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		<title>Welcome to Today&#8217;s Transcendence (Introduction and Overview)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...especially if this is you're first time here - enjoy <b><a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/category/featured">the extended, best-of section</a></b> featuring some of my most well-received work: 33 articles, reports, videos, audio podcasts and more...ALL AT NO COST and at your leisure."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/todays-transcendence-overview-orientation</link>
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		<title>How to Handle &#8216;Digital Distractions,&#8217; PART TWO: The Top 3 Ways to NOT Waste Time When In Front of Your Laptop&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...the other part of digital distraction (its more insidious side) is that the tools we now use to work are inherently PREDISPOSED to distraction and interruption...so even when no one's around, <i>the technology itself encourages and facilitates the *squandering* of time and attention</i> (your two most valuable resources, mind you)."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/top-3-ways-to-not-waste-time-while-at-your-computer</link>
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		<title>How to Eliminate Digital Distractions, pt.1: Handling People&#8217;s CONSTANT Interruptions &amp; Demands for Your Attention&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"You train people how to behave when they're around you, and you teach people what expectations to have OF you, <u>regardless of whether you're conscious to the process or not</u>."</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/traffic-your-distractions-how-to-avoid-being-interrupted-and-people-throwing-off-your-focus</link>
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		<title>Great Tools for Creating AMAZING Online Content People are Magnetically Drawn To, EASILY (Updated Version)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awhile back (maybe more then a year ago) I released a post called <b><a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/online" target="_blank">"Free Internet Tools and Resources to Enhance Your Online Presence"</a></b> that got a great response, but - like all things - <em>a lot has changed since then...</em>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/great-tools-for-creating-online-content</link>
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		<title>BASIC EXERCISE: A Simple, Foolproof Method for Staying In Shape w/ Little Effort on Your Part&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now don't get me wrong: <b>I'm no body-builder</b> - I don't like to go to the gym, lift tons of super-human weights and get all sweaty, because it's not really my style - but here's a slight insight that helped me get back into my own routine, which is more lightweight and, again, more conducive to RAISING ENERGY than anything else.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/basic-exercise-a-cool-lightweight-method-for-staying-in-shape</link>
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		<title>MENTAL CLARITY: Top 3 Musical Choices for Focus, Concentration &amp; the Alert Relaxation Your Productivity NEEDS.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I talked about this in my first blog talk radio show, <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm6"><b>"Tools for Calm Focus, Mental Clarity &#038; Relaxation"</b></a> and also in <b><a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/get-organized-how-to-create-a-clutter-free-environment">the post about clutter</b></a>: that mental clarity is the soil in which focus and concentration naturally cultivated themselves... ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/keys-for-calm-focus-mental-clarity</link>
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		<title>A 3-Point Formula for Building SELF-DISCIPLINE&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a couple of classic videos I did on self-discipline back in the Summer of 2010. Enjoy, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DoTheKnowledge"><b>look forward to more great videos</b></a> on self-discipline, time-management and staying focused in the near future...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-3-point-formula-for-building-self-discipline</link>
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		<title>Should You Really Be THAT Persistent??? Isn&#8217;t There a Limit To &#8216;Never Giving Up&#8217;???</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...perhaps you could <b>elaborate on that statement about never giving up.</b> While there's a lot to be said about tenacity of spirit and never giving up on your dreams, <em>there's a fine line there too..."</em> ~ reader Q&#038;A  ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/should-you-really-be-that-persistent-isnt-there-a-limit-to-never-giving-up</link>
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		<title>How to Think Like a Scientist&#8230;.&amp; (More Importantly) How to ACT LIKE A SCIENTIST So You Get Scientific (i.e. Dependable) Results.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What I'm really getting at here is that <b>you can't let yourself get carried away by the enthusiasm</b>. A new idea might be promising or sound good, but unless you have raw data (real feedback from small samples) it's still too fictional to take seriously...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-think-like-a-scientist-more-importantly-how-to-act-like-one-get-scientific-results</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s &#8216;Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8217; All About Anyway??? It Sounds a Little Too &#8216;New-Agey&#8217; For Me&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every day when I get out the bed, I aim to be a bit more wiser, focused and “together” before the next time I lie back in it, and <em>I just think the world would be a better place if we all pushed ourselves to perform past our "default circumference"</em> in similar fashion. <b><a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend">Today’s Transcendence</a></b> exists to help you do just that. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/whats-todays-transcendence-all-about-anyway-it-sounds-a-little-too-new-agey-for-me-2</link>
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		<title>New Video &#124;&#124; Time-Management is PLAYED OUT&#8230;Most of The Advice is Based On a World That NO LONGER EXISTS.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a new video of me describing why most time-management advice is based on world that NO LONGER EXISTS, and what precisely to focus on to be REALLY productive in today's hyper-digitized environment. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/new-video-time-management-is-played-out-most-of-the-advice-is-based-on-a-world-that-no-longer-exists</link>
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		<title>Trouble w/ INFORMATION OVERLOAD??? Here&#8217;s What to Do When Knowledge Has You &#8216;Fiend Out&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s one of the few positive addictions that are actually healthy, but like anything else, <b>it can turn UN-healthy if you don’t discipline the crav</b>e. If you’re not careful, the process of learning can turn into the superficial performance of learning-related tasks, and  - even worse - living in today’s hyper-communicative, digitized world makes this all to easy 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/dealing-w-information-overload-what-to-do-when-knowledge-has-you-fiend-out</link>
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		<title>Be The Sun, NOT THE PLANET: New Video on Defining Success &amp; Being Successful ON YOUR OWN TERMS&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Don't orbit around somebody else's plan or somebody else's worldview, and be proactive about setting up a Solar System that reflects your own understanding...your own "laws," if you will."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/be-the-sun-not-the-planet-new-video-on-defining-success-being-successful-on-your-own-terms</link>
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		<title>How to Be a &#8216;Fly&#8217; Person: Early Writings on Building Self-Confidence, part 3 (On Positive Self-Talk &amp; Knowing Your Spiritual Nature)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["After all, <i>the 'you' that you dislike isn't even the real you anyway</i> - it's only a garment holding your essential spirit. Remember, just as the wardrobe in your closet can change, so too can the character which adorns your soul."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-be-a-fly-person-pt-3-tips-techniques-for-building-self-confidence</link>
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		<title>CAN YOU HELP ME CHOOSE A BOOK COVER???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The video pretty much explains it all: I'm going with the green one, but <em>I thought it would help to get some feedback first</em>. Check out the samples below to get a closer look at each cover design. Enjoy...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/can-you-help-me-choose-a-book-cover</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be Afraid to Expose Yourself: How Friendship &amp; Bonding Make You More Productive &amp; Remove Inner-Blocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things like low self-esteem, unhealthy relationships, fear of the unknown and fear of being exposed CREATE FRICTION and <u>having friction is a lot like looking into a broken mirror</u> in that it damages your ability to “reflect.”]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/dont-be-afraid-to-expose-yourself-how-friendship-bonding-make-you-more-productive-remove-inner-blocks</link>
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		<title>NEW VIDEO &#124;&#124; 5 Time-Management Tips MADE EASY (Just In Case You Forgot)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a great new video called "5 Time-Management Tips MADE EASY (Just In Case You Forgot)" based on an <a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/5-time-management-tips-made-easy-just-in-case-you-forgot"><b>older, written blog post</b></a> of the same name. Enjoy: ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/new-video-5-time-management-tips-made-easy-just-in-case-you-forgot</link>
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		<title>How to Be a &#8216;Fly&#8217; Person: Early Writings on Building Self-Confidence, part 2 (On Overcoming Guilt &amp; Forgiving Yourself)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<U>You can't play cut and paste with your life history</u>, and <u>you can't relegate the parts that you're ashamed of to some place in the back of your mind</u>. If you do, they'll continue to haunt and limit you from the subconscious realm..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-be-a-fly-person-tips-techniques-for-building-self-confidence-pt-2</link>
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		<title>How to Stop Failure NOW (Overcoming Negative Patterns of Defeat, Underachievement &amp; More)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...beating, verbal abuse, sexual abuse: people grow up in the most horrific environments that are definitely NOT conducive to success, happiness and accomplishment in life...their neighborhoods, drugs, alcohol, the media...

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Most of us are affected by this and say, <i>'Why? Why bother??? Why even try???'</i> What's that old saying? 'Life sucks and then you die..." ~ Mike Brescia]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-stop-failure-now</link>
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		<title>True Beauty is ALL NATURAL: Holistic Health Advice from Beauty Expert &amp; Guest Blogger  Nikkeve Toi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a helpful guest post from fellow blogger (and good friend) Nikkeve Toi, who has a great <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lilikoilooks">YouTube channel</strong></a> (and <strong><a href="http://www.mstoi.com/">website</strong></a>) that gives beauty advice from a holistic perspective. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/true-beauty-is-all-natural-guest-blog-piece-from-beauty-expert-organic-cosmetician-nikkeve-toi</link>
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		<title>The Friendly Way to &#8216;Keep People in Check&#8217; (ASSERTIVENESS SKILLS 101 w/ Step-by-Step Formula)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["I was watching pre-schoolers being interviewed on television about events in the news one day, and when one child was asked, <i>'Why do you think people go to war?'</i> he replied: <i><u>'Because they don't use their words...'</i></u>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-friendly-way-to-keep-people-in-check-assertiveness-skills-101-w-step-by-step-formula</link>
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		<title>Romantic Obsession IS NOT Love: An Excerpt from &#8216;The 5 Love Languages&#8217; By Dr. Gary Chapman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Third, <u>one who is "in love" is not genuinely interested in fostering the personal growth of the other person</u>: our main purpose is *to terminate our own loneliness* and perhaps ensure that termination through marriage.  

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Again, being "in love" DOES NOT focus on our own development OR on the development of the other person. Instead, <i><u>it gives us the (false) sense that we've "arrived" and need no further development at all</u></i>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/romantic-obsession-is-not-love-an-excerpt-from-the-5-love-languages-by-gary-chapman</link>
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		<title>How to Be a &#8216;Fly&#8217; Person: Early Writings on Building Self-Confidence, part 1 (On Reframing Your Mistakes &amp; Failures)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You don't need to improve, evolve or succeed in order to grow in value as a human being: <em>You are valuable as a human being simply because you exist...</em>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-be-a-fly-person-tips-techniques-for-building-self-confidence-pt-1</link>
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		<title>THE 4 LEARNING STYLES: How to Create MAGNETIC Information That Speaks to ALL Personality Types</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if I told you that <b>there are actually four *different* "learning styles,"</b> that if you knew and used to structure the knowledge you had to share, <i>you'd ALWAYS be listened to</i>...that people would seek YOU out to learn from and that you'd never ignored (or thought of as "whacko" or preachy) again???]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-4-learning-styles-personality-types-as-applied-to-knowledge-acquisition-successful-teaching-dynamics</link>
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		<title>Subtle Secrets: The Valuable, Hidden Character Traits I USED TO BE ASHAMED OF&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["In fact, in many cases, <b>these are the same things that I was ashamed for and confused about when I was younger</b>. Take a look and let me know what you think..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/secret-ways-to-get-the-upper-hand-in-life</link>
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		<title>HEALTH-CONFIDENCE: The Secret, Psychological Component to Physical Wellbeing That NOBODY Seems to Talk About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WE ALL KNOW that success requires confidence...that in order to succeed at anything, you need a confidence-level adequate enough <i>for</i> it (approaching a woman, closing a sale, etc. etc.), but <b>most of us fail to draw that parallel when it comes to our own physical wellbeing</b>. Simply put, just like you need SELF-confidence in order to succeed professionally or socially, you also need what I call "<i>HEALTH</i>-confidence" in order to sustain long-term physical shape and constitution... ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/health-confidence-the-secret-psychological-component-to-physical-wellbeing-that-nobody-seems-to-talk-about</link>
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		<title>Your World Serves as a Reflection of Your Own Psychology&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you master this style of thinking, you get leverage over your limitations that you'd otherwise never parallel. If you DON'T learn this style of thinking, <b>you get other people's anger, disrespect and hurtful actions consuming you and destroying your quality of life.</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-world-is-only-a-reflection-stop-focusing-on-others-faults-and-develop-your-own-strengths</link>
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		<title>The 3 Key Areas of Self-Development: A Simple &amp; Helpful Framework for Measuring Your Progress &amp; Teaching Others Successfully (FREE Diagram &amp; Exercise)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<u>Let me say that again</u>: the vast majority of money being made in ALL of the self-help books, tapes, programs, lectures and consultations you see circulating around relate to one of these 3 fields (or any of their logical denominations). The actual term for it is the three 'mega-niches.'"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-3-key-areas-of-life-self-development</link>
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		<title>CAN FEAR BE PRODUCTIVE??? (3 Things Every Driven, Fully-Engaged Person is Literally AFRAID Of&#8230;&amp; Why YOU SHOULD BE TOO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Every productive person I know has someone they work with, someone they went to school with or someone in their family  (or all 3 and then some) <i>that's THE DIRECT OPPOSITE of what they're aspiring towards</i>, and <u>that person motivates them in reverse</u>."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/can-fear-be-productive-4-things-every-driven-fully-engaged-person-is-afraid-of-why-you-should-be-too</link>
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		<title>5 Books Every Productive Person NEEDS to Read&#8230;That AREN&#8217;T Actually About Productivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA["This book parallels some of my old work on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6qqpgX9gGI&#038;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank"><b>"Sovereign Thought"</b></a> and <a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-television-destroys-thinking" target="_blank"><b>how television destroys thinking</b></a>, in that it explains how <u>the advent of mass media marks the redefinition of existence itself</u> (through the eyes of highly-paid corporate marketers)..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/5-books-every-productive-person-needs-to-read-that-arent-about-productivity</link>
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		<title>DON’T ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET INTIMIDATED, Because It’s Not a Competition…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may be thinking: "What if I'm just starting out, and I'm THE WORST person I know???" and the answer is that <u>this still applies</u> because <u>your goal is to better yourself</u>, not to <i>be</i> better then anyone else out there.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/dont-allow-yourself-to-get-intimidated-because-its-not-a-competition</link>
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		<title>Conquering Social Anxiety NOW!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shyness, self-consciousness, embarrassment, ALL GONE FOR GOOD...<I>without</i> any drugs or therapy.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquering-social-anxiety-now</link>
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		<title>HEALTHY SELFISHNESS??? (3 Steps to Live the Life You Deserve WITHOUT Feeling Guilty For It)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's deep: while we live in a culture that teaches us to be self-indulgent - to be consumers who constantly <i>want</i> things - <b>we also live in a culture that teaches us to be self-denying</b>...to be donators who constantly <i>GIVE</i> every last little bit of whatever we have.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/healthy-selfishness-how-to-live-the-life-you-deserve-without-feeling-guilty-about-it</link>
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		<title>MEDIOCRITY IS THE NEW &#8216;BLACK PLAGUE&#8217;: It&#8217;s Literally Ingrained Into Our Culture &amp; You Need to AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mediocrity, aimlessness, neglect and apathy are so embedded into our society that <u>it's virtually an invisible norm</u>, breeding its viral infection into every man, woman and child no matter how skillful or brilliant they inherently are...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/mediocrity-is-new-black-blague-its-literally-ingrained-into-our-culture-you-need-to-avoid-it-at-all-costs</link>
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		<title>The 7 Deadly Sins of Self-Motivation: Common Habits That Literally ROB People of Their Ambition and Drive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's interesting: <u>we spend so much time trying to "be motivated" that <i>we don't see ourselves wasting all the motivation we naturally have stored inside</i></u>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-7-deadly-sins-of-self-motivation</link>
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		<title>Are You Hijacking Your Own Success By BEING ETHICAL???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION</b>: let's say you drive home late today (like, three in the morning) and accidentally run a red light...do you take yourself down to court tomorrow and go, <i>"Hey, I ran a traffic signal last night by mistake, but since a cop wasn't around to stop me, I came here to pay the fine myself..."</i>???]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/can-being-an-ethical-person-destroy-your-productivity</link>
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		<title>6 Methodical Ways to Handle Large-Scale Work &amp; Long-Term Projects SUCCESSFULLY (pt.2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["So do your research, and <em>no matter how bogged down you get with the day-to-day workload, don't let it keep you from staying abreast as far as what's working out there and why.</em>"
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/6-methodical-ways-to-handle-large-scale-work-and-long-term-projects-pt-2</link>
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		<title>6 Methodical Ways to Handle Large-Scale Work &amp; Long-Term Projects SUCCESSFULLY (pt.1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, especially when it comes to the BIG projects (building a website, starting a children's program, etc.) <b>you need stronger tools that'll leverage your productivity past just another session or two</b>...in fact, you actually need an entirely different APPROACH.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-handle-large-scale-work-and-long-term-projects</link>
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		<title>THE SCIENCE OF SUPER HEROES (and Other Great Books Today&#8217;s Transcendence Readers are Reading&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, my readers are into <i>EVERYTHING</i>, so take a look and see if any of the titles catch your eye...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-science-of-super-heroes-and-other-great-books-todays-transcendence-readers-are-reading</link>
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		<title>The 11 Core Mental Patterns of Success: SPECIFIC Ways to Train Your Mind for More Progress, Productivity &amp; Perpetual Accomplishment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just realized the other day that I did a post on <a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-11-core-mental-causes-of-failure-avoid-these-now"><b>The 11 Core Mental Patterns of Failure</b></a>, but never "flipped the script" and talked specifically about the core mental patterns of SUCCESS.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/11-core-mental-patterns-of-success</link>
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		<title>Why Most Self-Help ISN&#8217;T Helping (&amp; Why You Need to CONSCIOUSLY Control How You Use Your Brain)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you've been trying all the programs, reading all the books and getting all the newsletters but still can't get YOURSELF to start taking all the actions, first know that <u>you are not alone</u>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/why-most-self-help-isnt-helping-2</link>
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		<title>Not Getting Good Enough (or Even Just &#8216;Enough&#8217;) SLEEP??? Here&#8217;s 5 Possible Reasons Why&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<b>Look at what you do when you turn the lights off:</b> you play the day’s events over and over in your mind...you mull over mistakes and disagreements... you think about a deadline racing up...you worry about your kids’ grades...you dwell on PROBLEMS."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/not-getting-good-enough-or-just-enough-sleep-heres-5-possible-reasons-why</link>
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		<title>Affirmations AREN&#8217;T Working For Me&#8230;What am I Doing Wrong??? (Here&#8217;s The Top 3 Most Common Mistakes)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["If you find yourself having trouble with any affirmation-related practice, make sure none of the following apply...here's the top 3 most common mistakes I find people making <i>ALL THE TIME</i>"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/affirmations-arent-working-for-me-what-am-i-doing-wrong</link>
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		<title>Today is Your Day to Win, Pt.1: Going From the Bench to the Playing Field…</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Up until early 1987 I regularly used to beg the gods for an answer to the question of why I couldn't get myself to do what I needed to do to get my simple goals met.  <i>Why was I so lazy and miserable?  I was just...a bum.</i>" ~ Mike Brescia]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/today-is-your-day-to-win-the-psychology-of-unstoppable-motivation-pt-1-from-the-bench-to-the-playing-field</link>
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		<title>Ambition EQUALS Distraction (A Quick, Motivational Read by Guest Blogger &amp; Author Mansu Edwards)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a special guest post by a colleague (and good friend of mine) Mansu Edwards, author of the books <u>Mental Diet</u> and <u>The Disappearance of Hate</u>, both of which I urge you to <b><a href="http://www.thedisappearanceofhate.wordpress.com">learn more about here</a></b>. Enjoy...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/ambition-equals-distraction-a-quick-motivational-read-by-guest-blogger-author-mansu-edwards</link>
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		<title>Does Your Cell Phone Have You ON A LEASH??? (w/ Special Photographs Courtesy of Sepia Prince)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us (and I even catch myself sometimes) respond to our cellphones like one of the slaves Harriet Tubman COULDN'T get to leave the plantation, and don't even realize how ridiculously absurd this conditioning is...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/does-your-cell-phone-have-you-on-a-leash</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself CONCLUSION: Resource Materials, References &amp; Recommended Scrolls&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just for fun, I did it in audio format for your listening pleasure too, AND there's a cool beat at the end. Check it out... ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-conclusion-resource-materials-reference-links-recommended-scrolls</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 13: How to Raise Your Productivity By HAVING MORE FUN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past, I would never eat well, never really connect with the important people in my life and barely get away from the computer at all. I'd try to read while I cook, check my emails while I'm on the phone and act like I was too tough to take care of myself. In the end, <b>I let my ambition supersede my own well-being</b>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-13-how-to-raise-your-productivity-by-having-more-fun</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 12: How to Leverage The Power of Your Subconscious Mind to Work FOR YOU&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Make sure your core beliefs and deep-level mental scripts support you in your drive to be more effective, because if they don't, NOTHING YOU DO WILL WORK LONG TERM, no matter what. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-12-how-to-leverage-your-subconscious-mind-to-work-for-you</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 11: Attaining Peak-Level Performance (How to Push Yourself to YOUR GREATEST)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<u>Approach your performance like an Olympic athlete approaches theirs.</u></i> The key word here is "performance," because it implies an activity that's both SPECIFIC (as in, a discrete act unto itself) and QUANTIFIABLE.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-11-attaining-peak-level-performance-how-to-push-yourself-to-your-greatest</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 10: THE SCIENCE OF WILLPOWER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete framework for how to cultivate and develop willpower: seeing willpower as a mental function strengthened by exercise, depleted by decision-making and preserved by routines, for example...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-10-the-science-of-willpower</link>
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		<title>A Short Break from Conquer Yourself (Resources, References, Charts, Diagrams, Downloads &amp; More FREE Good Stuff)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<u>Distraction and interruption rob of us more productivity <i>then just about any other single factor</i></u>...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-short-break-from-conquer-yourself-resources-references-charts-diagrams-downloads-more-free-good-stuff</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 9: Technology is UNDERMINING Your Productivity, Not Raising It. (How to Bring an End to  Email Overload)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Technology is UNDERMINING your productivity, not raising it</b>. Hyper-connectivity and information overload <i>inhibit</i> concentration, <i>disrupt</i> important relationships and <i>sabotage</i> your ability to think and act creatively more then anything else...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-9-technology-is-undermining-your-productivity-not-raising-it-how-to-bring-an-end-to-email-overload</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 8: 9 Keys for Effective Time-Management (Free Podcast Download)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Also, <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/downloads/time.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>here's a worksheet</strong></a> to take notes on each of the different beliefs. <i>First just listen to the entire audio in full</i>, and then use the document below to review and  make specific plans about how you'll use each technique as it applies to you. <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/downloads/time.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Download the worksheet here</strong></a>. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-8-9-keys-for-effective-time-management-free-podcast-download</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 7: Challenging (&amp; Enlightening) Yourself AWAY FROM Laziness&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want go from procrastinator to producer, <i>the first thing you need is a new definition for both terms...</i>procrastination as <u>a coping mechanism</u> in response to anxiety, and <u>productivity as a fundamental expression of the human spirit.</u>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-7-challenging-enlightening-yourself-away-from-laziness</link>
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		<title>NEW VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to Conquer Yourself (5 Tips &amp; Techniques for Building Your Self-Discipline)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a short video-tutorial I put together called "How to Conquer Yourself: 5 Tips &#038; Techniques  for Cultivating Self-Discipline" virtually GUARANTEED to help you stay focused, motivate yourself, raise your productivity and improve your will-power.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/new-video-tutorial-how-to-conquer-yourself-5-tips-techniques-for-building-your-self-discipline</link>
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		<title>The Major Key to Managing Your Time, Energy &amp; ATTENTION&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...productivity is just as much about UN-doing things as it is doing them. <u>Let go of all unproductive busy work</u> because 'the wisdom of life consists of the elimination of nonessentials.'"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/managing-your-time-energy-attention</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 6: Most Goal-Related Stress is STRICTLY Psychological (3 Techniques for Ending Work-Anxiety)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's lesson 6 of <em><a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/category/productive/conquer-yourself-series">Conquer Yourself</a></em>: that <b>most goal-related stress is strictly psychological</b>. We tend to take <i>anxiety-prone thinking habit</i>s towards our long-term goals and large-scale projects, so this results in BIG PROBLEMS when it comes to disciplining ourselves for progress and success. Keep reading for more...
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-6-most-goal-related-stress-is-strictly-psychological-3-techniques-for-ending-work-anxiety</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 5: Native American Wisdom for Motivating Yourself &amp; Overcoming Addictions&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...so it I see it as the same with all addictions: <u><i>addictions persist when we lack other, healthier means of satisfying the natural needs they unconsciously fulfill</u></i>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-5-native-american-wisdom-for-motivating-yourself-overcoming-addictions</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 4: Self-Discipline Begins with a Desire for Self-MASTERY&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's lesson 4 of <em><a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/category/productive/conquer-yourself-series">Conquer Yourself</a></em>: that <b>having self-discipline in your behavior stems from having <i>self-mastery</i> in your system of VALUES.</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-lesson-4-self-discipline-begins-with-a-desire-for-self-mastery</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 3: Personal Productivity Begins With HOW YOU TALK TO YOURSELF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The self-talk of procrastinators often unconsciously suggests and reinforces feelings of <u>victim-hood</u>, <u>burden</u> and <u>resistance to authority</u>...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-session-3-personal-productivity-begins-with-how-you-talk-to-yourself</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 2: The Hidden Key to OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION Once &amp; For All&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Underlying our physical procrastination is a mistaken, mental connotation between what we do and <i>what our value is</i> as a human being. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-session-2-the-hidden-key-to-overcoming-procrastination-once-for-all</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself, Lesson 1:  Beginning Steps to a Fully Productive Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Eventually, we all hit a point where we realize that we can't just manifest things with thought alone</b>. After the inspiration from a great movie dies down, the motivation from a great speaker wears out or the enthusiasm from a great new idea trickles away, if you're like most of people, you found yourself not knowing what to do next (or why you can't get yourself to do anything at all). ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-session-1-beginning-steps-to-a-fully-productive-life</link>
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		<title>CONQUER YOURSELF: How to Enhance Your Productivity, Improve Your Time-Management, Attain Self-Discipline &amp; More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why??? I'd like to say "because I completely revamped and updated everything so it's 20x better" but the truth is I NEED TO FINISH THE BOOK I'M WRITING, and this "old-school resurrection" will help give me some more time. I mean, <u>I will touch the series up as I post</u>, but I'm not going to lie to you either. 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-how-to-enhance-your-productivity-improve-your-time-management-attain-self-discipline-more</link>
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		<title>The Difference Between &#8216;Getting&#8217; Motivated and STAYING THERE (3 Keys for Long-Term Motivation)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["There’s 2 ways you can work on raising your motivation: first is the lightweight, feel-good approach, where you’re making cute day-planners, putting inspirational quotes on your mirror and HOPING something will happen , second is <u>the heavyweight, not-so-popular, 'OG' approach</u>, the real deal..." 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-difference-between-getting-motivated-and-staying-there-3-keys-for-long-term-motivation</link>
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		<title>How to Use Productivity to Gain Respect &amp; Build Self-Esteem</title>
		<description><![CDATA["When people see that you're focused - that you're disciplined, action-oriented individual serious about building something important - they're literally HARDWIRED to respect, admire and trust you..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-use-productivity-to-gain-respect-boost-self-esteem</link>
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		<title>The Hidden Benefits of Getting Focused &amp; Secret Side-Profits of Self-Discipline (part ONE)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...while many of us are familiar with the <i>TASKS</i> that lead to greater productivity, very, very few of us (maybe like 5-7%) are truly familiar with all of the <i>BENEFITS</i> that it consequentially provides." ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-hidden-side-profits-of-self-discipline-pt-1</link>
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		<title>Why This Blog Focuses on Time-Management &amp; Self-Discipline, NOT All the Other Random Topics I Used to Touch On&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly, many "life coaches" and "spiritual gurus" (including religious leaders of a traditional sort) have a slave-like, pathological relationship with their followers, and me narrowing my focus is an attempt to avoid that dynamic. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/why-this-blog-focuses-on-time-management-self-discipline-not-all-the-other-random-topics-i-used-to-touch-on</link>
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		<title>KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY: On the Cultural De-Valuation of Maturity &amp; Adulthood&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though this is more social-critique then actual productivity advice, I'm bringing it back so you can see how the two overlap. In other words, <u>people conditioned to value youthfulness over maturity will also (subconsciously) value entertainment and distraction over work and getting results</u>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/kindergarten-society-on-the-cultural-de-valuation-of-maturity-adulthood</link>
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		<title>FREE Preview from My Upcoming Book (On Discovering Purpose &amp; Becoming Purpose-Oriented)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>If you're having trouble staying disciplined, your goals may not be as rooted in you as they they could be, or (if they are) that <u>you may of lost sight of that orientation</u></i>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/free-preview-from-my-upcoming-book-on-discovering-purpose-becoming-purpose-oriented</link>
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		<title>NEW VIDEO: How to NOT Notice You&#8217;re in an Earthquake (A Lesson in Concentration, pt.3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Therefore, the goals you set should not only be centered in meaningful purpose, but also in activities that center YOU into a flowing state...into activities that allow you to 'zone out' in the joy of doing them." ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/new-video-a-lesson-in-concentration-part-three</link>
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		<title>3 Simple Ways to Make Your Mind INFINITELY More Creative, IMMEDIATELY</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<u>Remember to constantly transfer between the two perspectives</u>. Go in, and then go out - come up, and then come down - and <i>focus your creativity on the specific, small sections while using the forest-level overview to give you a sense of how it all comes together...</i>"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/3-simple-ways-to-make-your-mind-infinitely-more-creative-immediately</link>
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		<title>Be Vigilant Against the Forces DESTROYING Your Focus &amp; Concentration&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<u>Be vigilant against the forces that are knocking your focus</u>: sometimes the things that destroy your concentration, inhibit your productive and alter your self-discipline come in UNDER the radar...you never really realize how detrimental they are until they've come TOO FAR into your circle." ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/be-vigilant-against-the-forces-destroying-your-concentration</link>
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		<title>MENTAL DIET: An Inspirational Cookbook for Productive Living and Emotional Strength</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Mansu was kind enough to send me TWO copies actually: one for me and another to give away to my readers, so as part of my first ever "sweepstakes," <b>you can win a FREE copy of Mental Diet (along with a never-before-seen preview MY upcoming book) just by sending me a great testimonial.</b> "]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/mental-diet-an-inspirational-cookbook-for-productive-living-and-emotional-strength</link>
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		<title>Live Your Life Like You&#8217;re Already Dead (Ancient Samurai Wisdom for Emotional Wellbeing)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...becoming one with death in one's thoughts, even in life, was the highest attainment of purity and focus. He felt that <b>a resolution to die gives rise to a higher state of life</b>, infused with beauty and grace beyond the reach of those concerned with self-preservation."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/live-your-life-like-youre-already-dead-attaining-a-samurai-state-of-mind</link>
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		<title>CHOOSE A WOMAN WHO CHOOSES YOU: Relationship &amp; Dating Advice for Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<I>If a man wants a woman who doesn't want him, <b>he cannot win</b>. His neediness will undermine any possible relationship, and his woman will never be able to trust him.</i>

