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		<title>Up!</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2011/01/up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up! We all want to be &#8220;UP&#8221;.  Whether it&#8217;s in our personal, our family or career life, we break through barriers with people &#38; projects and the idea of &#8220;UP&#8221; carries the idea of success. As the Dad of two amazing teenage boys, I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about how to teach them to succeed in...]]></description>
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		<title>A New Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done&#8230;&#8221;  A quote from my good friend Joseph in Genesis 50:20. So glad God&#8217;s got our back, so to speak, and has such a grander view for our lives than we do. Using difficult circumstances to move us...]]></description>
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		<title>Head-first or Feet-first</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I loved jumping into the pool feet-first.  Shallow end, deep end &#8211; it didn&#8217;t matter. I hated diving head-first.  It scared me, even though I knew the deep end was plenty deep enough.  I always thought about diving and really wanted to, but in the end I usually just jumped....]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Gossip</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2010/06/the-latest-gossip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, many of us would click to this post because of the title &#8211; we want to hear the latest gossip.  Also unfortunately, many will click away when the realize this post is about participating in gossip. Of course, we&#8217;ve all participated in gossip &#8211; either giving or receiving it.  There&#8217;s no denying that there&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<title>How to Throw (&amp; Catch) Well</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2010/05/how-to-throw-catch-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post was about the importance of Making a Good Throw. Essentially, the point was that the only good throw is one that the person you are throwing to can catch. As leaders, pastors, parents&#8230;we often &#8220;throw&#8221; a vision, a directive, or an idea to our team or kids in a way that cannot be caught,...]]></description>
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		<title>An Essential Equipping Principle</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2010/04/an-essential-equipping-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege of keynoting the Kidmin track at the CMTA Convention this past weekend.  We had a couple of great sessions &#38; I was honored to connect with some wonderful Kidmin leaders after each session.  There&#8217;s not too many things I love doing more than equipping leaders and learning from them. I got an...]]></description>
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		<title>Audacious Realism</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2010/04/audacious-realism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about how we reconcile two seemingly opposite realities in ministry. 1. Big Hairy Audacious Goals The term was popularized by Jim Collins &#38; Jerry Porras in their book Built To Last.  In a nutshell, it means defining a crazy big goal!  You can see some examples that various companies have...]]></description>
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		<title>Change In Your Pocket</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2010/04/change-in-your-pocket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A concept that has stuck with me for years is the image of change in your pocket.  John Maxwell used to tell us to make sure we collected change for our pockets because there was going to be times as a leader when we needed to give some of it back. What he meant was,...]]></description>
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		<title>Quitting</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2010/03/quitting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quitting&#8230;is not an option. per·se·ver·ance ~ noun steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement . We all want to quit sometimes.  Discouragement can be daunting. Hurt.  Disappointment.  Fear.  And a number of other emotions can bring us to our knees.  We want...]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Toy Box Leadership</title>
		<link>http://gregbairdonline.com/2009/11/book-review-toy-box-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Baird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons From The Toys You Loved As A Child Authors: Ron Hunter, Jr. &#38; Michael E. Waddell Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pages: 183 (hardcover) I really enjoyed reading Toy Box Leadership.  Each chapter takes a toy (most of which are very common toys that even us &#8220;older&#8221; folks played with) and uses...]]></description>
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