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	<title>The Inspired Thought Leader</title>
	<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium</link>
	<description>Knowledge Through Awareness &#38; Creativity</description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am grateful for all of my family, friends, colleagues and clients who have blessed me over the years with the inspirations that came to the creation of Benjamin Wechsler, Inc.
May we all in unity be blessed with harmony and peace on this holiday! May each and every one of you be blessed on this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2008/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<title>You Are A Thought Leader!</title>
		<description><![CDATA["You are a thought leader for thought leaders!"

"Excuse me?" I turned to ask the woman behind me. I was getting my things together to leave a meeting at my church. The meeting was one on prosperity, and this woman came up to me, surprising me again with:

"I said, you are a thought leader for thought leaders!"

In that moment I was inspired. A new process for my consultancy was born in that short sentence.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2008/11/07/you-are-a-thought-leader/</link>
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		<title>Discovering My Passion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am still feeling the awe inspiring, loving energy that took over the entire city of Chicago last night as the now President-Elect Barack Obama made his acceptance speech. It is the next day and the whole city is still in that wonderful vibe. 

In the past two years, I found myself in situations that allowed me to face directly challenges where I had to make choices. Many of the choices were painful and emotionally draining. I cannot tell you how many times I felt more like screaming and running away rather than facing these challenges. Today, I see how these situations were the greatest gifts I could have ever been given.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2008/11/05/discovering-my-passion/</link>
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		<title>Creating Your Future: Balancing Imagination, Choices and Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the topic of a keynote presentation I will be co-presenting with Elizabeth Monroe-Cook of Monroe-Cook and Associates to the DuPage Executive Network on November 20, 2007, at the College of DuPage.
Liz and I will combine our professional experience and training to present this overview of two major approaches and tools that assist individuals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/10/29/creating-your-future-%e2%80%93-balancing-imagination-choices-and-action/</link>
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		<title>Music Used at CPSI Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended the Creative Problem Solving Institute Conference at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA, last week. I had the opportunity to present my Orchestra of Life workshop as a Nite Flight presentation. I also presented music during the Springboard CPS class throughout the week. For those who attended, I am posting the music presented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/07/04/music-used-at-cpsi-conference/</link>
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		<title>Rebirth of &#8220;Orchestra of Life&#8221; Seminars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I decided to give life (again) to a series of workshops I presented while in St. Louis titled, &#8220;Orchestra of Life.&#8221; In these workshops I would lead students through a series of processes using music as a catalyst for transformation. In these workshops I would use classical music, meaning orchestral music (not the classical era [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/06/11/rebirth-of-orchestra-of-life-seminars/</link>
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		<title>Intelligence Applied</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I changed the name of my blog in order to more accurately reflect who and what I do. &#8220;From the Podium&#8221; reflected my training in music and conducting, and was a play on the idea of standing on my &#8220;soap box&#8221; which for a conductor is his podium. 
There still may be more changes coming, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/06/11/intelligence-applied/</link>
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		<title>Ning - Build Your Social Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a new kid on the block - at least new to me. It is called Ning. Yes, that is right, Ning.
I will let the people at Ning give the best description of what they are: &#8220;Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/05/21/ning-build-your-social-network/</link>
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		<title>The Nature of Innovation: CPSI Conference June 24th - 29th, 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be attending the Creative Problem Solving Institute Conference this year. The event is sponsored by the Creative Education Foundation. The event will be held at Calloway Gardens, southwest of Atlanta, Georgia.
&#8220;CPSI offers processes, tools, networking, challenges, stimulation, concepts and solutions for unlocking your creative spirit and implementing new ideas. Whether youâ€™re looking to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/05/20/the-nature-of-innovation-cpsi-conference-june-24th-29th-2007/</link>
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		<title>New Start!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I begin blogging again after a hiatus of several months. With the beginning of a new company, and a new web site, I chose to host my own blog, rather than allowing Wordpress to host it. I moved some of my past posts to this blog as a way to initiate the new.
I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/2007/05/02/new-start/</link>
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