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A man must determine whether a woman really wants him but is playing hard to get, or whether she really doesn't want him. If she doesn't, he should IMMEDIATELY cease pursuing her and <u>deal with his pain by himself</u>." ~ David Deida
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/choose-a-woman-who-chooses-you-relationship-dating-advice-for-men-by-bestselling-author-david-deida</link>
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		<title>A Philosophy for FREE THINKING: (How to &#8216;Escape the Matrix&#8217; &amp; Maintain Your Sense of Originality)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Refuse to follow the crowd: if you see everyone walking in one direction, purposely walk the other way. Do not follow trends, refuse to join cults and <u>in all cases avoid the mass psychology</u>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-philosophy-for-free-thinking-how-to-escape-the-matrix-maintain-your-sense-of-originality</link>
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		<title>How &amp; Why Most People IMPRISON THEMSELVES: Find Out Now So It Doesn’t Happen to You…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>People imprison themselves by refusing to "leave the jail cell" of their conditioned thought patterns and behavior.</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-why-most-people-imprison-themselves-find-out-now-so-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-happen-to-you%e2%80%a6</link>
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		<title>What a Group of HOUSE RATS Can Teach You About Productivity, Time-Management, Team Organization &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Long ago there was a council of mice who bound together to overthrow their common enemy, the Cat. They all infested a small cottage where the owner eventually bought a cat to scare them away, so they held a meeting to devise plans... "]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/what-a-group-of-house-rats-can-teach-you-about-productivity-time-management-team-organization</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Underestimate Yourself, and NEVER Downplay Your Skills, Talents &amp; Intelligence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember that <u>one man's trash is another man's treasure</u>, and that your self-evident concepts may very well be another man's "profound jewels of wisdom." Remember that there will always be people who appreciate what you're capable of, even when you don't yourself.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/dont-underestimate-yourself-and-never-downplay-your-skills-talents-intelligence</link>
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		<title>How Self-Development KEEPS YOU YOUNG&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Self-development keeps you young by nullifying (or inhibiting) the key factors that attribute to early aging (and aging itself), 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-self-development-keeps-you-young</link>
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		<title>Key Ideas &amp; 2 Great Diagrams for Greater Self-Discipline &amp; Realistic Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA["You're a really dope person...you're really smart and I believe in you, it's just that every time I see you, <u>you're all over the place and your situation is completely different</u>. So I think this is important for you to understand." ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/key-ideas-2-great-diagrams-for-greater-self-discipline-realistic-success</link>
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		<title>A Simple, Quick &amp; Easy Tip for INSTANTLY Eliminating Fear&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A great tip for INSTANTLY removing fear that I've been using for a while now. How I overcome most of my irrational fears like hesitation, intimidation, procrastination, etc....]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-simple-quick-easy-tip-for-instantly-eliminating-fear</link>
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		<title>Mysterious Author from Antique Book Collection Drops SCIENCE on Courage-Building, Fearlessness &amp; Bravery&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>Sometimes a fight may even be worthwhile as disclosing to a timid boy the undeveloped manliness which he really possesses. A brave nature is a gentle one, but gentleness may, under bad management, degenerates into weakness and cowardice, and cowardice is usually at the bottom of meanness.</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/finding-courage-bravery-firmness-of-character-more-tips-from-a-random-antique-book-collection</link>
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		<title>BE A MAN OF YOUR OWN MAKING: Self-Direction, Self-Definition &amp; Self-Empowerment in an AGE of Complacency, Mediocrity &amp; Fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just the other day, I got a text from a good friend of mine - a guy I went to school with - that said: <i>"I'm glad I got this new apartment, and I guess I'm doing alright, <u>but at 30 I feel like I should have a lot more to show for myself..."</u></i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/be-a-man-of-your-own-making-self-direction-self-definition-self-empowerment-in-an-age-of-complacency-mediocrity-fear</link>
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		<title>BEAUTY BEGETS LOVE: Relationship Advice from Guest Blogger Genially Green Earth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's entry is a special post on relationships by guest blogger Genially Green Earth (All Rights Reserved). Enjoy...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/beauty-begets-love-relationship-advice-from-guest-blogger-genially-green-earth</link>
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		<title>5 Very Important (Mostly POSITIVE) Things About People &amp; Human Nature&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The main point here is that (1.) everybody wants to feel like a winner and (2.) everybody wants to feel like they're doing good in the world, <u>even if these feelings have to come vicariously through another entity.</u>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/5-very-important-mostly-positive-things-about-people-human-nature</link>
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		<title>5 Very Important (Mostly Not-So-Positive) Things About People &amp; Human Nature&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The law of emotional gravity states that 1 negative person can pull 5 positive people down, but 5 positive people CAN NOT pull one negative person up. "]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/5-very-important-mostly-not-so-positive-things-about-people-human-nature</link>
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		<title>How to Get Yourself to START READING AGAIN (4 Simple Tips)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's like, you spend the energy to go down to the library, take the time to find the free pdf ebook online or even COUGH UP YOUR HARD EARNED CASH to get a hold of that book you've been "fiending" for, but after all that effort, it just...sits there.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-get-yourself-to-start-reading-again</link>
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		<title>How to Transcend The Negative Thinkers That Are WEIGHING YOU DOWN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For most of my life, <i>the logic I've lived by is tantamount to thinking I can help a diseased man get well by pretending to be diseased myself,</i> and I'm willing to wager that you've been playing that same card...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-transcend-the-negative-thinkers-that-are-weighing-you-down</link>
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		<title>PACE YOURSELF: A New Video On Being Realistic, Patient &amp; Compassionate As You Grow to Be Stronger, Wiser &amp; More Productive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember that <i>there's a difference between pushing yourself and BATTLING yourself</i>, so as you grow into a stronger, wiser and more productive person, <u>cultivate the inner-voice of understanding and encouragement</u>, not discipline and despair. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/pace-yourself-a-new-video-on-being-realistic-patient-compassionate-as-you-grow-to-be-more-productive</link>
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		<title>Suggested Reading for Self-Discipline &amp; Financial Empowerment&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a few of the latest books I've had on my shelf, <i>with a brief outline of the lessons to be learned from each</i>. (I've been really on my "wealth-science" recently, so a lot of these selections reflect that drive.)]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/even-more-recommended-scrolls-suggested-reading-for-financial-empowerment-self-discipline-more</link>
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		<title>The 2 Types of Self-Development ADDICTION (&amp; How to Overcome Them)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>For a good portion of my life, I was really no different then someone who wanted a fancy car or a brand-new watch to feel important,</i> it's just that I disguised it under other, more constructive terms.  Don't let that be you...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-2-types-of-self-development-addiction-how-to-overcome-them</link>
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		<title>PAIN IS A POSITIVE THING: 8 Techniques to Bounce Back From the Inevitable &#8220;Low-Points&#8221; in Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a good look at the Yin &#038; Yang symbol and you'll notice that <em>even in the side that's completely dark</em>, there's a small little speck of light, and in the side that's completely light, <em>there's a small little speck of dark...</em>and you can <b>look at your personal growth and success in a similar way:</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/pain-is-a-positive-thing-8-techniques-to-bounce-back-from-the-inevitable-low-points-in-life</link>
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		<title>Special Warning Notes on Success for the African-American Community&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Note that <b>'winning people' choose themselves for success,</b> but much of life (Black life in particular), is based on WAITING to be selected....]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/special-warning-notes-on-success-for-the-african-american-community</link>
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		<title>7 Ways to Let Go of a Past Relationship So You Can MOVE ON with Your Life&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<b>But what are the odds of that???</b> The second his ex leaves town, he just "happens" to meet somebody else on-point...I mean, did this new-girl just pop up out of nowhere? Did a cosmic black hole open up down the block from him and she just walk out of it coincidentally?"
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/7-ways-to-let-go-of-a-past-relationship-so-you-can-move-on-w-your-life</link>
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		<title>MARCUS GARVEY on Being More Successful, In Demand &amp; Removed from Ignorance</title>
		<description><![CDATA["If you know what others do not know, they will want to hear you. You will then become invaluable in your community and to your country, because <i>men and women will want to hear you and see you everywhere...</i>" ~ Marcus Garvey
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/marcus-garvey-on-being-successful-in-demand-removed-from-ignorance</link>
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		<title>How to Get Control Over WHAT YOU EAT: A Great Technique for Improving Your Diet, Health &amp; Nutritional Discipline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea that we have free will and control over what we're doing on a day-to-day basis is, for the most part, just that...AN IDEA. It's something we tell ourselves to maintain a sense of pride and deceive ourselves into the belief that we're in control, when we're really not.  
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-get-control-over-what-you-eat-a-great-technique-for-improving-your-diet-health-nutritional-discipline</link>
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		<title>EMOTIONAL STRENGTH: How To Find It, Use It, Keep It and STRENGTHEN It&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"<u>You have to be willing to go through the pain of your past in order to sort out your present.</u> Many of us don't have the emotional discipline, willpower and tolerance for pain that's necessary to travel back into your psycho-history, so you can understand what went wrong and heal yourself now."</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/emotional-strength-how-to-find-it-use-it-keep-it-and-develop-it</link>
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		<title>More Productivity Tips for Accomplishing More Each Day&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I was waaaaay more philosophical (take a look at <a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/go-for-it">my early work online</a> for examples). It was almost like I was afraid of reality, so I used my verbal skills to sound eloquent at saying nothing...that way nobody could hold me to any burden of proof, not even myself.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/more-productivity-tips-for-accomplishing-more-each-day</link>
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		<title>3 Quick Tips to Get More Done, EVERYDAY&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here's a few tips with brief elaborations to help you become more of a focused, disciplined and productive person. They're all small, technical things you can do accomplish more of the things that are really important to you over time...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/3-quick-tips-to-get-more-done-everyday</link>
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		<title>An Easy, Quick 4-Step Exercise for Greater Self-Confidence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simply commit yourself to behaving more confidently AS OF NOW, even if it feels like an act. Do what actors, musicians, politicians, celebrities and many others do all over the world - <i>pretend</i> like you're confident even if you're not.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/an-easy-quick-4-step-exercise-for-greater-self-confidence</link>
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		<title>How to WAKE UP FASTER, part 2&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly though, <b>I didn't get the type of response I was hoping for</b>. Even though it's a great video, I'm not sure the "just open your eyes" techniques works as good as it does for other people as it does for me. 

