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	<title>The Real Estate Investor&#039;s G.P.S. for Systematic Success &#187; Goals &amp; Time Management</title>
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	<description>Tips on Systematic Real Estate Investing, and Making More Money with Less Hassle</description>
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		<title>How to Leave a Voicemail Message</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone message]]></category>
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(Full splits are optional)

This is a quick tip, as brief and to-the-point as the messages I wish everyone would leave.
This is how to leave a message on someone&#8217;s voicemail or answering machine:
1) Say who you are right away.
2) (Optional) And say who you&#8217;re with or where you met, if you think they might not remember
3) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I’m Reading 101 Productivity Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[101 books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

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(Picture this, mutiply it by 6, and that would be me)
What I&#8217;m up to:
I know I’m getting WAY ahead of myself here by announcing this now, but I thought you might be interested in following along over the next year or so as I research and prepare for what’s going to be my “greatest work” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 10 Highest-Value Uses of Your Time</title>
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		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/the-top-10-highest-value-uses-of-your-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[80 20 rule]]></category>
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I read &#8220;The 80/20 Principle&#8221; by Richard Koch today, and I highly recommend it.  I&#8217;ve read articles, etc, that gloss over the topic, but this is the only book that goes into an in-depth analysis of the principle and all the ways to apply it to your business, your investments, and your life.
As a productivity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reward Yourself After Doing the Hardest Work First</title>
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		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/reward-yourself-after-doing-the-hardest-work-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  

 

Avoid Procrastinating
 
We all know it makes sense to do the most important tasks first, even though they’re often the least desirable. I’m referring to tasks like talking to sellers, making offers, or dealing with tough issues. 
 
By doing these hard items first, you know for sure that they will get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan&#8217;s System for Doing the Mail Breaks Down</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/alans-system-for-doing-the-mail-foiled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/alans-system-for-doing-the-mail-foiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have a system that I follow each week for going through and responding to my mail.  And whenever I deviate from it, stuff like this happens.
But before I tell the story, let me give an overview of my Mail Processing System.
My System for Doing the Mail
This is actually just one part of my personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automate, then Delegate</title>
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		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/automate-then-delegate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>

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When I&#8217;m speaking I have a slide in my presentation that I call my patented Work Avoidance System.  It shows a funnel that work has to go through before it finally gets to you:
1) Eliminate
2) Procrastinate
3) Outsource
4) Delegate
5) Finally, if none of the above will work, do it yourself

I want to add an additional process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking vs Doing vs Both</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/personal-development/thinking-vs-doing-vs-both/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/personal-development/thinking-vs-doing-vs-both/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>
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Many of the investing seminars I&#8217;ve been to emphasize how:
1) You don&#8217;t have to know everything in order to get started
2) People use thinking as an excuse to procrastinate and delay taking action
3) Better to do somethink and make mistakes than not at all,
4) Ready, Fire, Aim, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum
I agree with all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reason #2,385 Why I Like My Time Log</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/reason-2385-why-i-like-my-time-log/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/reason-2385-why-i-like-my-time-log/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>

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If you&#8217;ve been reading lately, you&#8217;ll see that I have been tracking my time with a log to see how effective I am at the end of each week.  I&#8217;m proud to say that I have been spending an average of 80% of my time on whatever the week&#8217;s Focus Items are (writing my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Your Wife&#8217;s Friends to Call Back Later</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/tell-your-wifes-friends-to-call-back-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/tell-your-wifes-friends-to-call-back-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At your recommendation, I&#8217;m going to start writing about some of my personal routines for getting things done and staying organized, the A.D.D. Way.
Frankly, though, my preference is escaping from situations where I am obligated to remember or do or remember anything in the first place.  Avoiding work is one of the easiest but ne&#8217;er [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Quit Answering My Phone</title>
		<link>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/why-i-quit-answering-my-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/goals-time-management/why-i-quit-answering-my-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals & Time Management]]></category>

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I hate the phone.  I hate the sound of it ringing.  I hate having to scurry over to it, jumping over toys and furniture in a Pavlovian response to its every beck and call.  I hate it, hate it, hate it.
Talking on the phone is fine, but WHEN I want to and with WHOM I [...]]]></description>
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