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	<description>Armchair Sociologist &#38; Perpetual Contrarian</description>
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		<title>Are You a Maker or a Seller?</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/09/29/are-you-a-maker-or-a-seller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vincent van Gogh was a brilliant painter who died penniless because he wasn&#8217;t a brilliant salesman. Sound familiar? You&#8217;re probably no van Gogh (let&#8217;s be honest), but you do have talents.  You&#8217;re good at some things, and you may even be great at something.  But unless one of the things you&#8217;re good at is convincing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Business Tips I Learned by Interviewing 7 Freelancers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably know I&#8217;m a freelancer.  You may also know that Mike Sorg and I co-host a weekly podcast called Freelance4Real, where we interview our fellow freelancers (and each other) about the ups and downs of the freelance working world.  Our shows cover everything from programming to photography, travel to taxes and motivation to marriage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Reasons You Always Procrastinate (and How to Stop)</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/31/11-reasons-you-always-procrastinate-and-how-to-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armchair Sociology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned recently, I talk a lot about procrastination and distraction because that&#8217;s currently my big stumbling block.  Judging by the comments on those posts, I&#8217;m not alone. But why are we such chronic procrastinators? Lately, I&#8217;ve been trying to identify why I feel the urge to click away from what I should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accidental Business Advice from Spider-Man Creator Stan Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/22/accidental-business-advice-from-spider-man-creator-stan-lee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/22/accidental-business-advice-from-spider-man-creator-stan-lee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armchair Sociology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=4195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many of your ideas have been overnight successes? Oh. Sorry to hear that. But hey, don&#8217;t give up. You might just be on a lifetime odyssey toward incredible success.  And you could do worse than to remember a word of advice from a guy whose creations were once unceremoniously destroyed by mothers around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Two Ways to Stop Hating Your Job</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/08/the-two-ways-to-stop-hating-your-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/08/the-two-ways-to-stop-hating-your-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=4102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“So, what do you do?” Man, do I hate that question. Granted, I ask it all the time, but that&#8217;s because I’m genuinely interested in what other people do for a living.  But when someone else asks me that same question, I have to fight the urge to change the subject immediately in order to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Rule the World</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/05/how-to-rule-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/08/05/how-to-rule-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armchair Sociology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=4085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine just quit her job, and she asked me if I know anyone who&#8217;s looking to hire an office manager.  (If you do, let me know.) I want to help her find a job, because I&#8217;ve known and worked with her for years on various projects and she&#8217;s always been professional, courteous, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>2 of My 4 Awesome New Ventures</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/06/13/2-of-my-4-awesome-new-ventures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/06/13/2-of-my-4-awesome-new-ventures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Tips]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=3512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June has been a busy month for me.  I&#8217;d intended to launch four (yes, four) new websites from scratch, each with different goals and different audiences.  All this, in addition to writing the next season of The Baristas and nailing down a quartet of freelance contracts, at first seemed totally do-able all at once. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Defending Your Reputation Is a Waste of Time</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/06/03/why-defending-your-reputation-is-a-waste-of-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/06/03/why-defending-your-reputation-is-a-waste-of-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armchair Sociology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=3435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I caught hell for wearing shorts while speaking at a conference.  Some of the attendees felt that I couldn&#8217;t be taken seriously because I wasn&#8217;t wearing the preferred garb of &#8220;those who are to be believed&#8221; &#8212; e.g., a blazer and khakis. To them, I said (and still say) this: thank you, and please [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Advice on How to Price Your Freelance Services</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/05/10/advice-on-how-to-price-your-freelance-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/05/10/advice-on-how-to-price-your-freelance-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=3281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I prepared to revamp my services page to better showcase the types of work I do (and the prices I charge), I was interested in exploring a variety of pricing methods to find the one(s) that work best for me. Granted, I&#8217;ve written several times about freelance pricing over the years, including: 5 Tips [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Get Mad, Get Better</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/05/05/dont-get-mad-get-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/05/05/dont-get-mad-get-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=3217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, one of my agency clients emailed me.  One of their clients had requested another copy of a video we&#8217;d produced for them, and which we&#8217;ve already sent to them twice, because they couldn&#8217;t find their copies and they needed one.  For a presentation.  That day. The file wasn&#8217;t on my laptop, so I [...]]]></description>
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