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So here's a couple more quick tips to try out...let me know what you think]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-wake-up-faster-part-2</link>
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		<title>On Overcoming Loneliness, Poor Relationship Choices and More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people end up in unhappy, less-then-ideal relationship scenarios <i>simply because they were unable to handle being alone.</i> They settle for someone who doesn't treat them like they deserve or rush into something with somebody incompatible because they can't tolerate the emotional solitude that being single creates (even if you are casually dating).]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/on-overcoming-loneliness-poor-relationship-choices-and-more</link>
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		<title>K.I.S.S: Key Ideas for Self-Development Simplicity, pt. 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The interesting thing about self-deception and self-limitation is that it's not just a personal phenomenon: we deceive ourselves not just individually, but in our relationships, in our families, as communities and as entire nations as well." ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/k-i-s-s-key-ideas-for-self-development-simplicity-pt-2</link>
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		<title>Your Desire to Grow is a SACRED GIFT: Key Ideas for Keeping Self-Development Simple and Satisfying&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What I want you do to is HONOR that in yourself: treat your desire to grow as a sacred gift that needs a special type of attention in order to flourish and grow. So here's a few true but not-so obvious, intuitive but not-so-easy-to-remember <b>key ideas to keep with you...</b>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/your-desire-to-grow-is-a-sacred-gift-key-ideas-for-keeping-self-development-simple-and-satisfying</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A Session on Overcoming Comfort Zones, Social Anxiety, Differences Between Men and Women, etc., etc.</title>
		<description><![CDATA["I recently spoke to one of my friends about my feeling alienated because I don't go out to clubs, don't drink, smoke, watch sports or tv for that matter and other lifestyle choices of mine. I told her I'm thinking about starting to go out and watching tv to be more versatile, because <u>one of my focuses this year is to further incorporate qualities in my character</u>."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/qa-session-on-overcoming-comfort-zones-social-anxiety-differences-between-men-and-women-etc-etc</link>
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		<title>A Great Lecture on Building Success, Self-Esteem, Leadership, Activism and More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["It's critically important - if you want to build your talents into strengths, if you want to build a strong, healthy self-image - that you <u>get around other people that are highly developed</u> who can give you loving, honest, critical feedback on an ongoing basis, and to <i>ask for this</i> of other people..." ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-great-lecture-on-building-success-self-esteem-leadership-activism-and-more</link>
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		<title>How to AVOID Self-Development Scams&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Real self-help material is not the intellectual equivalent of some feel-good movie, real self-development HURTS. Just like physical exercise hurts in order to develop your body, <b>self-development is mental exercise that hurts in order to develop your thinking process and emotional strength</b>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-avoid-self-development-scams</link>
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		<title>PUT YOURSELF FIRST, Because It&#8217;s YOUR Life (Practical Advice for Attaining Personal Power)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's technique is to STOP FIREFIGHTING, and by that I mean <i>stop allowing your energy to be dictated to the random problems and dramas other people throw your way.</i>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/put-yourself-first-because-its-your-life-practical-advice-for-attaining-personal-power</link>
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		<title>How to End Your Writer&#8217;s Block (&amp; Other Creative Inhibitions) NOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think about writing - or any creative work - like delivering a baby: <i>you just have to keep pushing that life out of you regardless of the psychological pain.</i> ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-end-your-writers-block-other-creative-inhibitions-now</link>
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		<title>Take Care of YOURSELF: 4 Quick Tips To Stay Healthy On ALL LEVELS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take care of yourself...make it a priority to keep your inner world and personal needs (your health, your mind, your emotions, etc.) at an optimal level]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/take-care-of-yourself-4-quick-tips-to-stay-healthy-on-all-levels</link>
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		<title>We Don&#8217;t Just Need Leaders, We Need Leaders Who Actually THINK&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I hear someone say, "We don't have any leaders...we need leadership," the first thing I say in response is "leadership is an instinctual human activity; <b>we always have leaders whether we consciously recognize it or not.</b>" (in fact)<i>...when two people meet, one of the first things they figure out (unconsciously) is who's going to be in control..</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/we-dont-just-need-leaders-we-need-leaders-who-actually-think</link>
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		<title>Inspiring Poetry for Motivation: Classics from the Old Rhymebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA["But <b>truth is a consensus made between minds/</b>
Contractually agreed as to a form's design.

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&#038; how it's defined...<u>a word is a geometry box/</u>
So when I wanna transcend I accept that not..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/inspiring-poetry-for-motivation-classics-from-the-old-rhymebook</link>
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		<title>How to Take Your Goal Setting &amp; Organization Skills to the Next Level…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here she talks about how <i>sometimes organizing isn't enough,</i> because <b>when you hold on to your old, no-longer-needed stuff, you also hold on to your old, no-longer-needed identity</b>. At times, you need to "shed" in order to create space for a new, transformed you...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-take-your-goal-setting-organization-skills-to-the-next-level%e2%80%a6</link>
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		<title>Why PERSONAL INTEGRITY IS A FORM OF NUTRITION (The Hidden Aspects of Holistic Health)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["I put a Facebook status up the other day that said, 'If your behavior contradicts your values, YOUR BODY KNOWS, and <i>you pay the price at the cellular level...</i>"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/why-personal-integrity-is-a-form-of-nutrition-the-hidden-aspects-of-holistic-health</link>
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		<title>Overcoming Fear &amp; Getting More in Touch w/ Your Sensuality (AND Basic Massage Techniques Video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["So first up is the root Chakra, which is located at the base of the spine...the Sanskrit word for it is <i>"Muladhara"</i>. It's main color here is red, and it's primary emotion is fear or paranoia...psychological it relates to primal instincts, different manifestation of the mammalian brain, etc. It deals with self-preservation or a sort of "jungle mentality" if you will... ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/overcoming-fear-getting-more-in-touch-w-your-sensual-side-basic-massage-techniques</link>
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		<title>The #1 Simple, Automated Tool I Use EVERYDAY to Stay Focused, Motivated, Self-Disciplined &amp; ON-POINT&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["When you're in the habit of thinking negative, THAT'S YOUR REALITY...it doesn't really occur to you that there's another way to process what's going on, because you just assume that that's the way things are, that everything's objective...but the amount of STRESS I was able to relieve off of myself..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-1-simple-automated-tool-i-use-everyday-to-stay-focused-motivated-self-disciplined-on-point</link>
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		<title>Great Notetaking Techniques to Skyrocket Creativity&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I said I do this mind-mapping on the regular, I wasn't playing...<i>I use mind-maps to plan out everything</i>: blogposts, lectures, my book, research, what I'm going to do for the day, an argument I want to present to someone,  trips out of town, etc. etc., because <u>there's no limit to how they can be applied</u>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/great-notetaking-techniques-to-skyrocket-creativity</link>
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		<title>Bryan On Beginning Entrepreneurship (&#8220;Is Money Evil?&#8221; etc.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The way I see it, money is power...a power that, once gained, <u>exposes who you truly are.</u> Who you become as you accumulate wealth is simply an expression who you already are at a level that poverty or bare sustenance can't visibly display."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/bryan-on-beginning-entrepreneurship-is-money-evil-etc</link>
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		<title>Advice On Staying Focused &amp; Concentrating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like any chemical substance,<i> your power grows weaker as it's diluted amongst multiple tasks and concerns.</i> So by focusing SPECIFICALLY on one dimension of your life and by concentrating FULLY on the actions within that dimension as you do them, you'll finally notice your "Higher Self" starting to flourish and unfold. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/advice-on-staying-focused-concentrating</link>
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		<title>Going &#8220;From Niggas to Gods&#8221;: The Book That Changed EVERYTHING For Me&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>But I think its strong point - that it's written like that to talk to who it's <b>supposed</b> to talk to: the average young Black man in a not so favorable situation...Akil's writing style MAKES A CONNECT, so by speaking the way he does he encourages people to read who normally would not.</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/going-from-niggas-to-gods-the-book-that-changed-everything-for-me</link>
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		<title>What To Do When You Don&#8217;t Have Any Options&#8230;When Life Isn&#8217;t ALIGNED As It Should Be.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If that headline strikes a chord with you in anyway, the first thing to realize is that <i>YOU'RE NOT ALONE</i>. We're all going through this to some extent or another, <i>including me...</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/what-to-do-when-you-dont-have-any-options-when-life-isnt-aligned-as-it-should-be</link>
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		<title>Bryan&#8217;s List of Pet-Peeves: 5 Things That TICK ME OFF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To be clear though, I do my best to not bug out about anything (life's too short for that), but what I'm about to break down here are some things that do make go "<i>Uggh...c'mon yo, that's crazy</i>," "<i>You expect me to believe that???</i>" or "<i>Stop...just stop</i>."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/bryans-list-of-pet-peeves-5-things-that-tick-me-off</link>
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		<title>Some Quick Advice on Overcoming Procrastination (FREE Audio Download)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...by negatively effecting how you feel about work, leisure AND your chances of success, procrastination becomes part of your IDENTITY."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/some-quick-advice-on-overcoming-procrastination-free-audio-download</link>
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		<title>Self-Empowerment 101 (Taking it Back to the Basics&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to <i>"...transform your perspective from being someone that's 'at effect' in the world</i> - someone that's a victim - <b>into someone who's 'at cause,'</b> someone who makes things happen...someone who's responsible for their thoughts, their actions, their behavior and their results...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-empowerment-101-taking-it-back-to-the-basics</link>
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		<title>THE POLITICS OF LIFE: Rules for Survival in a Manipulative World&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>"Wherever human beings are found, there is politics,"</b> he says, so regardless of whether or not we want to be a politician or leader in any formal way, there are lessons we need to learn from them in order to survive and thrive in a world where <i>power-games are constantly being played.</i> ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-politics-of-life-rules-for-survival-in-a-manipulative-world</link>
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		<title>Self-Development &amp; Community Development ARE ONE &amp; THE SAME THING&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever seen the movie Belly??? Take a close look at the film, and you’ll notice Nas's character (Sincere, the one who wises up and seeks to escape the life of crime) reading this small red &#038; white pamphlet called, <i>"Self Improvement: The Basis for Community Development." </i>...the pamphlet is actually a study guide based on a speech Min. Farrakhan gave back in 1986]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-development-community-development-are-one</link>
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		<title>How to Be More Productive on FACEBOOK???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend calls the homepage "the Times Square of Facebook," because with all of those videos, images &#038; updates, it's nothing to end up wasting hours looking at things you had no intention to...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-be-more-productive-on-facebook</link>
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		<title>Quick Tip: How to Eat Healthier AUTOMATICALLY (&amp; Almost Effortlessly)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Studies show that when we go to the kitchen for a quick snack, <i>we subconscious reach for the most easily accessible item,</i> SO...get leverage on yourself by..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/quick-tip-how-to-eat-healthier-automatically-almost-effortlessly</link>
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		<title>The 11 Core Mental Causes of Failure (Find Out So You Can Avoid These NOW!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think about it: "failure" is simply a human construct...<i>it's just an idea we humans invented.</i> You have to "fail" at everything that requires learning (learning to ride a bike, learning to have a relationship, etc.), so failure doesn't exist on it's own, it's really just a part of a larger process.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-11-core-mental-causes-of-failure-avoid-these-now</link>
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		<title>[NEW VIDEO] How to Combine Activism &amp; Self-Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm almost TOO embarrased to share this...it's an old-school "resurrected" lecture clip from about 2 to 3 years back (when I first started writing the book). Here I'm talking about my transition out of activism and a more social awareness perspective and INTO self-development, productivity and emotional wellbeing. Enjoy:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/new-video-how-to-combine-activism-self-development</link>
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		<title>Funny Political Cartoons EXPOSE Self-Development Hoax&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the movie <i>The Matrix</i>, later on in the series you learn that Zion itself was a part of the program...that even the REBELS were, at some level, a part of the establishment just like everything they were fighting against. These funny cartoons point out something similar about the self-development as an industry...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/funny-political-cartoons-expose-self-development-hoax</link>
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		<title>[NEW VIDEO] How to Wake Up Faster (&amp; More Motivational Insights)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["I heard a statistic a while back, I think it's something like anywhere from <b>70-85% of our mental stimuli comes from the visual sense,</b> so when you open your eyes, so much sensory data begins to register in your brain that <I>sleep is no longer the major focus...</i>" ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/new-video-how-to-wake-up-faster-more-motivational-insights</link>
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		<title>Getting REAL Self-Esteem&#8230;NOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's the story of Cheryl Anderson, a woman <b>wasn't allowed to see her own grandchildren</b> after reporting her daughter-in-law for abuse. She really needed some help, because this event brought her back 40 years into the past when - as a teenager - <i>she was stalked by her ex-husband</i>. Take a listen now:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/getting-real-self-esteem-now</link>
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		<title>More FREE, One-on-One Consultations &amp; Coaching (Cause I&#8217;m Here For You)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Basically, I’m a real, normal guy just like everybody else, so don’t think I’m unreachable. <b>I’m here to rap with you personally too:</b> we can build on anything you’ve seen me blog or talk about more in-depth or have an actual strategy/coaching session. All you have to do is send me an email describing..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/more-free-one-on-one-consultation-coaching-cause-im-here-for-you</link>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Make a Transition Physically, Unless You Also Make a Transition PSYCHOLOGICALLY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For instance, when somebody's moving, a typical problem is the clutter: it's difficult to optimize and fully "move" because we get attached to our useless crap...but the jewel I want to point out to you is that <b>when people hold on to their old stuff, what they're really doing is holding on to their old identity.</b> 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/you-cant-make-a-transition-physically-unless-you-also-make-a-transition-psychologically</link>
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		<title>How to Squeeze More Out of Each &amp; Every Day&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you've ever had the thought that your life stinks or ever wished that you were more like someone you know or know of, what you were really saying is that you would like to make better choices and spend your time like that other person. <i>You were basically saying that you want to do the things that other person does,</i> because to 'be' like someone else is simply to spend your time doing the same things they do.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-squeeze-more-out-of-each-every-day</link>
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		<title>Some Basic Anger-Management Techniques</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>By becoming a truly calm and even-tempered person, you'll trigger that higher nature in everyone around you.</b> So let's start by making sure we know how to deal with the anger in ourselves FIRST, and then let that automatically emanate outward.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/some-basic-anger-management-techniques</link>
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		<title>Some Basic Time-Management Tips (Lecture Clip)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Like, for instance, when I was little I didn't learn to ride a bike until maaaaaad late. So when cats would pull out bikes or whatever, I'd be like 'Nah I'm good...nah I'm straight' (imitates cool, hip-hop walk), when <i><u>I could of just asked a friend like 5 years earlier,</i></u> and saved that much time..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/some-basic-time-management-tips-lecture-clip</link>
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		<title>Should You Really Be THAT Persistent??? (Reader Q&amp;A Session)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<b>At some point you can't continue trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.</b> Anyway....food for thought. Perhaps you'd like to expound upon this subject and provide some of your personal insight/experience/wisdom. I'd love to hear what you have to say on this subject. Thanks Bryan..."
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/should-you-really-be-that-persistent-reader-qa-session</link>
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		<title>The TWO MAJOR MISTAKES of Self-Development (pt.2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...and remember that life is always throwing you something at you that you're unprepared for: it's always challenging you to step up and see things on a level you're not used to, so <b>the concepts you learned in the past are rarely ever adequate for the problems you presently have.</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-two-major-mistakes-of-self-development-pt-2</link>
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		<title>The TWO MAJOR MISTAKES of Self-Development&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The reality is <u>you're never going to hit a point where you don't have problems</u>. I've been seriously focused on developing myself  for 7 years and <i>I still have problems,</i> and the most developed people that I know are the people who are most in tune with what their issues are (not the people who think they don't have any).]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-two-major-mistakes-of-self-development</link>
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		<title>A New Video on Relationships&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a new video on relationships I put together messing around with some new software and resources...be sure to listen a couple of times: <i>I catch something new on each playback.</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-new-video-on-relationships</link>
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		<title>CONSUMERISM: The Shared Psychosis of a &#8220;Surplus&#8221; Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"Through consumerism, the experience of self and other is increasingly framed by the idea that life's meaning is reducible to the purchase, ownership and use of commodities and what these commodities signify about the person who owns them..."</i> ~ Robert G. Dunn]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/consumerism-the-shared-psychosis-of-a-surplus-society</link>
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		<title>Mind Manipulation in Modern Day Advertising&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a short excerpt from an old term paper I did for back in the day...<i>it was for an advertising class I took <u>just as I was starting to get conscious</i></u>, so for the entire semester, something just didn't feel right about doing things specifically to trigger psychological points in someone so that they would buy from you... ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/mind-manipulation-in-modern-day-advertising</link>
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		<title>Is the “Conscious Community” Really that Conscious Anymore??? (Knowledge as a Form of SELF-DECEPTION)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here, "doing the knowledge" means living up to your standards, doing what you need to do to realize your potential and operating at "the perimeter of your circumference." It means "<b>stop acting in ways that are no longer appropriate for your current age and intellect level</b>."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/is-the-%e2%80%9cconscious-community%e2%80%9d-really-that-conscious-anymore-knowledge-as-a-form-of-self-deception</link>
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		<title>STOP SETTLING For Less Then THE BEST You Deserve&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of our drive for a romantic relationship stems from the idea that unless we have something romantic going on, our lives are incomplete or (even worse) <u>we're incomplete as a human being</u>...we assume that if somebody's single, it's BECAUSE something is wrong with them, not because they're working on themselves, being patient for something truly worth the investment, or anything else, which is a messed up way to look at it.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/stop-settling-for-less-then-the-best-you-deserve</link>
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		<title>Black Intelligence pt.13: On Black Relationships &amp; Schools Drugging Our Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA["If you suffer from depression, and your Queen is suffering from anxiety - if you suffer from self hate, and she suffers from light-skin supremacy - you take those 2 sticks of dynamite together, and you're going to have a massive explosion...that's what's going on." ~ Bro. Umar Johnson]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/black-intelligence-pt-13-on-black-relationships-schools-drugging-our-children</link>
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		<title>On &#8220;Being Used&#8221;: How to Know When You&#8217;re Giving Too Much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>I have a history of allowing myself to be used...</b>just like it's difficult to make wise financial decisions in a world that conditions us for consumerism, it's difficult to make wise relationship decisions in a world that conditions us for psychological dependency...or in the world of someone who needs you a little too much.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/on-being-used-how-to-know-when-youre-giving-too-much</link>
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		<title>Healing the Shame that Binds You&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently I'm reading a book called <a href="http://amzn.to/eydeqQ">"Healing the Shame that Binds You"</a> by John Bradshaw....it's helping me to process the guil and remorse I've had for years for how I've treated others in the past. 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/healing-the-shame-that-binds-you</link>
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		<title>CONQUERING FEAR: A Great, Quick &amp; Simple Technique for Pushing Past Your Limitations&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: <i>I'll be taking a short break from blogging for the next week or so</i> (just to get my head together and prepare myself for some bigger moves), so enjoy this post on overcoming fear and check out a <a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/page/2">complete archive of other great blog entries</a> when you're done.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquering-fear-a-great-journaling-technique-a-short-break-from-blogging</link>
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		<title>Famous Screenwriter Shares 3 Important Things About Life&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<u>Find out how you can be helpful.</u> It didn't occur to me at first that being helpful was better then being the center of attention, but it turns out that <i>if you can really find a way to be helpful, more satisfaction and praise then you know what to do with will come your way.</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/famous-screenwriter-shares-3-important-things-about-life</link>
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		<title>How Technology is Attacking You (&amp; What You Can Do to Protect Yourself)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago, on the blog talk show "<a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/holistic2">Holistic Health &#038; Wellness Tips for OVERALL WELLBEING &#038; a DEEP-LEVEL Understanding of Nutrition</a>," Hondo and I spoke briefly about dangers of EMF's, or <i>electro-magnetic frequencies</i> being emitted by the technology all around us. Listen here:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-technology-is-attacking-you-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself</link>
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		<title>General Mind States (&amp; Benefits) for More Productivity&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That's another thing...<u>most of my work online is born out of my <i>productivity-skills</i></u>, not because I'm all that as a person (cause trust me, I'm not....I got a lot to work on just like everybody else). 

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I'm able to do so well and be so consistent with my creative work because I'm self-disciplined, not because I'm any "better" or "more evolved" in the way I think most people assume.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/general-mind-states-benefits-for-more-productivity</link>
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		<title>A Simple Science for Reducing Stress&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Basically, you're mind and body has the natural mechanics for renewal <u>already in place</u>, but since most of the work we do is mental now (we're what's called "knowledge workers," in that <em>we work with our minds and no longer our hands</em>) it's more difficult to ascertain what's productive and what's not, or when we've accomplished enough and it's time to stop.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-simple-science-for-reducing-stress</link>
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		<title>How to Develop SELF-DISCIPLINE (My First Guest Radio Appearance)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Man, I totally had a great time - you were so AWESOME in your delivery, your pacing, your addressing their struggle to grasp the concepts and then coming around with ways of restating things to clarify for them - you have GOT to get your own show..." ~ T Lavon Lawrence]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-develop-self-discipline-my-first-guest-radio-appearance</link>
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		<title>Intelligence is DYING, &amp; Self-Confidence is Becoming Extinct&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Also, as I society, I believe <b>we're headed for a state of mediocracy</b>: whereas medio-<i>crity</i> refers to a mediocre individual, medio-<i>cracy</i> refers to an entire mediocre SOCIETY: a state that (under the guise of "equality") <u>dumbs down its population</u>, <u>promotes a prolonged state of infancy</u> among its citizens, <u>lacks the substance of meaningful ideas</u> and CLAIMS to be a democracy when it is, in fact, <u>under authoritarian control</u>.  
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/intelligence-is-dying-self-confidence-is-becoming-extinct</link>
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		<title>The 7 Styles of Intelligence (&amp; Why EVERYONE is a Creative Genius in Their Own Way&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Essentially, <b>there are 7 different styles of intelligence</b>: 7 unique, technically distinct ways in which we all express brain power. We each have a particular combination that we come hard-wired with (just like extroversion/introversion), so once you know your own set-up, you gain a degree of self-knowledge and self-confidence that nourishes you...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-7-styles-of-intelligence-why-everyone-is-a-creative-genius-in-their-own-way</link>
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		<title>If You Want to Be a Success, STOP LOOKING FOR &#8220;SUPPORT.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...and by this, I don't mean a <i>"support network"</i> (as in friends and family to keep you motivated, which is vital) but "support" in the sense of <i>"support me for the simple fact that <u>I'm trying...</u>"</i>

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I hear far too many people (especially on facebook, and especially young people, for whatever reason) saying, in one way or another, "support me and what I'm doing," and I say "far too many people" because this is a completely DEBILITATING mindset...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/if-you-want-to-be-a-success-stop-looking-for-support</link>
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		<title>How to Stay Motivated ON A REGULAR BASIS&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's actually my favorite (and the one I had the most fun doing), because <b>it's the first one I freestyled</b>. Believe it or not, all of the radio shows I did up to that point (I think 13 up to that point) were completely scripted: I was so worried about freezing up live on air that I spent time (or wasted time) scripting out everything I was going to say.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-stay-motivated-on-a-regular-basis</link>
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		<title>Basics on Mastering the Tools of Thought&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"Pick up the feather and ink, I plan to think...
Cause my mentality could make man extinct."</i> ~ Nas]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/basics-on-mastering-the-tools-of-thought</link>
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		<title>Psychology, Psychiatry &amp; Mental Health at Our Universities&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["You're in a unique situation of being alone: you just left your home for college,you're trying to figure out what you want for yourself and it would be nice if you could go somewhere and get some help and support <u>without</u> people trying to tell you that there's something wrong with you..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/psychology-psychiatry-mental-health-at-our-universities</link>
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		<title>Why Intelligence is SEXY, Cool, Powerful &amp; Much More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Now knowledge is not only power, but in this particular case, knowledge is the ability to help OTHER people get power, knowledge is the ability to attract the people into your life that you want, knowledge is the ability to <b>create money and wealth</b> if you want, and it's also the way to AVOID not having certain outcomes in your life.

