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     <name>Jenny Brooks</name>
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   <updated>2009-03-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What can you learn from this big chain with a small business attitude? ]]></summary>
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What can you learn from a chicken place?



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   <title type="html">SECRET #30: TESTIMONIALS: Your #1 Sales Weapon</title>
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     <name>Drew Eric Whitman</name>
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   <updated>2009-03-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[It's one thing for you to say your product or service is great... it's another for a customer to say so]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[It's one thing for you to say your product or service is great... it's another for a customer to say so]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Open Your Arms to Maintain Your Current Guests </title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2009-01-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We all know that word of mouth is the best form of advertising, right? You bet it is! Our economy is forcing many of us to tighten our belts leaving little for advertising to attract those new customers. ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Open Your Arms to Maintain Your Current Guests 


Reach new guests without expanding your advertising budget




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By Linda Peters-Getchell
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   <title type="html">The More the Merrier</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Jenny Brooks</name>
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   <updated>2009-01-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[When money gets tights, we start looking for ideas that are cheap but effective.]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[The More the Merrier


Combine talents to make a winning recipe
&nbsp;
Jenny Brooks
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   <title type="html">Asking the Wrong Questions Stalls Your Business, Your Life</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2008-10-04T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Running a restaurant in this economy is challenging enough, add personal relationships to that equation and where do you begin? ]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Asking the Wrong Questions Stalls Your Business, Your Life

What questions you should be asking 






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By Linda Peters-Getchell
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   <title type="html">The Power of Your Mind</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2008-08-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Now think about just how powerful your mind, your imagination really is. It can actually create physiological changes in the body, allow a fragrance to permeate your nostrils &#8213; it&#8217;s really very powerful!]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Power of Your Mind
Visualize it and it will come
&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Smile Button Ent...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">The Healthy Dining Program</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Erica Bohm, MS</name>
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   <updated>2008-07-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Today, more and more restaurants are also making sure their health-, weight-, and nutrition-minded guests have appealing choices, often accompanied by nutrition information.  ]]></summary>
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The Healthy Dining Program

A&nbsp;winning recipe for restaurants and diners alike



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By Erica Bohm 
Healthy Dining Program




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It&rsquo;s no secret &mdash; consumer interest in health and nutrition...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Gravity Of Clutter</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2008-01-29T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ I know that I am a master at clutter and it pulls me in all directions, leaving me, well, less than focused at times. It leaves me weighed down and uncomfortable. ]]></summary>
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Gravity of Clutter


The Power of a Minute Timer


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By Linda Peters-Getchell
Smile Button Enterprises, LLC

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The impact of clutter tends to pull one down even more so than the force of gravity, wouldn&rsquo;t you agree? I kno...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Tips for a Better You in the New Year</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2007-12-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sometimes we get so caught up in the day to day that we forget to live and enjoy. Now that the New Year is upon us, I hope this comes as a friendly reminder &#8213; enjoy, treat yourself well, treat others well and live life fully]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tips for a Better You in the New Year


Words of wisdom to make you wise

&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
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   <title type="html">Spreading Holiday Joy</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2007-10-09T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[How about starting a campaign of catching your employees doing something right, something extra, something special, making someone&#8217;s day? Acknowledge the employee with a business card printed up...]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Spreading Holiday Joy 

A small recognition goes a long way

&nbsp;
&nbsp;By Linda Peters-Getchell
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Smile ...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Caught in the Cobwebs</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2007-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[These tapes drive us, they actually make decisions for us without us being consciously aware of them. There is no avoiding them, but we can certainly decide to take notice and be aware of them, and make a choice to &#8216;stop&#8217; those tapes. ]]></summary>
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Caught In the Cobwebs


Think in new ways to clear your mind of damaging messages


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By Linda Peters-Getchell
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">It Only Takes a Little Bit of Poison to Kill</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2007-07-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Think about the times you have been focused, things are going well, you are feeling great and WHAM, you are hijacked by someone else&#8217;s criticism, or&#13;&#10;a disagreement you have with your spouse, or even a little self-doubt. ]]></summary>
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It Only Takes a Little Bit of Poison to Kill



Don&rsquo;t let negative thoughts and emotions 

derail your positive efforts


&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Valentine Trivia</title>
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   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/206</id>
   <author>
     <name>teachnet.com</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2007-02-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Valentine's Day Trivia...&#13;&#10;What you didn't know about Valentine's Day.]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Valentine's Day Trivia...
What you didn't know about Valentine's Day.]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Your Portrait Tells Your Story to the World</title>
   <link type="text/html" href="http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=your-portrait-tells-your-story-to-the-world" rel="alternate" />
   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/207</id>
   <author>
     <name>By Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2007-02-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I thought that before a portrait was considered, the individual should have to fill out a questionnaire regarding interests, secret dreams, passions, hobbies, talents, style, etc. then, and only then, could a portrait be painted.]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[Your Portrait Tells Your Story to the World


