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		<title>Good conditioning for flying</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not clear to me why, but a few short years ago I started to seriously dislike flying. Each flight was ruined by the anxiety that built up prior to it which more or less disappeared once the plane was off the ground. I became a text book case of the anxious flyer: avoidance, ruined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2963&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being Number One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been hearing quite a lot lately about the desire to be Number One. &#8220;My goal is to get to the top&#8221; or &#8220;I want to be number one&#8221;. Ambition can drive us to achieve remarkable things both in leadership roles and in our personal quests. What comes first: the goal to get to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2958&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping your purpose alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authentic Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Movies the best exotic marigold hotel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the movie &#8220;The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel&#8221; the character played by Dame Judi Dench implores us to spend our lives, no matter what stage we&#8217;re at, in doing those things that matter to us, that give us meaning and purpose. I&#8217;m writing this on the plane after twenty four hours in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2952&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I hope that the journalists present here report only the absolute truth,&#8221; said Ri Jinju, her voice trembling, her hair frozen with hairspray. &#8220;The truth about how much our people miss our comrade Kim Jong Il, and how strong the unity is between the people and leadership &#8230; to build a great, prosperous and powerful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2940&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<title>Loving the extra hour!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up early this morning for a Sunday and even earlier &#8216;cos it&#8217;s the end of Daylight Saving. I read quite a bit at 6.30 this morning from Zite &#8211; the on-line magazine you tailor to suit your interests (and prejudices too no doubt!) &#8211; including a piece about happiness and the need for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2912&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aida Fa&#8217;aeteete is a remarkable leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 30 June last year Duncan Meek made a terrible error on the Southern Motorway in Auckland and collided with the Fa&#8217;aeteete family van.  Mr Fa&#8217;aeteete was killed leaving Mrs Fa&#8217;aeteete instantly widowed with a son, a daughter, granddaughter and another on the way. I admit to reading the news and being somewhat immune to it all. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2907&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a bit of a first night for me these last 7 weeks getting used to my new role and lots of things have suffered in the meantime, including my blogging here which I enjoy so much.  But I&#8217;m back.  A bit of time out of Auckland recently has seen me flying much more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2891&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The basement at Ballantynes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son Thomas and Dad were in the basement of Ballantynes a year ago when the earthquake struck. I&#8217;ll never forget that frantic 10 minutes after getting a text from Mum &#8220;bad stake, I hope Tom and Dad are ok&#8221;.  Bloody predictive text &#8211; I didn&#8217;t realise at first what she meant. I went down [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2885&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A simple walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Drain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m slowing getting used to working up high. I didn&#8217;t think much of it at first but after three weeks I&#8217;ve realised that there is something about working in a high-rise that gives me a different sense. Something not quite right at first. I headed off on foot to return a DVD to the local [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephendrain.com&#038;blog=8945426&#038;post=2877&#038;subd=stephendrain&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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