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Knowledge is the way to avoid failure, rejection and insignificance...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/why-intelligence-is-sexy-cool-powerful-much-more</link>
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		<title>How to Be More Productive By HAVING FUN&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>This is one of my biggest issues</i>: if you're a procrastinator, being a workaholic probably seems like a good problem to have, but the reality is that <u>procrastinators and workaholics have A LOT in common...</u>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-be-more-productive-by-having-fun</link>
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		<title>Exploring the Stages of Life Through Fiction&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["When I read fiction, <u>nobody from outside is trying to fix me.</u> I find that with Dr. Phil - all the talk show stuff - <i>I find it very annoying...</i>they're always coming from THEIR point of you of who THEY think you should be. There's constantly someone else in your business...our society seems to dwell on that, and <u>fiction helps me to respond to people who are stepping over my threshold...</u>" ~ Sheila (caller from NY)
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/exploring-the-stages-of-life-through-fiction</link>
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		<title>Jewels for the Week (Inspiring Quotations, 3/6-3/12, 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>“A hundred lifetimes may not be enough to rectify the mistake made in one short morning...”</i> ~ Chinese Proverb

</br>
"Honor is a harder master then law..." ~ Mark Twain

</br>
<b>“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”</b> ~ Emerson]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/jewels-for-the-week-inspiring-quotations-36-312-2011</link>
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		<title>The Biggest Financial Asset YOU ALREADY HAVE (&amp; 2 Ways to Invest It)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The media conditions us to associate wealth with hyperconsumption and affluence, when <i>THE OPPOSITE</i> is the reality. <b>Wealthy individuals tend to value economic power over displaying high social status.</b> ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-biggest-financial-asset-you-already-have-2-ways-to-invest-it</link>
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		<title>Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Some Steps You Can Actually Take</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eker's main thesis? Even though we all need to get our paper straight, <i>not too many of us understand that we need to get our <u>mindsets concerning paper</u> straight FIRST</i>, and <b>stop entertaining thought patterns that subconsciously inhibit us</b> from creating wealth for ourselves and forthe people we care about.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/secrets-of-the-millionaire-mind-some-steps-you-can-actually-take</link>
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		<title>The Hidden Psychology of Self-Confidence&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, after Miami lost to Chicago, Dwayne Wade said something along the lines of <i>"We lost...the world can be happy now."</i> Now I'm no expert sports analyst or anything, but after hearing him say that, I can GUARANTEE you that Miami isn't going too far this year (even with two of the greatest players in the league). Why??? <u>Because they believe the entire world wants it that way...</u>thinking that the world is against you is akin to thinking that God himself is against you. 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-psychology-of-self-confidence</link>
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		<title>Kick Your Own Ass&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[C'mon man...you know what to do, <u>you're just not doing it</u>. You have a responsibility to ACHIEVE FOR YOURSELF, and the only way this is going to happen is with self-inspiration, self-determination and hard work that starts before everybody else gets up and AFTER everybody else has gone to sleep...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/kick-your-own-ass-2</link>
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		<title>How to Reduce Stress NOW and Stay Relaxed AUTOMATICALLY&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, <b>if you don't relax, something is going to make you.</b> If you don't consciously slow down and take time to rejuvenate yourself, your either going to pay the price BIG time or gradually OVER time, with fun things such as:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-build-stress-reduction-into-your-life-so-you-stay-relaxed-automatically</link>
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		<title>A Lesson on Concentration (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"<u>Do not become discouraged</u> if you are unable to hold your thought on the subject for very long at first; <b>there are very few can.</b> It seems a peculiar fact that it is easier to concentrate on something that is not good for us than on something that is beneficial...but <u><b>you can overcome this tendency when you learn to concentrate consciously.</b></u>"</i> ~ Theron Q. Dumont]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-lesson-on-concentration-part-2</link>
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		<title>8 Qualities of a Wealthy Woman&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cleanliness is about respecting the importance of order and organization. <i>When you don't know where your money is, when you have no filing system for your important documents, when you dive into your pocketbook to pull out crumpled bills, when your car looks like a garbage can, when your closets are filled with junk and clutter -- you cannot possibly be a wealthy woman.</i> You need to clean up your act -- quite literally -- to bring true wealth into your life.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/8-qualities-of-a-wealthy-woman</link>
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		<title>The DEATH of the Liberal Class (Social Commentary)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Hedges, <b>"the Democratic Party has betrayed us"</b> (he's even dissing Obama). All of the pillars that make a liberal establishment work have been destroyed....the whole idea is that REAL liberalism in America <i>no longer exists</i>: that what we think of as the liberal (or progressive) establishment is now only a disguise.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-death-of-the-liberal-class-social-commentary</link>
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		<title>5 Time Management Tips MADE EASY (Just in Case You Forgot)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>Time management is played out,</i> and what I mean by that is that <u>traditional "time management" comes out of a world that no longer exists...</u> The term dates way back to the industrial revolution: the first time in which "output" for the average person exceeded the boundaries of nature...
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/5-time-management-tips-made-easy-just-in-case-you-forgot</link>
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		<title>Not Listening is a Form of DISRESPECT&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first thing I realized was that <b>as adults, we trivialize what children say and think</b>. Because we're much older and wiser (and because we already been there...because we already know what they're thinking and why it's mistaken), we disregard them when they express themselves. I realized that <i>there's a difference between knowing somebody wrong and HONORING them as they say it</i> ...it's two completely different things, but we connect them in our minds, and <u>thereby fail to connect with the other person.</u>  
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/not-listening-is-a-form-of-disrespect</link>
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		<title>How to Raise Your Self-Esteem&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This episode is VITAL, so trust me when I say <u>you don't want to skip over it</u>. I sent a newsletter out one day saying...

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"The science is this: <b>your self-esteem is your relationship with your own perception</b>...it's the fundamental orientation you have towards your own experience <u>in real-time</u>; your 'style of consciousness' through which <i>EVERYTHING ELSE</i> is filtered..."
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-raise-your-self-esteem</link>
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		<title>How to Enhance Your Creativity, Decrease Stress &amp; Boost Your Energy Level for the LONG-TERM&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Taking it a little bit further, not only do we live in a technologized-environment, we GREW UP in it too. In other words, <i>our entire development process was <u>hijacked</u></i> because of this immersion inside a "technocratic-bubble" of synthetic, man-made constructs..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-enhance-your-creativity-decrease-stress-boost-your-energy-level-for-the-long-term</link>
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		<title>How Video Games &amp; Comic-Books Can Make You a Better Person&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA['One of the keys to leadership is having a vision, and what's a vision? It's a picture...a picture of a better world. One of the things that limits us in our ability to change is our lack of that creativity...being able to see what a better and alternative world would be.' ~ Wyatt Woodsmall]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-video-games-comic-books-can-make-you-a-better-person</link>
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		<title>Protected: Fundamentals for Mind-Elevation&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/fundamentals-for-mind-elevation</link>
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		<title>Health, Wellness, Yoga &amp; Psychotherapy: The Hidden Link that Connects them All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is why most of us have the same illnesses repetitively coming back stronger each time. Either that or we stay ill consistently...as soon as they fix one thing, "here comes another." 

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By ignoring our biological feedback - which is an intelligent system  - we never eliminate the root cause, so the feedback has to get stronger and more diverse every time...otherwise  we'd never wake up to it...
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/health-wellness-yoga-psychotherapy-the-hidden-link-that-connects-them-all</link>
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		<title>How to Handle Criticism &amp; Overcome the Fear of Rejection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(From the reader mailbag:) Someone just called me racist the other day. It was a 3-paragraph email entitled <i>"Interesting Information."</i> Here it is in full (without editing). Knowledge this and tell me what you think...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-handle-criticism-overcome-the-fear-of-rejection</link>
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		<title>How to Write a Great Blog Post in an Hour OR LESS&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So because I know what I'm going to say, because I focus on one element at a time and <u>because I have an automated routine</u>, blogging doesn't take too long at all. Don't get me wrong, my first few blogs took me a total of <i>7 hours</i> or so to get together, so I know how you feel, but I stuck with it. See a classic post like that... ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-write-a-great-blog-post-in-1-hour-or-less</link>
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		<title>A Short Poem for Motivation, Self-Empowerment &amp; Getting Focused</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<u>Get in touch with your animal instincts and direct that energy towards your goal.</u> Find something meaningful to you, forget what everyone else says and think like, 'If some clown doesn't like me or doesn't want me to (insert goal), he's going to have to kill me, <i>because that's the only thing I can see working.</i>'"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-short-poem-for-motivation-self-empowerment-getting-focused</link>
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		<title>3 Free Random Productivity Tools &amp; Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first is <a href="http://teuxdeux.com/">TeuxDeux</a>, an online to-do list manager that works wonders. I love it for it's simplicity. Check out this video for more...'Teux Deux is a simple, designy, free, browser-based to-do app that syncs with <b>our brand new iPhone app</b> when on the go!'"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/3-random-productivity-tools-resources</link>
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		<title>How to Improve Your Memory (4 Quick Techniques)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Believing that you can have <b>un-trained</b> memories but not bad ones, I replied, "If you have a bad memory, if you can't retain important information, then I want you to forget the word <i>elephant</i>..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-improve-your-memory-4-quick-techniques</link>
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		<title>The African-American&#8217;s Guide to Overcoming Fear of Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>The confidence I need has to be authentic...<u>it has to be an integral part of who I am</u> (not something I just turn on when I'm online), but I'm hesitant about it because I don't want the people I care about to feel like we can't relate...</i>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-african-americans-guide-to-overcoming-the-fear-of-success</link>
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		<title>Black Intelligence (pt.12): Supporting Our Graphic Designers&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["As an aspiring Grad Student (applications already submitted) success in the contest would be an amazing experience and motivation to move into the world of art. Also, <i>a showing in my hometown would bring an opportunity to unveil all of our artistic history there</i>." ~ Mensah Imbeigh Bey]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/black-intelligence-pt-12-supporting-our-graphic-designers</link>
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		<title>3 Ways to Tap into the Power of Your Mind Using Hip-Hop Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“We have two distinct selves within us – both are intelligent, but while one is conscious the other is unconscious, (and) for that reason <b>the latter generally escapes notice…</b>” ~ Emile Coue... (you can download any of the tracks here too)]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/3-ways-to-tap-into-the-power-of-your-mind-using-hip-hop-music</link>
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		<title>Free Internet Tools &amp; Resources to Enhance Your Online Presence…</title>
		<description><![CDATA["...and <i>this is the site where I get most of my realistic images from</i>...they just switched it up to provide Stock MOTION too...now you can get silent <b>videos</b> of the same sort for voice-over narration, commercials or whatever else...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/free-internet-tools-resources-to-enhance-your-online-presence</link>
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		<title>Understanding and Overcoming ANGER &amp; FEAR&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Anger is usually just a cover up to disguise vulnerability...</b>I've noticed that whenever I'd feel hurt emotionally (or afraid that I was about to be hurt emotionally), I'd use anger as a tactic to <u>intimidate</u> the other person...that way they'd never get to see that they have the power over me to make me feel that way.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/understanding-and-overcoming-anger-fear</link>
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		<title>Wisdom From The Jedi Master (May Be THE BEST Yoda Video on Youtube)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Death is a natural part of life. <b>Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force.</b> Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously..." ~ Yoda

"For my ally is the Force, <i>and a powerful ally it is.</i> Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, <u>not this crude matter</u>. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes.”]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/wisdom-from-the-jedi-master-may-be-the-best-yoda-video-on-youtube</link>
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		<title>How to Go From Procrastinator to Producer</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The procrastination habit catches people in a vicious cycle: get overwhelmed, feel pressured, <i>fear failure</i>, try harder, work longer, feel resentful, lose motivation, and then finally, <u>procrastinate</u>. The cycle starts with the pressure of being overwhelmed, and then ends with an attempt to escape that overwhelm through procrastination, so as long as you're caught in this cycle, THERE'S NO ESCAPE..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-go-from-procrastinator-to-producer</link>
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		<title>Jewels for the Week (Best Quotes, Jan. 23-29, 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<b>A mind that's active is engaged with the world and keeps on learning.</b> It's also the best way to combat depression, isolation and the mental decline that comes with age..." ~ Susan Stamberg ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/jewels-for-the-week-january-23-29-2011</link>
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		<title>Why I Became Vegetarian (Benefits &amp; Motivation)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I support this brother &#038; his African Holistic Health concept because <u>it saved me from depression</u>: during the 2nd semester of my freshman year, I was at an extremely low emotional point where every morning I woke up thinking: <b>"What's the point?"</b>, "I can't do anything right, so why even try?," or <i>"I'm worthless...what am I even alive for???"</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/why-i-became-vegetarian-personal-story</link>
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		<title>Previews from My Upcoming Book&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video Included &#124; <b>Do you want your life to have an impact</b>? Do you want to wake up everyday <u>fully in tune with your own personal mission</u> and have a science to effectively deal with <b>anything</b> that gets in the way of its accomplishment? <i>Are you at a point where you need to re-examine or restructure almost EVERYTHING pertaining to your major life goals???</i> ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/previews-from-my-upcoming-book</link>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Overcoming Depression&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(VIDEO INCLUDED) &#124; Last week <i>another</i> child gone due to suicide. When will we stop being so busy with our lives, so busy working to obtain things, so busy driving our children away before another one will die???Parents that have lost a child to suicide will tell you that...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/some-thoughts-on-overcoming-depression</link>
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		<title>8 Principles to EMPOWER YOURSELF (&amp; Live in a Reality that Others Treat w/ Respect&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Principle #3 &#124; STOP APOLOGIZING: stop apologizing for doing what's right for you and for being who you are. <B>Stop thinking that there's something wrong with affecting somebody else as an offset of doing your own thing</B>...someone who apologizes too much gives off the impression that <u>they’re sorry to be alive</u> and they're...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/8-principles-to-empower-yourself-live-in-a-reality-that-others-treat-w-respect</link>
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		<title>How Television Destroys Thinking&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["So, you listen to me. Listen to me: Television is not the truth! <b>Television is a God-damned amusement park!</b> Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth... Go to God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because that's the ONLY place you're ever going to find any real truth. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-television-destroys-thinking</link>
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		<title>The ONLY Self-Development Skill You Really Need to Know&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["That's why I ADMIRE ANYONE WHO TAKES THIS SERIOUSLY...anyone who says <i>'I'm going to make it a point to get my mind right...I'm going to love myself, trust myself, discipline myself, believe in myself and build myself up by doing whatever hardcore 'self-work' I need to do'</i> deserves praise..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-only-self-development-skill-you-really-need-to-know</link>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s How to BUILD YOUR SELF-ESTEEM: Start By&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Giving Yourself PROPS, not disses...because <i>'Language determines what we think, and shapes the ways in which we think about it.'</i>  Start by using your mind to big yourself up, not tear yourself down...<b>start by selling yourself tall</b>. Realize that if you're like most people, you already have a significant degree of health, more than a fair amount of success and a few great relationships in your life AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/heres-how-to-build-your-self-esteem-start-by</link>
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		<title>Are Your Thoughts MURDERING You? (&amp; Your Chances for Success???)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A follow up from yesterday's post <a href="http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/health-success-great-relationships-a-fundamental-skill-for-them-all">"Health, Success &#038; Great Relationships"</a> breaking down the main, FATAL mistake we tend to make when we pursue these things in our lives. If you're looking to improve your health, lose weight, build stronger relationships or just stop procrastinating, <i><b>read this now...</i></b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-1-thing-murdering-your-chances-of-success</link>
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		<title>Health, Success &amp; Great Relationships: A Fundamental Skill for Them ALL&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conscious willpower and direction over your own habits is a powerful skill, because if you can create your habits <i>from the inside-out</i>, you can learn to create ANY RESULT YOU WANT...better relationships, more success with your personal goals, a healthier, more lively physical body or just about anything else.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/health-success-great-relationships-a-fundamental-skill-for-them-all</link>
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		<title>GET ORGANIZED: How to Create a Clutter-Free Environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>Problems with disorganization???</i> Would you like to have a clear, focused and well-structured thinking process? Would you like to have the advantage of being able to constructively use your mind to your own benefit whenever you want? 

Well, <b>if you'd like to have a clear, structured and organized mental environment, what makes you think you don't ALSO need to have a clear, structured and organized physical environment???</b> Click here for some simple, practical advice...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/get-organized-how-to-create-a-clutter-free-environment</link>
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		<title>The 7 Samurai Principles: Virtues of Bushido Code</title>
		<description><![CDATA["<i>As a samurai, I must strengthen my character;
As a human being, I must perfect my spirit.</i>"
~ Master Warrior Tesshu by John Stevens