Know yourself to leave an impression of yourself 
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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Years ago I was partners in a catering service in a rather affluent community. We ...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Step Out of the Box</title>
   <link type="text/html" href="http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=step-out-of-the-box" rel="alternate" />
   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/121</id>
   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2006-07-23T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A group of kindergarten children were shown a dot drawn on the blackboard and ask to tell what they say. Those little minds went on an adventure, seeing everything from a squashed bug to a magic button that took you into space.]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[
Step Out of the Doodle 
A game to unleash your creative juices
&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Spark Conne...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">You Are Only a Click Away from Effectively Handling Stress</title>
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   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/40</id>
   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2006-04-17T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[You might start your day off by looking in the mirror and saying to yourself, &#8216;You look fat in those slacks,&#8217; or &#8216;My hair is a mess, it never does what I want it to do,&#8217; or &#8216;You are such a pig, you should have put it where it belongs and you wouldn&#8217;t have]]></summary>
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You Are Only a Click Away from Effectively Handling Stress
Make positive choices and stop poisoning your body
&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
&nbsp;
Negative thoughts creep into your mind all day long. In fact, the avera...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Super-Duper Multitasker or Mindful of the Task at Hand?</title>
   <link type="text/html" href="http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=super-duper-multitasker-or-mindful-of-the-task-at-" rel="alternate" />
   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/45</id>
   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2006-03-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We all tend to take pride in how many things we can do at once &#8213; that wonderful art form called multitasking. But there is a real downside to the glory of multitasking. Studies are beginning to show that multitasking can have some real negative effects on]]></summary>
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Super-Duper Multitasker or Mindful of the Task at Hand?
Living in the moment provides insight
&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
&nbsp;
I can remember a job interview I had and the director who was interviewing me asked, &l...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Which Wolf Do You Feed?</title>
   <link type="text/html" href="http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=which-wolf-do-you-feed" rel="alternate" />
   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/34</id>
   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2006-01-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What do you give others?Giving to others what you want for yourself takes practice. Sometimes I catch myself giving to others what I wouldn't want for myself - perhaps some inattention, or impatience, or an angry voice. When I find myself doing this, I tr]]></summary>
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Which Wolf Do You Feed?
&nbsp;
By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
&nbsp;
What do you give others? 
Giving to others what you want for yourself takes practice. Sometimes I catch myself giving to others what I wouldn't want for myse...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">THE CREATIVE JUICE MACHINE</title>
   <link type="text/html" href="http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=the-creative-juice-machine" rel="alternate" />
   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/27</id>
   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
   </author>
   <updated>2005-12-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t you wish you had one? A creative juice machine, that is. You could turn it on and the creative juices would start to well up within you, flowing through every inch of you, bursting in colorful splendor to bring to life your creative vision.]]></summary>
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THE CREATIVE JUICE MACHINE
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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Don&rsquo;t you wish you had one? A creative juice machine, that is. You could turn it on and the creative juices would start to well up within you...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Share-A-Smile Day</title>
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     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2005-11-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ideas come from amazing places and from the simplest of places. The quote above came in an email from my son-in-law, an art professor, regarding their almost five-month-old son. Although he is a creative artist, he paints equally as well with his words as]]></summary>
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Share-A-Smile Day
The Amazing Power of a Residual Smile
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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&ldquo;I&nbsp;think he really is a happy boy. I see many times when he's sleeping (or sleepy, about to sleep)&nbsp;smi...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Freedom, Success or Captive Monkey?</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2005-10-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Did you know that the more you replay bad experiences in your mind, the more you tend to repeat them? That is what you are doing by belaboring the bad day&#8213;you begin to create more of them. You begin to think you have a real hump to get over.]]></summary>
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Freedom, Success or Captive Monkey? 
The Choice Is Yours 
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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Open to new ideas, to change?&nbsp;
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&ldquo;Yeah, sure I am!&rdquo; you might profess without any hesitation. 
&nbsp;...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">What Do You Have In Common With the Flea?</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2005-09-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Did you know that if you put a flock of fleas (by the way, a group of fleas is not called a flock, I just like the way it rolled off my tongue&#8213;a flock of fleas). At any rate, you put the fleas in a jar, screw on the lid and those little fleas will leap an]]></summary>
   <content type="html"><![CDATA[What Do You Have In Common With the Flea?
Creative Leaps Lead to Action
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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Did you know that if you put a flock of fleas (by the way, a group of fleas is not called a flock, I just like th...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Dirty Underwear And The Mind</title>
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   <id>http://members.therestaurantexpert.com/viewarticle.php/88</id>
   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2005-08-17T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As it nears the date of my event, The Spark Connection Creativity Workshop, I find myself pressured with more and more to do. You know what I mean&#133; the more you do, the more you find you have to do? Well, at any rate that is where I find myself&#8213;up to my e]]></summary>
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Dirty Underwear And The Mind
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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As it nears the date of my event, The Spark Connection Creativity Workshop, I find myself pressured with more and more to do. You know what I mean&helli...]]></content>
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   <title type="html">Color Me Creative</title>
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   <author>
     <name>Linda Peters-Getchell</name>
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   <updated>2005-07-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed how creativity comes so natural to children? Almost anything and everything provides opportunity for creativity&#8213;fluffy clouds that change shape to look like a train, a cat, even Abraham Lincoln. Rainy days give license to writing a b]]></summary>
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Color Me Creative
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By Linda Peters-Getchell
The Spark Connection, LLC
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Bet you just read that headline and said &ldquo;Not me!&rdquo; I would like to have a dollar for every time I have heard someone say &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not creative....]]></content>
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