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	<description>Overcoming Obstacles - Exploiting Opportunities</description>
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		<title>To Serve, To Strive and Not To Yield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are the guiding principles of the Outward Bound Schools around the world.  Outward Bound uses our world’s wilderness and oceans to transform ordinary people into extraordinary leaders.  Having participated in four different Outward Bound Schools, these words have become a guiding principle in my leadership life.
Allow me to share some of these insights with... <a href="http://www.tonyford.com/2011/04/serve-strive-yield/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten things to consider when choosing a Mergers and Acquisitions Firm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is time to sell your company.
After years of struggling to build your company, now is the time to reap an equity harvest.
But where do you start?  Who do you talk to?  What is your company worth at this time?
When seriously considering the sale of their company, most owners turn to friends and trusted professionals... <a href="http://www.tonyford.com/2011/03/ten-choosing-mergers-acquisitions-firm/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration &#8211; What makes a hero?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was thirteen years old my Dad came home and told us that he had just received orders to go to Vietnam.  Even as a boy, I knew that this was very bad news.  I knew other kids who had fathers in “Nam”, and I understood what a scary, difficult struggle it... <a href="http://www.tonyford.com/2011/03/inspiration-what-makes-hero/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How do you know if you have been a great Father to your children?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Becoming a great father has been one of my top three priorities for as long as I can remember.  The wonderful times and truths that my Dad and I shared set a standard that continues to inspire me.  He was the best provider, mentor and encourager a boy could possibly hope for. ... <a href="http://www.tonyford.com/2011/03/great-father-children/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hopelessness Is Always Premature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know you.
Last night you helped me find the right spark plug to fix my broken lawn mower at the hardware store.  It was past closing time but you put down your broom, unlocked the door and helped me.  Just two years ago you were a senior manager at our local bank.  Now you work... <a href="http://www.tonyford.com/2011/03/hopelessness-premature/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twelve Great Tools for Building Your Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost thirty years and I can still remember my  shop teacher saying “Choose your tools carefully – each was designed for a  specific purpose”.  Boy was he right!
Learning to use our tools properly in the wood shop is  important for creating a beautiful, useful piece of furniture.  Learning to... <a href="http://www.tonyford.com/2011/02/twelve-great-tools-building-company/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tonyford.com/2011/02/twelve-great-tools-building-company/</link>
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		<title>Tony provided an authoritative reality check for my business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Graham, 2009 Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholar
Project Management &#038; Planning Operations
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tonyford.com/2011/02/tony-provided-an-authoritative-reality-check-for-my-business/</link>
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		<title>He shared his extensive professional network, insightful perspectives and guidance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Staab, Project Manager
Maciley Enterprises, L.P.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tonyford.com/2011/02/he-shared-his-extensive-professional-network-insightful-perspectives-and-guidance/</link>
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		<title>Tony is an Entrepreneur’s Entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Vercher MBA, MS, SPHR
Career Search Network]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tonyford.com/2011/02/tony-is-an-entrepreneur%e2%80%99s-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<title>He is straightforward, honest, caring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gary R. French, Vice President of Operations
Five Star Field Services, LLC]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tonyford.com/2011/02/he-is-straightforward-honest-caring/</link>
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