These samurai ethics are often defined as "<b>military knight-ways</b>: the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily life as well as in their vocation...in a word, <u>the precepts of knighthood</u>."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-7-samurai-principles-virtues-of-bushido-code</link>
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		<title>What Exactly is &#8220;The Matrix&#8221; Anyway???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever had a thought like "What the hell is wrong with this planet?" Ever had a feeling that there was a subtle form of manipulation controlling ALL aspects of human life - something that, if left undiscovered, <b>makes everything you could ever do with yourself completely meaningless???</b> Here's some answers to those questions, and some solutions for what to do about it...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/what-exactly-is-the-matrix-anyway</link>
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		<title>The Simple Way to END STRESS On Mental &amp; Emotional Levels&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Then <u>I get so frightened that I'll make a mistake</u> on my choice of what to do that I waste additional valuable time. Eventually, my nervousness and procrastination leave me unable to find time to take depositions and meet court dates..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-simple-way-to-end-stress-on-mental-emotional-levels</link>
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		<title>ON COMPULSIVE EATING: The Secret to Getting Free&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Compulsion is despair on the emotional level</b>: the substances, people, or activities we become compulsive about are those that we believe are capable of taking our despair away...All we ever wanted was love...we didn't <i>want</i> to become compulsive about anything. We did it to survive...we did it to keep from going crazy. Good for us.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/on-compulsive-eating-the-secret-to-getting-free</link>
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		<title>VIDEO ARCHIVES: Classic Sessions from Yours Truly&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a collection of some classic videos I shot back in the day...<i>it's pretty interesting to see how far you've come looking back over old work.</i> Check out these great video training sessions now...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/video-archives</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Ahead of Your Time, So STOP TRYING TO TAKE OTHER PEOPLE WITH YOU (an &#8220;Old-School Resurrection&#8221;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"Five real men are greater then five-hundred children disguised in a man's exterior..."</i> I.E: You don't need numbers behind you to make your movement stronger, and in many cases, having numbers can actually HINDER you from making any real movements to begin with...
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/youre-ahead-of-your-time-so-stop-trying-to-take-other-people-with-you-an-old-school-resurrection</link>
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		<title>How to Master Your Inner-Game &amp; Remove Your Inner-Critic FOR GOOD&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"When a player comes to recognize that learning to focus may be more valuable to him than his backhand, he shifts from being primarily a player of the outer game to being a player of the Inner Game. Then, instead of learning to focus to improve his tennis, he practices tennis to improve his focus..."</i>
~ W. Timothy Gallwey]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-master-your-inner-game-remove-your-inner-critic-for-good</link>
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		<title>Why Self-Development NEVER Works for Most People&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Explains why most people AIN'T LEARNING A DAMN THING...a great diagram, discussion and series of insights (w/ recommended reading) to make sure you don't make this #1 mistake that makes all of the self-help you would otherwise read <i>virtually worthless</i>. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/most-of-us-aint-learning-a-damn-thing-heres-why</link>
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		<title>On Building Concentration (NEW VIDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DO NOT fall into the trap of thinking that your natural capacity to wonder is a bad thing, because <u>it's a gift</u> (my work wouldn't exist without it). Just know that - like a child - it needs recreational time AND disciplined time.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/on-building-concentration-new-video</link>
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		<title>Native American Wisdom for Getting Focused &amp; OVERCOMING ADDICTIONS&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe that all habits are learned, and that <u>we have bad habits (so-called "addictions") for actually GOOD reasons</u>. For instance, a person may use drugs to give themselves a false sense of self-confidence, which is essentially a healthy desire, just an UNHEALTHY way of meeting it. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/native-american-wisdom-for-getting-focused-overcoming-addictions</link>
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		<title>A Last Message on CONCENTRATION&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>"The one prudence in life is concentration; the one evil dissipation."</b>, which is pretty dope, because I never thought of it in that context (almost spiritual). There's more there too, but let's end with one last jewel.....<i>Whatever you choose to spend your time on, <u>spend it well.</u> Whatever you wish your goals are, make sure they are UNIFIED. Only the specialized become truly successful."</I>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/a-last-message-on-concentration</link>
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		<title>How to Develop PERSISTENCE: On Being Proactive, Overcoming Apathy and more&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Most of us spend most of our time in RE-ACTIVE mode: we wake up, check our voicemail and look through our email...<u>we look to see who wants us to do something.</u> <i>'Who's snapping their fingers for us to behave? Who wants some attention? Who's got a fire that we need to put out???'</i> 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-develop-persistence-on-being-proactive-overcoming-apathy-and-more</link>
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		<title>Bryan&#8217;s &#8220;Recommended Scroll&#8221; of the Year: EMPIRE OF ILLUSION by Chris Hedges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"We ask...to be fed lies. <u>We demand lies.</u></i> The skillfully manufactured images and slogans that flood the airwaves and infect our political discourse MASK REALITY, and we do not protest...<b>The worse reality becomes</b>, the less a beleaguered (annoyed) population wants to hear about it, and <u>the more it distracts itself</u> with the squalid pseudo-events of celebrity break ups, gossip and trivia. These are the debauched revels of a dying culture..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/bryans-recommended-scroll-of-the-year-empire-of-illusion-by-chris-hedges</link>
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		<title>Are Our Schools Concentration-Campuses for Mental Destruction???</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Independent, self-reliant people are a counter-productive anachronism in the collective society of the future. In modern society, people will be defined by their associations - the groups they belong to - NOT by their own individual accomplishments. In such a world <b><i>people who read too well or too early are dangerous because they become privately empowered.</b></i> They know too much and they know how to find out what they don't know by themselves..." ~ John Dewey (CREATOR of the Dewey Decimal System</u>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/are-our-schools-concentration-campuses-for-mental-destruction</link>
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		<title>Is the Self-Help Industry a SHAM??? (&#8220;Deceptive Intelligence&#8221; at it&#8217;s Worst&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...because quite a few people seem to think so. <b>The self-help industry is really "deceptive intelligence"</b>: that, at the root of it all, the self-help industry is led mostly by fraudulent (sometimes even narcissistic or pathological), so-called experts who just spit raps about feel good psychobabble to SOUND knowledgeable and convincing...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/is-the-self-help-industry-a-sham-deceptive-intelligence-at-its-worst</link>
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		<title>WHY PEOPLE DON&#8217;T CHANGE (A Powerful Story on Habits &amp; Routines&#8230;Aesop&#8217;s Fables Style)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>"Everything is hunted, and what allows it to be hunted are its ROUTINES. A hunter, knowing this, then begins to reflect on what are it's OWN routines and what allows it to be hunted..."</i> ~ Wyatt Woodsmall]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/why-people-dont-change-a-powerful-story-on-habits-routines-aesops-fables-style</link>
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		<title>INTELLECTUAL DISCIPLINE: How to Become a More Action-Oriented Person (&amp; Escape the Mind-Trap of &#8220;Intelligence&#8230;&#8221;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Step 3.) <u>Don't get excited:</u> if it applies, let go of the delusion that any book, video or audio product contains a "grand secret" or some "universal knowledge" that'll make all of your problems go away. In <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/women">my blog post about dating</a> a few months back, I said <i>"stop idealizing women,"</i> and I'm going to flip that here again and say <i>STOP IDEALIZING INFORMATION...</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/intellectual-discipline-how-to-become-a-more-action-oriented-person-escape-the-mind-trap-of-intelligence</link>
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		<title>On WRITER&#8217;S BLOCK: The Best Technique for Unleashing Your Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to talk to you today about <i>writer's block,</i> because I got a pretty cool technique that I use for it all the time. The funny thing is <b>I never really realized that I used it,</b> until I heard this business trainer I'm learning from mention it as a "technique"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/on-writers-block-the-best-technique-for-unleashing-your-creativity</link>
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		<title>The 5 STUPID THINGS Intelligent People Do (That Keep Them From the Success They Deserve&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[>> STUPID THING #1: Trying to Be Everything to EVERYBODY...smart people tend to be very creative, and this seems to be the root problem.What I mean is that they tend to use their creativity in ways that create unnecessary challenges for themselves.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/the-5-stupid-things-intelligent-people-do-that-keep-them-from-the-success-they-deserve</link>
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		<title>ORGANIZING THE BLOG (Here&#8217;s the Progress So Far&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright so I'm making some serious headway on organizing the blog...the new homepage will have: (1.) <u>A brief overview</u> of the latest post...(2.) <u>Links to navigation pages</u> based on major subjects, and (3.) Possibly <u>a video introduction</u> to the blog in general...
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/organizing-the-blog-heres-the-progress-so-far</link>
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		<title>Motivation is SPIRITUAL ENERGY, Purpose &amp; Direction: Here&#8217;s How to Find It&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The quantity of energy we have to spend at any given moment is a reflection of our physical capacity, but OUR MOTIVATION to spend that energy is mostly a spiritual issue.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/motivation-is-spiritual-energy-purpose-direction-heres-how-to-find-it</link>
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		<title>How to Use the &#8220;Socratic Method&#8221; ON YOURSELF (Powerful Questions for Progress &amp; Success)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Your mind is extremely powerful,</b> and once you make a habit of using it like this – using it to actively solve your issues – you’ll be surprised at the wisdom and ingenuity you have bottled up inside of you. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-use-the-socratic-method-on-yourself-powerful-questions-for-progress-success</link>
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		<title>More Classic Jewels from the Archives of &#8220;Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An archive of more classic posts. Click here to find great information on holistic health, productivity, emotional wellbeing, building your self-esteem, etc. etc. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/more-classic-jewels-from-the-archives-of-todays-transcendence</link>
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		<title>HOW TO BRING YOUR GOALS TO LIFE: The 4 Dimensions of Focused Success&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Also, since this is my first time explaining this technique and concept, make sure to leave me a comment below. Give me some feedback on how you’re going to use what you learned (and don’t hesitate to ask if anything wasn’t clear).
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/how-to-bring-your-goals-to-life-the-4-dimensions-of-focused-success</link>
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		<title>Three SERIOUS QUESTIONS I&#8217;d Like Your Help With&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>What happens is you learn to consult with your own intelligence</b> so that you don't proceed in a direction (or move at a pace) that's not right for you. So here's a few questions I've been "marinating on' for the last few days that I'd like your opinion on...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/three-serious-questions-id-like-your-help-with</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;Five C&#8217;s&#8221; AT THE ROOT of Most Sleep Problems&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“If you’re like most people, you try to live life all at once and you bring it all with you into bed, and <i>that’s just the tip of the iceberg…</i> Experts explain how the five Cs — Change, Conflict, Criticisms, Concerns, and Crises — can burden our lives with unhealthy stress. Any of these factors can ruin your sleep faster than you can say ‘good night....’
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/sleep-problems</link>
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		<title>RELAX: 3 Simple Guided Meditations, Soothing Music for Peace of Mind &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Odd as it might sound, I don't like talking about meditation too much <u>because it's so cliche</u> (and feels kind of soft). Here's a few that I do use on the regular though, albeit unconsciously...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/relax2</link>
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		<title>How to GET FOCUSED: Simple Tips, Techniques, Exercises (Radio Playback, Videos, etc.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Classic blog talk radio episode on productivity, dealing with negative people, managing your time and other great tips. VIDEOS, free downloads, music, etc. etc. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/focus2</link>
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		<title>Technology is Making Most of Us OBSOLETE&#8230;Here&#8217;s How to AVOID the Failure, Rejection &amp; Insignificance Bound to Become the Norm</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Simply put, <u>we're not prepared for the future</u>; we're not ready for <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/intelligence">the great transition</a> into an information economy (the so-called "digital age"). Part of what I'm doing stems from the fact that, as a society, we're MASS-MIGRATING into <b>a new type of reality:</b> a purely abstract, virtual world that'll change <i>EVERYTHING</i> about how society operates...
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/rejection</link>
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		<title>YOU NEED TO BUILD WALLS FOR YOURSELF: Tips for Handling Digital Overload&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The two most precious natural resources you got are your time and attention: they're both finite, and they're both irreplaceable...where you decided to place your time and attention says a lot about who you are; a lot about who you are as a human being."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/email</link>
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		<title>How to Find Your Unique Talents &amp; Strengths (Great Video Exercise)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Specifically, you have special things that YOU'RE particularly "nice" at: specific skills, activities, understandings or whatever that you're so proficient at, <b>you don't even realize you're proficient at it</b> (because it comes so naturally). 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/talents</link>
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		<title>(3 NEW VIDEOS) How to GET FOCUSED: In-Depth Question &amp; Answer Session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3 great videos (really 3 parts to one sit down session) of me and my friend building on "getting focused." It's some of the major concepts and techniques for being more ON POINT. Tips for >> managing your time >> prioritizing important tasks >> finding a deeper source of motivation...and more. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/focus</link>
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		<title>MAN-UP: A 3-Step Framework for Mature Masculine Power&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished up a seminar for Freshman males at ODU called “MAN-UP: A 3-Step Framework for Cultivating the Mature Masculine Power <i>YOU KNOW</i> You Have Inside of You…” It was fire, and I’m working on the videos now, but here’s the resources as promised (*videos, powerpoints, radio shows and more):]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/man-up</link>
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		<title>Ego-Tripping: How, When &amp; Why &#8220;Feeling Yourself&#8221; Can Actually Be a GOOD THING&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<u>I'm not saying that you should be inconsiderate or rigid to constructive feedback</u>; only that as you grow along the lines of what we build on here, you'll find yourself <b>liking</b> yourself a lot more. This'll show to others who might not be at that place yet, so you can expect to eventually get challenged on it.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/ego</link>
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		<title>The Popular MYTH of 8-Hour Sleep&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<i>Rest is for the weary; sleep is for the dead...</i>"  Doctor Who (British Science Fiction)... while I agree with the popular idea of how important sleep is (the link between sleep-deprivation and symptoms of ADD, etc.) I disagree with the idea that people, on average, literally <u>need</u> 8 hours of sleep.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/sleep</link>
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		<title>9 Classic, Lesser-Known Books GUARANTEED to Take Your Mind to the Next Level&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's an audio interview I did a while back with my friend El Rasun called <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books3"><i>"Recommended Scrolls,"</i></a> where we covered 9 classic (and for the most part almost completely unknown) great reads that transformed the way we think and behave for the better...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books7</link>
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		<title>The Friendly Way to &#8220;Keep People in Check&#8221; (ASSERTIVENESS SKILLS 101: Step-by-Step Formula)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was watching pre-schoolers being interviewed on television about events in the news one day, and when one child was asked, "<i>Why do you think people go to war?</i>" he replied: "<i><u>Because they don't use their words...</i></u>"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/assertive</link>
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		<title>How to STAY Motivated&#8230;CONSISTENTLY (Radio Playback, MP3 Download &amp; More&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember, we get overwhelmed and we procrastinate when we think of things only as ENTIRE, ALL-ENCOMPASSING PROJECTS...that's where a lot of panic and anxiety comes from - from visualizing mega-sized obligations - eventuallyjust the act of thinking about it drains you, so you avoid it because you don't want to be drained. So, <i>fragment the project into the tiniest thing you can think of</i> and just concentrate on that...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/motivate2</link>
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		<title>How to STAY Motivated&#8230;CONSISTENTLY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An in-depth strategy session with tons of SELF-Motivation tools on <u>how to get focused</u>, like... >> how to make yourself to take the right actions <b>in the moment</b> (when it counts), >> how to overcome the "invisible barrier" that prevents so many of us from fulfilling our potential, and >> the best tips and techniques I <i>PERSONALLY</i> use to keep my head in the game...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/motivate</link>
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		<title>A VERY Funny Story About Online Dating&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask any of my friends: <b>I'm usually as silly and ridiculous as the situation allows for.</b> So today, <i>here's a funny story about online dating</i>. There's not a lot of wisdom in here (unless you go looking for it of course), but I guarantee you you'll be rolling by the end. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/dating</link>
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		<title>Negative People SUCK&#8230;Energy Out of YOU (Diagram/Breakdown)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The two things that determine a person's success: (1) The THOUGHTS that occupy your mind, and (2) The PEOPLE with whom you associate..." ~ JP Maroney]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/negative</link>
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		<title>Bryan&#8217;s Classic Lecture on TIME-MANAGEMENT&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's me back in my formative years (I'd change A LOT if I could now), but <u>this is really what started it all.</u> I remember us having so much fun that night and feeling so good about what I had to share...<em>let me know what you think.</em>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/time2</link>
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		<title>Protecting, Preparing &amp; EMPOWERING OUR YOUNG GIRLS (Blog Talk Radio Playback &amp; Download)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's the audio playback from last night's call, <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-elevation">"Protecting, Preparing &#038; EMPOWERING OUR YOUNG GIRLS for the Social Challenges &#038; Dangers of Today's World..."</a>* download the FULL mp3 (right-click &#038; "save as") Kelsie was <b>on-point</b>...here's some of the feedback thus far: "Soul-food for the youth...great show!" ~ Brian Holiday-El]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/girls2</link>
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		<title>How to Get Instant Updates (&amp; Save Time Reading &#8220;Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8221;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[See that little orange symbol above my photo to the right (next to “Entries RSS”)? Click on it, and you'll get instant updates of <em>Today's Transcendence</em> automatically SENT TO YOU instead of having to come here to check it out.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/updates</link>
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		<title>KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY: On the Cultural De-Valuation of Maturity &amp; Adulthood&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered why: Grown men are still fascinated with video games <em><u>more then ever before???</em></u>, <u><em>sales for plastic surgery</em></u> promising an infinite fountain of youth to our beautiful elder women has gone up or why <u>you can  find grown-butt adults <i>running to catch the ice-cream truck</i></u> (personal observation of mine)??? ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/kindergarten</link>
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		<title>The Top 3 Ways Our Culture is DESTROYING Your Personal Goals [Audio]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
What if people could be literally CONDITIONED to be unproductive, dependent, lazy and inefficient <b>without even realizing it,</b>  and we're in a society that does such conditioning <em>right now???</em>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/productive2</link>
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		<title>Protecting, Preparing and EMPOWERING OUR YOUNG GIRLS for the Social Challenges &amp; Dangers of Today&#8217;s World&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next Wednesday's radio show is called, <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-elevation">"Protecting, Preparing &#038; EMPOWERING OUR YOUNG GIRLS for the Social Challenges &#038; Dangers of Today's World"</a> and on it I'll be interviewing Kelsie Morales, <i>a sister who does this for a living.</i> ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/girls</link>
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		<title>The Key to ELIMINATING PROCRASTINATION &amp; Its Hidden Causes&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Underlying your procrastination is a mistaken ASSOCIATION between what you accomplish and <u>what our value is</u> as a human being. Procrastination is deep because <b>it's actually a coping mechanism that accomplishes a series of things:</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/procrastinate</link>
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		<title>Why Do We KNOW So Much, But Actually DO So Little??? (Mental Tools for Consistent Action)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My goal when starting all this was to figure out what prevents us from ACTING on our potential and carrying forth the things we have set out to do. I would ask questions like >> <i>Why can't my friends &#038; I ever DISCIPLINE ourselves to get things done?</i> >> <i>Why do positive, conscious groups always seem to fall apart?</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/subconscious</link>
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		<title>The Top 3 MAJOR MISTAKES People Make When Using Affirmations&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I had this business consultation yesterday afternoon, and when I mentioned I provide <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/think">guided meditation and affirmation programs</a> through my site, the guy told me: <i>"Oh yeah? That's funny - I read a statistic the other day that said <i>most people who use affirmations are <u>more depressed then the average person...</u></i>"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/affirmations</link>
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		<title>4 Skills to DRASTICALLY Improve Your Self-Discipline &amp; Productivity (The &#8220;4 Corners&#8221; Concept Explained)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a clip from my audio program <a href="http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/discipline4">"Principles for Greater Productivity &#038; Self-Discipline EXPLAINED IN SIMPLE TERMS..."</a> The specific segment is called, "<i>The 4 Corners of a Self-Disciplined Frame...</i>" because each corner (or "angle") helps change your "perspective" about what all four corners help "put the picture together," so to speak. 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/productive3</link>
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		<title>Self-Delusion as a SOCIETAL NORM (From Which &#8220;The Conscious&#8221; ARE NO EXCEPTION&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The longer we deceive ourselves like this, the harder it gets to deal with reality when it hits us. In our personal lives, regardless of how conscious we are, <b>too many of us are responding to our challenges like children</b>. Too many of us behave like super-knowledgeable toddlers in adult bodies, and we're not even aware of the fact]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-deception3</link>
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		<title>Overcoming the Psychology of Self-Deception (VIDEO BROADCAST)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How we're constantly deceiving ourselves and DON'T EVEN KNOW IT: how to get a basic handle on psychology so you can understand exactly <u>where</u> you're blocking yourself and exactly <u>what</u> you need to do about it...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-deception2</link>
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		<title>Overcoming the Psychology of SELF-DECEPTION (Resource Page)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's the resource page for my guest appearance at <a href="http://apps.attainresponse.com/MediaF5/liveRecording.htm?id=159744">"Tune Into Connections"</a> on 10/13/2010...it was a LIVE VIDEO BROADCAST entitled <i>"3 Techniques for Overcoming the Psychology of <strong>Self-Deception...</strong>"</i> 

</br>
In case you missed out on it, <a href="http://apps.attainresponse.com/MediaF5/liveRecording.htm?id=159744"><b>click here</b></a> to check out the original show now...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-deception</link>
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		<title>Catch Me on Internet TV (Live Video Broadcast)&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, instead of the normal radio program, I'll be doing a LIVE VIDEO BROADCAST on <a href="http://internetfabulous.tv">"Tune Into Connections w/ Mona Reeves..."</a> The episode is called "<i>3 Techniques for Overcoming the Psychology of SELF-DECEPTION</i>" and <b>it's going to be dope</b>.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/broadcast</link>
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		<title>How to Stop Failure NOW&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FREE LIFE TRANSFORMATION KIT: >> "How to Absolutely, <i>Positively</i> Guarantee Success <u>In Everything You Do...</u>"

>> "How to Feel Powerful Instantly..."

>> "<b>How to Instantly Gain Momentum</b> (AND Keep It)"

>> "The 11 Mental Patterns That Naturally Attract The Life You Desire..."

>> "The Unedited Conversations In People's Minds EXPOSED..."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/stop-failure</link>
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		<title>HOW TO MASTER YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And here's a question and answer session that went down <i>right after I played that clip...</i> It's the solution to the issue just raised and a NECESSARY skill for anyone looking to >> <b>transcend negative habits and addictions</b> >> overcome emotional issues like <u>panic &#038; anxiety</u> and gain freedom from <u>depression</u> >> <i>discipline themselves to stay focused and motivated</i> for better health and business success...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/mind</link>
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		<title>On Society, Future Technology, Self-Deception, Metaphysics &amp; More About Me Personally&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here's a playback of last night's show on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/omoyemaya">The h2o Network</a>, where we talked about the future of society, the future of technology, metaphysics, self-deception and <em>more about who I am and how I got to the point I am now</em>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/network</link>
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		<title>RELAX: Sometimes You Speed Up By Slowing Down (Old School Resurrection)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What don't you have the time to do that, at the same time, you know it IS time to do? A walk in the park? Dinner with a friend? Play laser tag with your kids? Walk away from the canvas until you can't help taking up the brush again?
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/relax</link>
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		<title>How to Develop Bravery pt.4: The Issue of MANHOOD&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now keep in mind, this is RAW &#038; UNCUT...it's vulgar, raunchy, controversial and downright offensive at times, <b>but it's also extremely profound</b> and well-worth the watch...there's a lot of ideas expressed here you'll have a hard time finding anywhere else.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/manhood</link>
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		<title>How to Develop Bravery pt.3: How to CONSCIOUSLY Cultivate Courage&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember that you’re not here to ask anybody for anything – you’re a unique human being (an Avatar in your own right) just being who you authentically are and feeding others with that energy…]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/bravery3</link>
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		<title>How to Develop Bravery (pt.2): Teaching Yourself FEARLESSNESS&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What you'll find is that <i>fear gradually recedes as you ease your way into the task</i>, so all you have to do is <i>orchestrate a situation</i> where you're forced to do it enough until the fear naturally dissolves.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/bravery2</link>
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		<title>How to Develop BRAVERY (pt.1): The &#8220;Brave-Heart Journaling&#8221; Technique&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's part 1 of a trilogy on CULTIVATING COURAGE - both in your daily life <I>and on a deeper level</i>. It describes a technique I created that I've been using for about a week now (love being my own guinea pig), and you're going to enjoy it...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/bravery</link>
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		<title>Black Intelligence pt. 12: GREAT FREE IMAGES for Online Work&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[>Luckily for me, <u>I already saved a majority of the good ones</u> to my computer beforehand - I guess my  "spidey sense" was on - so I have a pretty thorough collection on my hands as it is....]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/images</link>
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		<title>Simple Steps for REDUCING STRESS pt.3 (Full Session w/ Complete Download)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s some in-depth radio and video sessions about present mindedness, using mantras, and regaining control over your email…]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/stress3</link>
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		<title>Are you Stressed??? Looking for Some Proven Techniques to DRASTICALLY Reduce It???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[>> even more techniques for anger-management AND time-management,
>> holistic-health tips for <strong>calm focus and mental clarity</strong>,
>> strategies to maintain present-mindedness,
>> a discussion of <u>black grief</u>: a specific stress-related issue plaguing the African-American community. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/stress2</link>
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		<title>REDUCING STRESS (pt.2): Basic Anger-Management Techniques&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We actually use anger for A LOT of reasons: <b>to get attention</b>,  <i>to vent frustration</i>, <u>to intimidate other people</u> when WE feel vulnerable, etc. 

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But since this week's focus is stress, let's deal with it from that angle first. Here's some solutions...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/anger</link>
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		<title>Simple Steps to REDUCE STRESS (pt.1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a simple definition, I think of stress as <i>intense pressure, worry or other feeling of overwhelm and taxation</i> that's <u>inherent to 21st-Century society</u> and linked to ill things like: 

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>> chronic depression, 
>> panic and anxiety, 
>> immune-system deficiency and even 
>> <b>deterioration of our chromosome strands</b>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/stress</link>
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		<title>A Legacy of Black Intelligence (pt.11): Supporting our Video-Game Developers &amp; Graphic Novelists&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I'd like to tell you about two good friends of mine who are <i>doing their thing</i>: a video-game developer who's made <u>5 games thus</u> (all FREE) far and a black novelist who's currently in a major competition that means a lot to him.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/support</link>
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		<title>Recommended Scrolls pt. 2: Full Playback, FREE DOWNLOAD, Resources &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below you'll see <b>two video-tutorials on mind-mapping</b>. I had some trouble yesterday trying to explain it with just words on the call, but these (and the ones on speed-reading afterwards) will explain them pretty well:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books6</link>
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		<title>Recommended Scrolls pt. 2: RESOURCES &amp; TOOLS for Tonight&#8217;s Blog Talk Radio Show&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So tonight at 6pm EST. is the live broadcast of <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-elevation">Recommended Scrolls PART TWO: Great Reads on Compulsive Eating, Building Concentration &#038; More...</a>, and here you'll find all the resources we'll be covering on the call. First up are the actual books:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books5</link>
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		<title>A Preview for Recommended Scrolls PART TWO: On Compulsive Eating, Concentration &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a quick preview for tomorrow's show "<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153809841310612">Recommended Scrolls PART TWO: Even More Great Reads on Compulsive Eating, Concentration &#038; More...</a>"]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books4</link>
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		<title>My Favorite Spiritual Teacher LAO TZU: The Depth &amp; Simplicity of an Ancient Genius&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
In his major work, the <a href="http://www.duhtao.com/">Tao Te Ching</a>, Lao Tzu breaks down how <b>everything in the universe follows certain patterns that escape precise explanation</b> - a "way" that you can never really strive to attain because <u>it emerges naturally...</u>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/lao-tzu</link>
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		<title>A Legacy of Black Intelligence pt.10: A Tribute to Dr. Phil Valentine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plus, <u>the way he intertwines metaphysics with today's social dynamics is also dope</u>...I never heard somebody approach it so holistically like that before either. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/valentine</link>
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		<title>Recommended Scrolls (FULL PLAYBACK &amp; DOWNLOAD): Powerful Reads &amp; Accelerated Learning Techniques&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's the audio playback from last night's call, "<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124541207597261">RECOMMENDED SCROLLS: Powerful Reads for Stepping Your Knowledge-Game Up...</a>" *download the session in full HERE]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books3</link>
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		<title>RECOMMENDED SCROLLS (Resource Page): Powerful Reads for Stepping Your Knowledge-Game Up&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are the all the books and important links we'll be covering throughout the show, so <b>be sure to keep this open as a tab while you listen in</b>. (Again, the show starts tonight @6pm, and you can <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-elevation">catch all the details and listen in here</a>.)]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books2</link>
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		<title>The Science of Being Great (pt.4): A Practical Guide to a Life of Power&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book provided <i><b>A LOT</b></i> of the philosophical underpinnings that motivate what I do now, and I remember it being one of the key reads that elevated my mind to a higher level of functioning. <u>Check it out</u>:]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/great4</link>
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		<title>Reading at the Speed of Thought: Accelerated Learning Techniques for Gaining More Knowledge FAST&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're anything like me, you want to run through TONS of material everyday (i.e. your bookshelf is <u>stacked</u>), so the idea of methodically raising your reading rate turns you on...you'll be able to learn more AND save a lot time doing  THIS....
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/reading2</link>
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		<title>The Dynamics of HIGH SELF-ESTEEM: Insights &amp; Techniques for Greater Confidence&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I truly believe that this is the best personal-development product EVER CREATED (they actually have the most visited personal-development product website <i>on earth</i> for a reason), so I'd be keeping a major secret from you if I didn't put you on. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-esteem</link>
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		<title>CLASSIC BLOGS: The &#8220;Best Of&#8221; Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's an overview of some the most well-received post - a "Best of the Blog" for the last few months or so. There's a TON of material here (it's going to take me some time to organize everything), but for now just <i>check this out and enjoy...</i>
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/best-of</link>
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		<title>Tell Me What You Want So I Can BEST SERVE YOU (A Quick, Simple Survey)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Could you help me with a quick survey I put together?</em> It's nothing serious....just a quick way to figure out the best issues to address in future blogs, videos, radio programs etc...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/survey</link>
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		<title>Black Intelligence pt. 9: THE FEAR OF SUCCESS in the African-American Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For me, the part about confidence really resonated, because <b>I know</b> I need to be confident if I want to be successful, but I have a fear that I'll lose friends and meaningful connections from coming across as arrogant. <i>The confidence I need has to be authentic...<u>it has to be an integral part of who I am</u> (not something I just turn on when I'm online), but I'm hesitant about it because I don't want the people I care about to feel like we can't relate...</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/success</link>
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		<title>A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to the 7 Chakras (FREE MP3 Download &amp; IN-DEPTH Resources)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Chakra deals with high-level intuition, and the thing to realize here is that <b>so-called "psychic abilities' are really just natural skills</b> - instincts that atrophy and decay through lack of exercise, disbelief or some combination of the two. For more on this, check out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0749919965?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=dothekcom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0749919965">The Psychic Pathway: A 12-Week Program for Developing Your Psychic Gifts</a> by Sonia Choquette.]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/chakras2</link>
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		<title>FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS from the Audio-Knowledge Archive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["What's up brother? Quick question: can you upload those lessons from the Blog Talk Radio show in a way where we can get the mp3??? 
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/audio-clips</link>
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		<title>The #1 Simple, Automated Tool I Use EVERYDAY to Stay Focused, Motivated, Self-Disciplined &amp; ON-POINT&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It links to a program I've been using <b>since 2007</b> (and still do to this day...EVERYDAY) <u>to keep my own mind in check</u>. In particular, I use it to >> stay focused, motivated and productive >> dissolve the panic and anxiety that comes up for me, and >> keep me in an overall empowering, liberating, positive frame of mind, and much more...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/simple</link>
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		<title>Black Intelligence pt. 8: Going &#8216;From Niggas to Gods&#8217; (The Book that Changed EVERYTHING for Me&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[But <i>this is more then just a recommendation</i> - it's a honorable tribute to a man who's work... 

</br>
<blockquote>
- altered my perspective on what reality IS,
- made me realize what was possible for me,
- helped <b>freed me from the destructive mental patterns</b> that I was literally surrounded by at the time, and
- created <i>a metamorphosis</i> in my mind that led me to become the person you see today,
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/gods</link>
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		<title>Overcoming Fear &amp; Getting More in Touch w/ Your Sensual Side (Chakras One &amp; Two)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this call, we only made it up to <b>the first two chakras</b>: <i>Muladhara</i> (the "root") and <i>Swadhisthana</i> (the "sacral"), which deal with overcoming survival-based fear and becoming more sensual  (more sensitive to your physical experience).]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/chakras</link>
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		<title>THE 4 ELEMENTS: A Quick, Simple Morning Routine for More Energy, Creativity, Focus &amp; Harmony w/ YOURSELF (Video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,


So again, with The 4 Elements you&#8217;re taking the symbolic meaning of fire, air, water and earth, and using that as a basic framework to structure your own morning routine. 

In regards to this week&#8217;s blog talk radio show, A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Understanding &#038; Activating the Chakras, I&#8217;d like to take a second to put you on to the main research source I&#8217;m using for it&#8230;a book called Yoga &#038; Psychotherapy: The Evolution of Consciousness

What makes this book so profound is that it&#8217;s an IN-DEPTH comparison between the Eastern ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/elements</link>
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		<title>A Basic 8-Step, &#8220;How-To&#8221; Vegetarian Recipe (A Favorite Potato Dish of Mine&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
So first things first, I am NOT a chef, nor a recipe person period&#8230;I do almost everything &#8220;off the top&#8221; (just get creative and think of it in the moment) and free-form (without any specific measurements), so don&#8217;t expect this to be the most technical, detailed recipe or anything like that&#8230;

I&#8217;m just sharing this because I get a lot of questions about how I eat and the type of things I prepare, so I&#8217;m putting this up a standard resource to direct people towards.

To be clear, I usually make potato ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/potato</link>
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		<title>A Legacy of Black Intelligence pt. 7: John Henrik Clarke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s a quick and simple introduction (and blogger&#8217;s tribute) to the work of John Henrik Clarke: a historian, intellectual and primary initiator in the field of &#8220;Afrocentric Studies.&#8221;

I haven&#8217;t done a black history post in a while, so I figured I&#8217;d start back up with someone SERIOUS&#8230;and this&#8217;ll be a great start-up session if you haven&#8217;t heard of him yet.

He was born in 1915 (January 1st actually),and some of his works include

>> World&#8217;s Great Men of Color, Volume I: Asia, Africa and Historical Figures Before Christ&#8230;
>> The Image of Africa ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/clarke</link>
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		<title>Strategies &amp; IN-DEPTH TRAINING for Productivity &amp; Self-Discipline (Blog Talk Radio Playback&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s the audio playback from last night&#8217;s call, &#8220;Principles for Greater Productivity &#038; Self-Discipline EXPLAINED IN SIMPLE TERMS&#8230;&#8221;
Download audio file (show8-11-10.mp3)

And here&#8217;s some of the feedback thus far&#8230;







Be sure to listen to this call IN FULL&#8230;I go in-depth with a ton of tools, play some great music and talk about a few special surprises too

I&#8217;ll be putting together a follow up video for this soon (maybe something that summarizes the first 1/3 of the show), so be on the lookout for it.

Next week&#8217;s show will be about the Chakras &#8211; ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/discipline4</link>
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		<title>Great Tools for Motivation (&amp; How to Support DoTheKnowledge.com)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Thanks to some great feedback from the reader-mailbag, I&#8217;ve just put-together a simple, easy-to-use navigation page for Today&#8217;s Transcendence. 




Although I made &#8220;categories&#8221; already, they weren&#8217;t really that visible and the subjects weren&#8217;t well organized either. With this, you&#8217;ll see posts divided by SUBJECT MATTER specifically (motivation, productivity, holistic health, etc.), so it&#8217;s much easier to find what you&#8217;re looking for.

It&#8217;s still a work-in-progress, but click here to check it out now&#8230;there&#8217;s also a link to it in the right sidebar (see below). Besides that, you can check out the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/navigate2</link>
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		<title>How TECHNOLOGY IS ATTACKING YOU (&amp; What You Can Do to Protect Yourself, Gain More Energy &amp; Feel More Alive&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
A few weeks ago, on the blog talk show &#8220;Holistic Health &#038; Wellness Tips for OVERALL WELLBEING &#038; a DEEP-LEVEL Understanding of Nutrition,&#8221; Hondo and I spoke briefly about dangers of EMF&#8217;s, or electro-magnetic frequencies being emitted by the technology all around us. Listen here:
Download audio file (emf.mp3)

And here&#8217;s a video that goes slightly more in-depth:



&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; My Personal Solution &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-

All of this is why I have a &#8220;Q-Link,&#8221; the pendant with a little &#8220;Q&#8221; icon on it you see me wearing in some of my videos&#8230;


(click on image to zoom-in)


As ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/emf</link>
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		<title>Motivation &amp; Practical Advice for Reclaiming &amp; Realizing Your Dreams w/ Barbara Hofmeister&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's the audio playback from last night's call, "<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-elevation">Getting Your Dreams Back &#038; Finding the Courage to MAKE THEM ACTUALLY HAPPEN...</a>" w/ Barbara Hofmeister, and here's some of the feedback so far:  "Loving the show. This one in particular is just what I needed. Much love..." ~ Robert Bailey]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/choice3</link>
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		<title>Rediscover &amp; Reclaim Your Passions w/ International Bestseller Barbara Hofmeister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Tonight&#8217;s Blog Talk Radio show, &#8220;Getting the Your Dreams Back &#038; Finding the Courage You Need to ACTUALLY MAKE THEM HAPPEN w/ Barbara Hofmeister,&#8221; is going down in just a few short hours (6pm est.), and it&#8217;s going to be great.

You can check out the event details here, go straight to the show page here and check out some sample book excerpts and video content from Barbara here.

The knowledge she drops is so serious that I&#8217;ve been using her ideas as facebook and twitter statuses for two days straight. Check ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/choice2</link>
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		<title>Get Your Dreams Back &amp; Find the Courage to MAKE THEM ACTUALLY HAPPEN&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Tomorrow on Blog Talk Radio I&#8217;ll have international bestseller and public speaker Barbara Hofmeister as a special guest on an episode called, &#8220;Getting Your Dreams Back &#038; Finding the Courage to MAKE THEM HAPPEN.&#8221;

THIS IS BIG: Barbara is the author of To Be or Not to Be &#8211; The Choice is YOURS!, a powerful book about living a life of choice: about living your life on your own terms by&#8230; 

- defining your dreams,
- setting and achieving goals,
- overcoming fear,
- breaking through obstacles, making tough decisions, forming a support network, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/choice</link>
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		<title>WHY INTEGRITY IS A FORM OF NUTRITION (The Forgotten Aspect of Holistic Health)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
This upcoming Sunday, I&#8217;ll be on Patrice Solomon&#8217;s Blog Talk Radio Program &#8220;Inner-Light Radio,&#8221; to talk about several powerful subjects&#8230;check out the questions he&#8217;s sent me so far:


&#8220;I&#8217;d like to cover the following grounds:
1. Your line of work with the brain, psychology, neuro-science etc.
2. Depression in our current society
3. Food and nutrition, being of your word, and
4. ADDICTION: a big topic, as I believe that addiction isn&#8217;t just the substance, but the chemicals induced by the brain, whether positive or negative&#8230;&#8221;


So here&#8217;s a rough-draft response to number three&#8230;


&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; On Food, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/integrity</link>
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		<title>Raising Your Self-Esteem, Reclaiming Your Sense of Self-Worth, Gaining Emotional Strength, &amp; a Discussion on OVERCOMING DEPRESSION (Blog Talk Radio Playback)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s the playback from last night&#8217;s Blog Talk Radio Program, &#8220;A Discussion on OVERCOMING DEPRESSION &#038; Gaining the Emotional-Strength You Need to Survive in Today&#8217;s Crazy World&#8230;&#8221;:
Download audio file (show7-28-10.mp3)

And, as always, here&#8217;s some of the feedback (this has definitely been the most well received show thus far):




&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Harmonics from the Show &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

&#038; Lastly, since everyone loved the music and audio mixdowns, here they are as well:

Dr. John Breeding on Emotional Processing:
Download audio file (emotional.mp3)
Freddie Joachim tr. 1:
Download audio file (joachim2.mp3)
Freddie Joachim tr. 2:
Download audio file (joachim8.mp3)
Freddie Joachim tr. 3:
Download ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/emotions3</link>
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		<title>On Finding the Inner-Strength &amp; Emotional Wellbeing You Need to GET THINGS DONE&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,

As we all know (and as you&#8217;ve probably already experienced for yourself), one of the major barriers to being efficient and productive is being unable to maintain a constructive emotional state.

Since issues of self-worth, anxiety and other deep-level emotional issues are tied up with progress, productivity and success, I put together a Blog Talk Radio program specifically to deal with this kind of thing called, &#8220;A Discussion on OVERCOMING DEPRESSION &#038; Gaining the Emotional Strength You Need to Survive in Today&#8217;s Crazy World&#8230;,&#8221; and it&#8217;s going down tonight (July 28th, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/emotions2</link>
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		<title>YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY: Finding Emotional Strength, Mental Health &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,




&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- What to Look Forward To &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

So, as always, look forward to another great show. The description reads:

&#8220;A dialog on depression, anxiety and the many other mental illnesses facing our communities today&#8230;. also: strategies and techniques for DEEP-LEVEL EMOTIONAL HEALING, psychological tools to help you build a greater sense of self-worth, boost your self-confidence level and maintain an optimistic (yet REAL-istic) outlook on life&#8230;&#8221;


And here&#8217;s that Blog Talk Radio link again:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mind-elevation

Remember, it&#8217;s tomorrow, Wednesday, July 28th, at 6pm eastern time&#8230;don&#8217;t hesitate to send me any questions or comments beforehand&#8230;

Peace,
+B
(ps: you ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/emotions</link>
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		<title>Great Videos &amp; Blogs on Holistic Health, Productivity, Self-Motivation, Mental Clarity &amp; More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Every Sunday, I make these slideshow videos with animoto.com to overview everything that went down on the blog the week prior. (This helps orient the new readers and brings more people to check out the site.)

I never really promote them like that though, so I figured I&#8217;d share a few of them here with you towards the end of each month.  There&#8217;s specific links under each slideshow to take you to whatever you&#8217;d like to &#8220;build on.&#8221; 

Enjoy&#8230;

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Vol. 7.1 (Mental Techniques for Self-Empowerment) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;


On June 28th, &#8220;Health, Success ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/review</link>
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		<title>Some Serious Advice from Holistic Health MASTER Dr. Liala Afrika&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s a great video series I found while doing research for Wednesday&#8217;s call&#8230;a dramatized conversation between Dr. Liala Afrika and a couple of &#8220;junk food eaters&#8221;.

Dr. Afrika is a nutritional consultant, a massage therapist, a historian, a certified addictionologist, an acupuncturist, a writer and a Doctor of Naturopathy. I support this brother and his work around African Holistic Health because it saved me from depression: as I was saying on the radio show earlier this week, I was at an extremely low emotional point at that time which his advice ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/holistic3</link>
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		<title>Simple Strategies for Building Your Health Up in a Holistic Way (Blog Talk Radio Playback&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s a replay of last night&#8217;s radio show&#8230;we had A TON of new listeners call in and went for a total of an hour and 45 minutes..
Download audio file (show7-21-10.mp3)

And here&#8217;s some of the feedback so far:





We covered a ton of great material, including&#8230;

>> the simple basics of holistic health (the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts you NEED to know),
>> an introduction to Chinese Medicinal theory,
>> Hondo&#8217;s unique concept of &#8220;4 Elemental Nutrition&#8220;: why health is so much more then just eating right and exercising,
>> the dangers of EMF (electro-mangetic frequencies) being ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/holistic2</link>
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		<title>Holistic Health Tips for OVERALL Wellbeing w/ Nutritional Consultant Hondo Solomon (on Blog Talk Radio TONIGHT)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,



Again, the show starts TONIGHT (7/21/2010) at 6pm eastern time, and you can either listen online here or simply call in (347) 215-8122. 

The show&#8217;s description reads:

&#8220;An interview with nutritional consultant, experienced fruitarian and advanced student of chinese medicine Hondo Solomon on the minor dietary and lifestyle changes you can IMMEDIATELY start using to experience mental clarity and enhanced energy as well  prevent the major illnesses undermining our modern society (as well as some mental tools to encourage and motivate you as you make your transition into the healthier ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/holistic</link>
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		<title>Is the &#8220;Conscious Community&#8221; Really that Conscious Anymore??? (Knowledge as a Form of SELF-DECEPTION)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here, "doing the knowledge" means living up to your standards, doing what you need to do to realize your potential and operating at "the perimeter of your circumference." It means "<b>stop acting in ways that are no longer appropriate for your current age and intellect level</b>."]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conscious</link>
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		<title>Nutritional Consultant, Experienced Fruitarian &amp; Advanced Student of Chinese Medicine Hondo Solomon &amp; I &#8220;Going In&#8230;&#8221; (Video Archive)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Below you&#8217;ll find some &#8220;homework&#8221; for next week&#8217;s Blog Talk Radio program: a series of videos called, &#8220;Holistic Health &#038; Wellness Tips for Mental Clarity &#038; Overall Wellbeing&#8221; and another short interview called, &#8220;How to Read Your Physical Body as a Feedback Mechanism.&#8221;

The main subjects include:

>> Holistic Knowledge: the what &#038; why of real nutrition,
>> Motivation &#038; Insight: encouragement and advice to help you transition over to a healthier lifestyle, and
>> Deep Level Understanding: so that you can look at health and wellness from an entirely different paradigm.



&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Check These ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/nutrition</link>
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		<title>Tools for Calm Focus, Mental Clarity &amp; More&#8230; (Blog Talk Radio Playback)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Last night&#8217;s radio session was FIRE, and everyone seemed to have loved the show. Here&#8217;s the playback from it:
Download audio file (show7-14-10.mp3)

And here&#8217;s some of the feed-back from it: 





Again, next week&#8217;s session is called &#8220;Holistic Health &#038; Wellness Tips for OVERALL WELLBEING and a Deep Level Understanding of Nutrition,&#8221; and I&#8217;ll be interviewing my nutritional consultant and good friend Hondo Solomon. Check out a description of the show here

The great thing about Hondo is he&#8217;s down to earth: not only is he a professional with clinical, expert-level knowledge, but ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm6</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Attaining the Calm Focus &amp; Mental Clarity You Need to EXCEL&#8230;&#8221; (Tonight w/ Me on Blog Talk Radio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
First, if you haven&#8217;t already, check this out:


Tonight&#8217;s show, &#8220;Attaining the Mental Clarity You Need to EXCEL&#8230;,&#8221; is an in-depth discussion of the simple techniques, minor lifestyle adjustments and other strategies you can use to: 

>> gain mental clarity,
>> improve your concentration,
>> boost your energy level and
>> feel an overall sense of poise and control in your life and more&#8230;


See you later tonight (@6pm eastern time)&#8230;click here for direct access to the show


&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; ADDITIONAL NOTES (FOR AFTER THE SHOW) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

Here&#8217;s a link to the chi-spheres (chinese health balls) I mentioned. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm5</link>
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		<title>8 Principles to EMPOWER YOURSELF (&amp; Live in a Reality that Others Treat w/ Respect&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Look at what follows as a set of affirmations for you to employ in your own way&#8230; 

(You&#8217;ll get the most out of this by reflecting on how this personally resonates with you: think about how these beliefs would cause you to think, feel and act differently in regards to your own situation.)


&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Let&#8217;s Get Started &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

- 1 &#8211; Act as the sun, not the planet: Be the central foundation of your reality and radiate your light on to  others. See yourself, your life, your personality and your natural ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/live</link>
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		<title>&#8220;We Don&#8217;t Just Need Leaders, WE NEED LEADERS WHO ACTUALLY THINK&#8230;&#8221; (&amp; How Leadership Benefits You Personally.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We don't just need leaders, we need leaders who actually THINK. <u>We need what PR firms refer to as "<i>thought leaders</i>"</u>: people who are recognized for their innovative ideas and who demonstrate enough confidence to promote those ideas as <i>actionable distilled insights</i> (things others can actually do). ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/leadership</link>
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		<title>Bryan Ogilvie on Blog Talk Radio Discussing SELF-DISCIPLINE w/ Sekhmet &amp; Don Nicoleone&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
SO&#8230;just finished up a blog talk radio segment with Don Nicoleone earlier today, and it was dope. Here&#8217;s the direct audio stream so you can see for yourself (the science starts at around 20:15).
Download audio file (show.mp3)




We didn&#8217;t have the time to get into everything I planned on, but we did  cover: 
- psychological forms of self-deception,
- tips for enhancing your personal productivity,
- techniques for RESOLVING YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS LIMITATIONS so you can finally achieve your goals, and
- much, much more 

I&#8217;ll be on the sister&#8217;s show again in early ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/discipline3</link>
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		<title>A 3-Point Formula for Self-Discipline pt.2: QUESTION &amp; ANSWER&#8230;</title>
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Peace,



Hope everything is clear. If you have any questions, just  send me a facebook message&#8230;or email &#8220;bryan@dotheknowledge.com&#8221;.

Tomorrow, I also talked in depth about self-discipline, time management, developing concentration in this digital age and more on  Don Nicoleone&#8217;s Blog Talk Radio Station. Click the link to hear the entire playback (it was pretty funny, mind you)

Peace,
+B




>> A 3-Step Formula for Enhancing Your Self-Discipline pt.1
>> 4 Steps to Raise Your Productivity &#038; GET MORE OUT OF YOURSELF
>>  Bryan Ogilvie on Blog Talk Radio Discussing SELF-DISCIPLINE w/ Sekhmet and Don ...]]></description>
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		<title>(NEW VIDEO) A 3-Point Formula for Enhancing Your Self-Discipline&#8230;</title>
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Peace,



Click here for part 2: the Question &#038; Answer session&#8230;

Peace,
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>>  A 3-Point Formula for Enhancing Your Self-Discipline pt.2: Q&#038;A&#8230;
>> See what else is on the Youtube Channel 
>> Check out the latest from the blog&#8230;
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		<title>4 Steps to Raise Your Productivity &amp; Consistently Get More OUT OF YOURSELF (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA["It's about 6:45am and I've only had 4 hours of sleep. I just logged in to read my email and noticed I was tagged in this...although I know I should stay awake I probably would of gone back to sleep. <b>This post gave me the kick in the ass I needed to start my day</b>." ~ G. McMillan IV]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/productive4</link>
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		<title>Intelligence is Dying, and Self-Confidence is Becoming EXTINCT (Why I Do What I Do&#8230;)</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s a brief poem I wrote the other morning that covers some of my convictions&#8230;I say a poem because it&#8217;s short and it gets straight to the point (which is what I aim to do with ALL of my writing, actually). Check it out:

&#8220;Intelligence is dying, and SELF-CONFIDENCE IS BECOMING EXTINCT. We&#8217;re heading towards a world where people no longer believe in their own ideas, and, even supposing that they did, they lack the ability to assess situations and think in ways that generate real life solutions for themselves anyway.

That&#8217;s ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/intelligence</link>
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		<title>SELF-MOTIVATION: An Audio Session w/ a Good Friend of Mine &#8220;Going In&#8221; About What Drives Us&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s a continuation of the discussion from last Tuesday&#8217;s post You&#8217;re Unique, So the First Thing You Have to Do Is ACCEPT THAT YOU WON&#8217;T BE ACCEPTED. This time however, it&#8217;s an actual audio clip of the raw discussion. Check it out:
Download audio file (building.mp3) 


(As a side-note, he should also remember that his family will accept and love him regardless of whether he&#8217;s successful or not&#8230;
Although it&#8217;s a great motivation to have, if he feels like their acceptance of him is dependent on his success, that motivation is likely ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/motivation</link>
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		<title>Accept that You Don&#8217;t Know What You&#8217;re Doing and GO FOR IT ANYWAY&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s the first video I ever did:


&#038; here&#8217;s one of the latest:


Here&#8217;s what this website&#8217;s homepage looked like when I first put it up: 


&#038; here&#8217;s what it looks like now:


Here&#8217;s the template I used for Today&#8217;s Transcendence when I first started blogging:


You see what it looks like now&#8230;

And when I first started rhyming, my friends used to walk away and tell me to shut up. Here&#8217;s what I sound like now:
Download audio file (360.mp3)

Get the point???

Peace,
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>> Don&#8217;t Let Yourself Get Intimidated, because IT&#8217;S NOT A COMPETITION
>> Catch me and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health, Success &amp; Great Relationships pt.4: Making Self-Mastery an Automatic Process&#8230;</title>
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&#8220;All of man&#8217;s ills stem from his inability to sit in a room ALONE&#8230;&#8221; ~ Blaise Pascal 

Peace,
&#8230;cont&#8217;d from yesterday&#8217;s post (this entry concludes the series).

- (3) Use Affirmations Like You&#8217;re Life Depends On It&#8230;Because IT DOES &#8211; 

Affirmation are positive &#8220;I am&#8221; statements people use to condition their subconscious minds in a desired direction. Here&#8217;s some examples:

>> &#8220;I&#8217;ve let go of settling for less then the best I can be&#8230;&#8221;
>> &#8220;I&#8217;m a great communicator; ESPECIALLY of what I want&#8230;&#8221;
>> &#8220;I forgive myself for lacking direction in my life&#8230;&#8221;
>> &#8220;The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/habits4</link>
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		<title>Health, Success &amp; Great Relationships pt.3: A 3-Point Framework to Bring it All Together&#8230;</title>
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“Language determines what we think, and shapes the ways in which we think about it.” ~ Benjamin Lee Whorf

Peace,
&#8230;cont&#8217;d from Friday&#8217;s science.

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; (1) Give Yourself Props, Not Disses &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

Start by using your mind to give yourself props, not disses&#8230;start selling yourself tall.

Realize that if you&#8217;re like most people, you already have a significant degree of health, more than a fair amount of success and a few great relationships in your life AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. 

While it&#8217;s in our nature to seek to improve, and while our society conditions ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/habits3</link>
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		<title>Health, Success &amp; Great Relationships pt.2: The #1 Thing MURDERING Your Chances at Any (&amp; All) of These&#8230;</title>
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&#8230;cont&#8217;d from yesterday&#8217;s post

Peace,
You murder your chances for success in any and all of the key areas of life by using your brain in ways that are incongruent with your objectives. Let me explain&#8230;

Yesterday&#8217;s blog ended by saying:

&#8220;You already know that your mind is a computer, but you have to start seeing yourself as the computer-programmer&#8230;this level of awareness begins with (and implies that) you have the capacity to change&#8230;&#8221;


Follow the logic of that post and you&#8217;ll find the following 4 main points:

1) Your daily habits are the foundation for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/habits2</link>
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		<title>Health, Success &amp; Great Relationships pt.1: The Fundamental Life-Skill that Makes Them ALL Possible&#8230;</title>
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&#8220;We are what we frequently do. Excellence then, is not a gift, but a habit&#8230;&#8221; ~ Aristotle

Peace,
Conscious willpower and direction over your own habits is a powerful skill, because if you can create your habits from the inside-out, you can learn to create ANY RESULT YOU WANT&#8230;better relationships, more success with your personal goals, a healthier, more lively physical body or just about anything else.

 It&#8217;s simple: first you learn &#8220;the habits of highly successful people,&#8221; then you incorporate them into your own life. 

However, most people mess this formula ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/habits</link>
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		<title>Mind-Mapping: The #1 Creativity Technique for Producing Great Ideas FAST&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
If you pay close attention to some of my videos, you&#8217;ll notice certain clips that show my note-taking and creativity process. Take a look:




These are both what you call mind-maps: graphical information-webs that allow you to generate ideas, structure plans, correlate knowledge and much more in free-form&#8230;

What makes mind-maps so hot is that they replicate the your actual, real-time thinking. While normal note taking techniques are &#8220;linear&#8221; (they suppose that you&#8217;re thinking sequentially as in &#8220;first I&#8217;m going to do this, then I&#8217;m going to do that, etc.), mind-maps are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/mind-map</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Unique, So the First Thing You Need to Do Is&#8230;</title>
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&#8230;ACCEPT THAT YOU WON&#8217;T BE ACCEPTED.

Peace,
Here&#8217;s another &#8220;resurrection&#8221; (old-school post) from a facebook note I did back in early December. Peep the original response:




There&#8217;s an important message here, so YOU NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT IF YOU HAVEN&#8217;T ALREADY, and if you have, see this as an opportunity to review. It&#8217;ll only take a few minutes, and you&#8217;ll be glad you did&#8230;

It&#8217;s a discussion I recorded with a friend on our way back home from New Jersey after Thanksgiving. We were building for about half an hour, and here&#8217;s part ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/unique</link>
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		<title>Do You Know Your Life&#8217;s Purpose??? Here&#8217;s a 4-Step Framework to Get You in the Right Direction&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
&#8220;If you don&#8217;t know your purpose, discover it&#8230;NOW. Without a conscious life purpose, a man is totally lost: (he) drifts and adapts to events rather then creates them. Without knowing his purpose a man lives a weakened, impotent existence.&#8221; ~ David Deida

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; You&#8217;re Unique Ability &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

Here&#8217;s something cool I came across a few days ago &#8211; a concept from the book &#8220;Unique Ability: Creating the Life You Want by Catherine Nomura and Julia Waller (based of the work of Dan Sullivan).

Now you know me: I think everyone should know their ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/life-purpose</link>
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		<title>Why Real Men NO LONGER EXIST (&amp; Why the Boy Inside of You Must Die&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The drug-dealer, the gang member, the ducking-&#038;-diving political leader, the wife-beater, the chronically crabby boss, the hotshot junior executive, the unfaithful husband, the company yes-man,  the indifferent graduate school advisor, the holier-than-thou minister...All of these men have something in common: THEY'RE ALL BOYS <u>PRETENDING</u> TO BE MEN. ]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/real-men</link>
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		<title>How to Enhance Your Creativity, Decrease Stress &amp; Boost Your Energy Level for the LONG-TERM&#8230;</title>
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Remember that post from back in the day, Mental Fatigue, Stress &#038; Attention Deficit: Their Societal Cause &#038; Your Personal Cure, about how inattentiveness, a lack of productivity and mental strain are INGRAINED into our culture??? 

I&#8217;m didn&#8217;t say that to get all matrix-conspiracy on you, but it&#8217;s an important realization I want you to see: that we live in a hyper-technologized, media-saturated world, that&#8217;s&#8230;

I>> becoming almost devoid of organic, natural environments,
>> a complete 180-degree alteration from the type of world humans evolved in, and
>> inhibitory, poisonous and destructive to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/nature2</link>
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		<title>&#8220;We Procrastinate as Adults Because as Children, WE WERE TREATED AS SLAVES&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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Peace,
Just ran into this yesterday. His name is Stefan Molyneux, and trust me, he goes in  (he&#8217;s kind of funny, too). You&#8217;ll find him mentioning some of the same points raised in Session 3 of Conquer Yourself. Watch this now:



&#8220;IT&#8217;S NOT NATURAL TO PROCRASTINATE&#8230;procrastination is an artificial scar tissue that results from being controlled and bullied when you where a child (in school and in church); from not being consulted and not being treated with respect&#8230;procrastination is a slave&#8217;s passive-aggressive response to being ordered around.&#8221; ~ Stefen Molyneux

Stop back ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself16</link>
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		<title>Mental Fatigue, Stress &amp; Attention Deficit: Their Societal Cause &amp; Your Personal Cure&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Back in 1995, Stephen Kaplan, a psychology professor at University of Michigan, wrote an article called The Restorative Benefits of Nature: Towards an Integrative Framework saying that:

&#8220;Directed attention plays an important role in human information processing; its fatigue, in turn, has far-reaching consequences. &#8216;Attention Restoration Theory&#8217; provides an analysis of the kinds of experiences that lead to recovery from such fatigue (and) natural environments turn out to be particularly rich in the characteristics necessary for (such) restorative experiences. 
An integrative framework is proposed that places both directed attention and stress ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/deficit</link>
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		<title>Heard the Mixtape Yet??? If Not, Here’s a Few Dope Samples…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was playing this for my new roommate and some other friends last weekend, and just realized that you may of not gotten the chance to check it out for yourself.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/mixtape2</link>
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		<title>How to Relax Your Way to Greater Achievement (&amp; Donate to DoTheKnowledge.com at the Same Time)</title>
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Peace,
If you look a little further down in the right sidebar, you&#8217;ll see a new link I added earlier today with the subtitle &#8220;Donate to DoTheKnowledge.com (&#038; Relax Your Way into Great Achievement) here&#8230;&#8221;

The image links you to the most visited personal development website on the internet, Think Right Now International, a company that specializes in &#8220;accelerated thought conditioning programs for professional behavior modification.&#8221;

Here&#8217;s the first thing you&#8217;ll see when you get there:



I recently joined their affiliate network, so if you do decide to pick up anything while you&#8217;re there, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/trn</link>
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		<title>Great Videos on Overcoming Fear, Conquering Procrastination &amp; Dealing With Negative Feedback&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Check this out: 
&#8220;The architecture of self-discipline,
Is built by the power of the spirit within.
The blueprints are drawn by a thought-less mind
Who can leave it&#8217;s history-past off behind&#8230;&#8221;

That just came to me this morning &#8211; originally, I just planned to show you these two dope videos I ran into the other day while doing some research online:


Peace,
+B



>> 4 Steps to Raise Your Productivity &#038; Consistently Get More Out of Yourself
>> How &#038; Why Most People ENSLAVE THEMSELVES
>> Good Harmonics to Soothe the Mind&#8230;
>> Uncovering, Understanding &#038; Gaining Freedom from Deep-Level ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself15</link>
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		<title>How &amp; Why Most People ENSLAVE THEMSELVES: Find Out Now So It Doesn&#8217;t Happen to You&#8230;</title>
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Peace, 
Let&#8217;s get straight to the point here: people enslave themselves by refusing to leave the plantation of their conditioned thought patterns and behavior. 

As the classic author James Allen once said:

&#8220;Men are anxious to change their
circumstances, but hesitant to change themselves&#8230;
they therefore remain bound.&#8221;

Tuesday&#8217;s post was called &#8220;The Essential Nature of Self-Discipline,&#8221; and that essential nature is PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 

The bottom line is that you&#8217;ll never go far in life if your first response to a challenges is, &#8220;okay, let me go out and change this thing,&#8221; or your ...]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Education (pt.1): The Power, Genius &amp; Necessity of Directing Your Own Intelligence</title>
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Peace,
Today we&#8217;re going to build on the power of EDUCATING YOURSELF, so here&#8217;s an excerpt from something I wrote over a year ago but never released on exactly that:

&#8220;The first mechanic (or mind-elevating skill) that&#8217;ll empower you is self-education&#8230;you can take your life to the next level, advance yourself far beyond most of the people in your same position and more easily cultivate your potential by taking your education into your own hands.

Start considering the learning you do for yourself your primary education and everything else additional knowledge or simply ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/self-education1</link>
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		<title>More Jewels on Conquering Yourself &amp; The Architecture of Self-Discipline</title>
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&#8220;The first and greatest victory is to CONQUER YOURSELF; to be conquered by yourself is of all things the most shameful and vile&#8230;&#8221; ~ Plato

Peace,
&#8220;Conquer Yourself&#8221; was the first successful, full-scale program I manifested, and that&#8217;s because conquering yourself is the foundation for all other things. Specifically, knowing how to be productive and actually accomplish goals in real life is a fundamental capacity upon which all other forms of growth depend.

While most people spend their entire lives learning business concepts, holistic health ideas, historical data, sociological information or whatever else ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself14</link>
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		<title>Bryan&#8217;s List of Pet-Peeves: 5 Things That TICK ME OFF&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
I normally don&#8217;t get too personal here on the blog, but what we&#8217;ll be getting into here applies mostly to character, so it fits.

You can tell A LOT about somebody by their smallest and most subtle acts: the little statements they make and immediate responses they have to trivial things. I guess the reason these pet-peeves make me &#8220;go off&#8221; like that is because they reveal the type of things that I&#8217;m dedicated towards removing in myself and other people.

To be clear though, I never really bug out about anything ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/pet-peeves</link>
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		<title>More Powerful Reads to Step Your Knowledge-Game Up&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Harmonics: &#8220;Sleep&#8221; by Amanaska
Download audio file (amanaska.mp3)

I noticed myself finishing up a couple of dope reads over the last few days, so I thought to take a second to share some of what I got planned for the future just in case you&#8217;d like to check them out soon  yourself&#8230;

 The Power of Sexual Surrender 
(Marie N. Robinson,  MD)
This is actually part of a series of books I plan to read in order to help me build a body of work around the subjects relationships and sexuality. 

While ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/books</link>
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		<title>Failure Doesn&#8217;t Exist: Straight From My Book of Rhymes&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
I wrote this maybe a week back or so. It&#8217;s to the instrumental for &#8220;Slippin&#8221; by DMX&#8230;check it out:
Download audio file (slippin.mp3)

&#8220;I move by myself cause nobody thinks like me/
  &#038; I could care less if nobody was around me.
A solitary mind of the isolated kind&#8230;
  Authentic being mine in these fabricated times.
When others catch up, I pack bags up and wrap-up/
  (It&#8217;s) a sign to transform again and alternate my status.
The G&#8217;s a pioneer/ I lead what I share&#8230;
  The beat I ride&#8217;s the bass; ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/rhymes</link>
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		<title>What Exactly is &#8220;The Matrix&#8221; Anyway???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s an e-mail I sent to a good friend of mine a few years back&#8230;it covers a few of my spiritual beliefs that I can&#8217;t technically validate to you (at least not here), but check it out anyway and let me know what you think:
Download audio file (power.mp3)

&#8220;I remember you asked me this a few weeks ago, but I didn&#8217;t answer back then because I wanted to take the time to break it all down&#8230;

To be honest, I know you&#8217;re probably not going to really understand what I&#8217;m about to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/matrix2</link>
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		<title>WHY vs. WHAT: How Your ???&#8217;s Direct Your Consciousness (&amp; How to Ask Them More Scientifically&#8230;)</title>
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Peace,

&#8220;The questions you ask will lead you in a particular direction. The answers to those questions usually become beliefs and thus create a corresponding experience&#8230;&#8221;
~ Michael Browne

Here&#8217;s a dope concept in video format from my friend Michael Browne. Check it:



Mike runs an online program called &#8220;Change Your Life Coaching,&#8221; which comes with a great free ebook and a series of video lessons (of which the one you just saw is a part). Check him out here.

Peace,
+B



>> Michael Browne&#8217;s fan page on facebook
>> Powerful Questions You Can Ask Yourself to Ensure ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/questions</link>
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		<title>Taking a Short Break from &#8220;Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
There&#8217;s a couple of things I need to take care of today, so I won&#8217;t be able to blog like I planned to (I originally had this dope concept I was going to break down about &#8220;The Matrix,&#8221; but that&#8217;ll have to wait until I get back).

For now, check out this old video I put together from a workshop I lead back in 2008.

I&#8217;ll be in NY until Memorial Day, so for now, check out some archived jewels from the categories section.

Peace,
+B



>> More on the Categories for Today&#8217;s Transcendence
>> Lifestyles ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/short-break</link>
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		<title>How to Develop Deep Level Self-Confidence (Explained in Plain Language)</title>
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Peace,
(An excerpt from my upcoming book, Doing the Knowledge: Ascending into Action. Click the title for more&#8230;)
Harmonics:
Download audio file (cirque.mp3)

“You can&#8217;t play the piano, and God knows you can&#8217;t sing.
You&#8217;d better learn how to weave chairs so you can support yourself.”
~ Ray Charles&#8217;s school teacher in response
to his desire to become a recording artist.

“How long will you go on training all day in a gymnasium; living in a dream world?”
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s family pleading him to get a &#8216;real&#8217; job.

“Liquidate the business right now and recoup whatever
cash you can. If ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/confidence2</link>
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		<title>More on Bryan&#8217;s Upcoming Book, &#8220;Doing the Knowledge: Ascending into Action&#8221;</title>
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Peace,
A good friend of mine asked about my upcoming book the other day (the &#8220;What&#8217;s it about?,&#8221; &#8220;When its it coming out?&#8221; kind of thing), and because it&#8217;s been a while now since I last talked about it, something told me she probably wasn&#8217;t the only person wondering.

So here&#8217;s the message I sent her in reply:

It&#8217;s called Doing the Knowledge: Ascending into Action and it&#8217;s an in-depth navigation through the principles of success, self-development and spirituality at the deepest levels&#8230; 

Primarily, the book talks about how (1) all of these ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/upcoming-book3</link>
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		<title>DON&#8217;T ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET INTIMIDATED, Because It&#8217;s Not a Competition&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Check this out&#8230;it&#8217;s an image of what my website first looked like when I originally got started way back in 2007:


(You can check out the full page here.)

And here&#8217;s the first video I ever put up on youtube:


I&#8217;m not showing you this so you can see how far I&#8217;ve come, but so you can remind yourself that we all start somewhere.

On your path to be more successful at anything (whether that be starting a blog, beginning to play a musical instrument, improving your dating life or anything else), you want ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/intimidated</link>
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		<title>You &amp; Your Story: The Secrets Hidden in the Shadow of Your Childhood Self&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
First, here&#8217;s the introduction to The Secret of the Shadow: The Power of Owning Your Whole Story by Debbie Ford, something I first blogged about almost a full year ago. Leave a comment below to let me know your thoughts on it&#8230;


&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Ch. 1: You &#038; Your Story &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;


&#8220;Imagine that you knew from birth that you were a master, that you were powerful beyond measure, that you possessed enormous gifts, and that all it would take to deliver these gifts to the world was the intensity of your desire.

Imagine that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/story</link>
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		<title>WHAT DO WOMEN WANT??? (Bryan&#8217;s Take On It&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the facebook world, I’ve been noticing A LOT of sisters using their status to hint at what they’d like to see in a man (or just vent about some whack experience they recently had with one), and in the real world, I KNOW how frustrated women are with men as a whole...so I decided to do something constructive: <b>blog about it.</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/women</link>
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		<title>An Inspiring Short Video &amp; More on Navigating Through &#8220;Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8221;</title>
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Peace,
First up, here&#8217;s a really cute video of little girl doing her daily affirmations&#8230;if only we could all start our day like this:


But since I have a set of errands to run today (and A LOT of email to catch up on), I thought to take a quick second to introduce you to the &#8220;Categories&#8221; section you can find in the right sidebar. 

I&#8217;ve been blogging seriously for a while now, so there&#8217;s a strong archive of great posts that you might of missed out on or just never got ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/categories</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Ahead of Your Time, So STOP TRYING TO TAKE OTHER PEOPLE WITH YOU&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
A few weeks ago I put up a facebook status saying:


&#8220;Five real men are greater then five-hundred children disguised in a man&#8217;s exterior&#8230;&#8221;

Now we could go in A LOT of directions with this, but for the time, let&#8217;s take it to mean that you don&#8217;t need numbers behind you to make your movement stronger, and in many cases, having numbers can actually hinder you from making any real movements to begin with&#8230;

For instance, let&#8217;s say you were driving from New York to Atlanta, and that there were two main routes ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/ahead</link>
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		<title>Ego Tripping: How, When &amp; Why &#8220;Feeling Yourself&#8221; Can Actually Be a GOOD THING&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Had an interesting discussion with a friend on Skype the other day. Check it:
(Harmonics: the instrumental to &#8220;Slippin&#8221; by DMX&#8230;)
Download audio file (slippin.mp3)

Me: &#8220;So go ahead and shoot, but please nothing boring&#8230;if I had a quarter for every lame, straight-out-of-essence-magazine question I get asked ;)&#8221;
My Homegirl: &#8220;My question was, what is your relationship between you and your Ego?&#8221;
Me: &#8220;Oh it&#8217;s real good &#8211; we do the naughty everyday&#8230;
Alright, seriously Queen:
My ego is a tool like my physical frame&#8230;it needs to be kept healthy and developed.
The way I see it, once ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/ego-tripping</link>
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		<title>Secrets of the Millionaire Mind pt. 3: Additional Tools &amp; Resources</title>
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Peace,
Keeping in line with yesterday&#8217;s post, here&#8217;s a couple of things I&#8217;ve been doing to step my game up on the financial tip:

1) Checking out The Simple Dollar, a blog about personal finance skills by Trent Hamm. The subtitle for the blog is &#8220;Financial Talk for the Rest of Us,&#8221; and that&#8217;s why I like checking it out&#8230;Trent builds on this in a way we can all understand, and he also incorporates a lot of basic, practical knowledge we can easily apply to our daily lives (frugality, wealth mindsets, etc.).
Right ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/millionaire-3</link>
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		<title>Secrets of the Millionaire Mind pt. 2: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s another audio clip from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker&#8230;



I posted part one of this back in February (back when I first started listening to the program) but just recently, I started listening to the program again for re-inforcement.

Even though we all need to get our paper straight, not too many of us understand that we need to get our mindsets concerning paper straight FIRST, and stop entertaining thought patterns that subconsciously inhibit us from creating wealth for ourselves and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/millionaire-2</link>
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		<title>When Food is Love: The Deeper Psychology Behind Compulsive Eating&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s an excerpt from another great book I&#8217;m reading, When Food is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating &#038; Intimacy, by Geenen Roth.
Download audio file (air.mp3)

This lady gets deep, so check it out&#8230;and keep in mind that THIS IS ALL FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER:

&#8220;Compulsion (as in compulsive eating) is despair on the emotional level: the substances, people, or activities we become compulsive about are those that we believe are capable of taking our despair away&#8230;
All we ever wanted was love&#8230;we didn&#8217;t want to become compulsive about anything. We did it ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/eating</link>
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		<title>(NEW VIDEO) How to Read Your Physical Body as a Feedback Mechanism&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s something dope I put up on facebook last night&#8230;another &#8220;Holistic Health Video-Session&#8221; with the Brother Hondo Solomon.

This is VERY INTERESTING&#8230;here he&#8217;s with me at my spot (my dining table actually) going in-depth about some of the lesser known health-sciences like &#8220;Iridology,&#8221; &#8220;Physiognomy&#8221; and much more. 

Check it out:




Peace,
+B



>> &#8220;How to Transition into a Healthier Lifestyle,&#8221; (Another Video w/ Me &#038; Hondo)
>> More on the Energy Building on Facebook
>> Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused pt.3 (More Videos w/ Hondo)
>> A Legacy of Black Intelligence pt.2 (On Ancient African Healing ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/wellness2</link>
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		<title>The Energy Building on Facebook&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
I&#8217;ve been getting A LOT of feedback about the blog on facebook recently: cool new friends adding me after randomly finding the blog somehow, others finding my blog through my facebook or youtube work and letting me know what they think, etc. Check it:








It feels good to hear things like that: it&#8217;s fulfilling to know that you&#8217;ve made someone&#8217;s day better, inspired them in some way or gave them some knowledge and practical advice that they&#8217;ve used to create results for themselves.  

Thinking of this crossover energy (Facebook to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/facebook</link>
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		<title>Free Internet Tools and Resources to Enhance Your Online Presence&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of questions lately about how I do my thing online, so here&#8217;s a couple of free online tools and web-resources that I use (both for the website and personally). 

Take a quick breeze through&#8230;I think you&#8217;ll find most of these to be really helpful. 

The website mentioned below for stock photograpy, &#8220;images.com&#8221; switched the game up recently (I think you need to come out of pocket for the quality stuff now), but I looked out for you. Click here to see what I got from ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/online</link>
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		<title>Lifestyles of the Calm &amp; Focused pt. 4: Creating a Clutter-Free Environment&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Part 4 of Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused. Click the play button below for some relaxing background harmonics&#8230;
Download audio file (air.mp3)

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Let Me Ask You Something&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

Would you like to have a clear, focused and well-structured thinking process? Would you like to have the advantage of being able to constructively use your mind to your own benefit whenever you want?
Well, if you&#8217;d like to have a clear, structured and organized mental environment, what makes you think you don&#8217;t also need to have a clear, structured and organized physical environment??? ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm4</link>
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		<title>Random Thoughts on Being Your Authentic Self&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Yesterday, my friend Kendra left a comment on the &#8220;Television is NOT the Truth&#8221; post, where she related what the audio mixdown was building on to some of the poetry she&#8217;s written&#8230;

My response was pretty in depth, so I wanted to share that with you again here. Check it:

NO DOUBT ;) I&#8217;m actually writing something similar to this concept&#8230;something about the importance of being who you are, because TV is one of the primary manipulators that keep us away from our authenticity&#8230; 
As long as people are manipulated to believe ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/authentic</link>
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		<title>Health &amp; Wellness Advice: How to Transition from Unhealthy to Healthy (w/ Bro. Hondo Solomon)</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s a conclusion video Hondo and I put together right before he headed out >> advice on transitioning from a unhealthy to a healthier lifestyle (as opposed to just specific health knowledge).
We talk about staying focused, keeping the right perspective, dealing with unhealthy people, and more. Check it out:



Peace,



>> Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused pt.3: Holistic Health &#038; Wellness for Mental Clarity
>> Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused pt.2: Simple Meditation Skills, Soothing Music, etc&#8230;
>> Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused pt.1: The Popular Myth of 8-Hour Sleep
>> Catch ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/wellness</link>
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		<title>Lifestyles of the Calm &amp; Focused pt. 3: Holistic Health &amp; Wellness Tips w/ Hondo Solomon</title>
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Peace,
So here&#8217;s the raw video footage of me and Hondo Solomon building on Holistic Health: the nutrition and lifestyle choices conducive mental clarity and overall well-being&#8230;

I&#8217;m editing A LOT of new video content now to put something more stylish together (he&#8217;s been showing me some dope outdoor, in-nature exercises, we had a freestyle cipher last night, etc.), but I didn&#8217;t want to keep you waiting. Check this out:





Peace,
+B



>> Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused pt. 1: The Myth of 8-Hour Sleep
>> Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused pt. 2: Simple ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm3</link>
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		<title>A Short Break from Lifestyles of the Calm &amp; Focused&#8230;</title>
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 Peace,
Today we&#8217;re going to take a short break from &#8220;Lifestyles of the Calm &#038; Focused.&#8221; I have a good friend coming in from out of town, and there&#8217;s a lot going on locally that my friends and I want to take part in. 

The friend of mine that came through is actually my Nutritional Consultant, and this brother is HEAVY (his name is Hondo Solomon). So tomorrow, we&#8217;re going to post a short video talking about things you can do on the health tip to keep you in your ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm-break</link>
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		<title>Lifestyles of the Calm &amp; Focused pt. 2: Simple Meditation Skills, Soothing Music &amp; Chi-Sphere Energy&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Part 2 of the Calm &#038; Focused series. See part 1 here&#8230;

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Lifestyle 2: Simple Meditation &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

The second skill is meditation. Odd as it might sound, I don&#8217;t talk about meditation here on the blog too often because it&#8217;s so cliche, but since everyone knows it&#8217;s a good technique for relaxation and focus, I&#8217;m including  it here.
So rather then break down the science of meditation and why you should do it (you can check out my old facebook note Yoga &#038; Psychotherapy for that), I&#8217;ll just give you a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm2</link>
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		<title>Lifestyles of the Calm &amp; Focused pt. 1: The Popular Myth of 8-Hour Sleep&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
For the next few days, I&#8217;ll be doing a mini-series on how to stay calm, relaxed and effective through reaching deeper state of relaxed awareness. As James Allen says in his book, As a Man Thinketh:
&#8220;Self control is strength, right-thought is mastery, calmness is power&#8230;&#8221;

I got the idea from a book I&#8217;m finishing up now: Find Your Focus Zone by Lucy Jo Pallidino, PhD. There&#8217;s a section in there actually called &#8220;Lifestyles of the Calm and Focus&#8221; where she talks about several techniques and behavior skills to this same effect.


The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/calm1</link>
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		<title>Dual-Self Journaling: An Easy Writing Technique to Overcome Fears &amp; Access Your Higher Self</title>
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Peace,
While waiting on a friend in the library yesterday, I sort of &#8220;came up&#8221; with this technique to help address and resolve fears by doing a short writing. I call it Dual-Self Journaling, and it&#8217;s easy&#8230; 

First, as an example, listen to this verse by Prodigy of Mobb Deep from the classic &#8220;Self-Conscience.&#8221; I heard this track for the first time a few weeks back, and it must be where I got the idea from subconsciously:

(Here he builds on how he uses his internal voice to help navigate him through ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/journal</link>
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		<title>(NEW VIDEO) How to Go From Procrastinator to Producer</title>
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Peace
Dig this:


It actually took a while to get all this together: I wanted to make a cool video to introduce new readers to the Conquer Yourself series (and hopefully get some more new readers as well), but  Animoto &#8211; the service that put this video together for me &#8211; isn&#8217;t to big on user functionality. They make some dope stuff, but they don&#8217;t give their users as much control over production as I&#8217;d like&#8230;

Anyway, here&#8217;s the link the video mentioned towards the end: http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/producer

Get at me for any questions
Peace,
+B



>> ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/producer-2</link>
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		<title>How To Go From Procrastinator to Producer (Blog Follow-Up)</title>
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(note: this post is a follow up to a new video you can watch here)
Peace,
So here&#8217;s the audio book reading of &#8220;From Procrastinator to Producer&#8221; from Niel Fiore&#8217;s The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination &#038; Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
Download audio file (procrastinate.mp3)

Also, check out Session 2 in the Conquer Yourself series, &#8220;Understanding &#038; Overcoming Procrastination&#8221; for a really great exercise on this. 
It&#8217;s short, fun and more then enlightening enough to drive the point home about why and how procrastination starts and what you can do about it. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/producer</link>
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		<title>2 Easy Meditations for Improving Self-Image &amp; Self-Esteem&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s two cool audios that&#8217;ll guide you through some brief meditations you can do to help build up your self-image and self-esteem&#8230;
They&#8217;re both led by business consultant Eben Pagan and they&#8217;re actually two NLP exercises (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) referred to as  &#8220;The Ideal Self&#8221; and &#8220;Timeline Therapy&#8221;

Meditation Exercise 1:
Download audio file (ideal.mp3)
Meditation Exercise 2:
Download audio file (timeline.mp3)

Peace,
+B



>> More about NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
>> More from Eben Pagan
>> An Introduction to Dream Analysis
>> How to Be More Productive By Using Your Mind
>> 4 Easy Steps to Greater Self-Confidence
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/meditate</link>
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		<title>A Legacy of Black Intelligence pt. 6: A Sankofa Video Tribute&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s a fire video El Rasun put together for the Sankofa event we manifested earlier this week&#8230;see who you can spot and recognize in the montage: Fela Kuti, Richard Aoki, The Young Lords, Malcolm X, etc.




Peace,
+B



>> More about the Sankofa event&#8230;
>> Make your own videos like this @ Animoto.com
>> Drama from My Old-School College Activist Days
>> Some Beginning Ideas on Getting Past Writer&#8217;s Block
>> The Youtube Channel for DoTheKnowledge.com
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/sankofa-2</link>
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		<title>Drama from My Old-School College Activist Days&#8230;</title>
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Peace,

Here&#8217;s an interview I did way back in the day on Democracy Now, when Hampton University threaten to EXPEL some of my friends for doing our activist thing on campus&#8230;really for just passing out informative fliers about the prison industrial system, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and some of the other major issues around that time (late 2005/early 2006).
Good ol&#8217; HU for you&#8230;
Here&#8217;s the online radio link. The audio&#8217;s right here, but click on the link to see a written transcript of me discussing the situation with Amy Goodman ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/activist</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Television is NOT the Truth&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s a dope audio clip I mixed down from one of my favorite movies EVER: &#8220;Network&#8221; starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and many others&#8230;it speaks for itself.
Download audio file (network.mp3)


Peace,
+B



>> See footage from the actual film&#8230;
>> Check out the FREE mixtape this audio clip is a part of&#8230;
>> Find out more about the movie Network&#8230;
>> A video I did not to long ago going more in depth&#8230;
>> Learn to Kick Your Own Ass

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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/tv</link>
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		<title>Just Updated the About Page&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
&#8230;and almost forget to tell you about it. I&#8217;m also thinking of doing a video introduction to the blog soon, so I&#8217;ll keep you posted on that too.
Check this out though >> I copy and pasted the entire about page below so you wouldn&#8217;t have to click anything&#8230;

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; A Daily Blog for DoTheKnowledge.com &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

Peace!
And welcome to &#8220;Today&#8217;s Transcendence&#8221;, the daily blog for DoTheKnowledge.com, where the science (or purpose) is self-development from a spiritual perspective.
If you think about though, the term self-development is sort of a misnomer, because the true, Higher ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/about-2</link>
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		<title>Some Beginning Ideas on Getting Past Writer&#8217;s Block&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
I came across this dope song the other day&#8230;an old school hip hop track called &#8220;Self-Conscience&#8221; by Nas &#038; Prodigy (of Mobb Deep) and I&#8217;d like you to take a second to listen to it.

Particularly Prodigy&#8217;s verse, because he builds on how he uses his internal voice to help navigate him through writer&#8217;s block and other forms of self-doubt. 

What makes it so brilliant is how he crafted the rhyme: peep how it&#8217;s actually a conversation with his own self-awareness, and how his internal warrior is his ally, NOT his ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/writer</link>
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		<title>A Brief Update on What&#8217;s Going Down&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Nothing new for today: I&#8217;ll be too busy preparing for the Sankofa event and getting a new video together to put anything up, so check these out if you haven&#8217;t already&#8230;

A Legacy of Black (&#038; Asian) Intelligence: Sankofa @ Old Dominion University:
http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/sankofa
How to Be More Productive Using Your Mind:
http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself12
Metaphysical Thoughts on Knowledge, Originality and Matrix Manipulation:
http://www.dotheknowledge.com/transcend/matrix


Also, I&#8217;ve updated the &#8220;Jewels&#8221; section in the sidebar with some more quotes I&#8217;ve come across over the last few days. They&#8217;re deep, so check take a second to check them out too. (If you ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/update</link>
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		<title>A Legacy of Black (&amp; Asian) Intelligence pt. 5: Sankofa at Old Dominion University&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Next Tuesday, I&#8217;ll be one of the presenters at an ODU (Old Dominion University&#8217;s) event called Sankofa: Distant Relatives, a &#8220;multicultural historic celebration of art, culture and social activism.&#8221;

As you might already know, Sankofa is an Akan word literally translating as &#8220;return, seek and take.&#8221; Some aphorism derived from the term include:

>> &#8220;You can always undo your mistakes,&#8221;
>> &#8220;There is nothing wrong with learning from hindsight,&#8221; and
>> &#8220;It is not taboo to return and get what you have forgotten.&#8221;


The traditional symbol for this concept is a mythical bird that flies ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/sankofa</link>
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		<title>Metaphysical Thoughts on Knowledge, Originality &amp; Matrix-Manipulation&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,

Here&#8217;s another excerpt from my upcoming book, Doing the Knowledge: Ascending into Action. I shared the first few paragraphs of this with you in Session 11 from Conquer Yourself (the one on sports psychology and an athlete&#8217;s mindset), so today we&#8217;ll finish the entire section&#8230;   

It&#8217;s called &#8220;Knowledge Feeds Uniqueness,&#8221; and it&#8217;s from a chapter in the book entitled &#8220;Being Unique &#038; Being Yourself.&#8221; You&#8217;ll definitely see the classic literature influence in this one, so check it out:

Harmonics:
Download audio file (jasmine.mp3)

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; KNOWLEDGE FEEDS UNIQUENESS (EDITED) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

&#8220;Knowledge is a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/matrix</link>
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		<title>Powerful Questions You Can Ask Yourself to Ensure Progress &amp; Success (Resurrected)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s a resurrected blog post from early February. I&#8217;m putting it up again just in case you didn&#8217;t catch it the first time, but even if you did, read it again&#8230;it&#8217;s that important. 
This one goes really in depth, so check it out:
Harmonics: &#8220;Take a Little Hand&#8221; by Gabriela Robin
(this song is HOT&#8230;play it).Download audio file (gabriela.mp3)&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
&#8220;&#8230;.Tony Robbins talks about this a lot in his writings too &#8211; the power of posing the right questions to your subconscious mind. But what I want to do here is give you an ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/power-questions2</link>
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		<title>(NEW VIDEO) Jewels from the Jedi Master &amp; Symbolic Teacher Yoda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Hope you like Yoda ;)



I added him to the collection a few days ago, but felt like a simple picture alone wouldn&#8217;t do him justice. I might make a few more like this in the future&#8230;

Here&#8217;s one more for you that didn&#8217;t make it into the video: &#8220;Named must your fear be before you can banish it.&#8221;

Peace,
+B



>> The Symbolic Teachers Collection
>> Add me on facebook
>> Lymphatic Massage, Health Superfoods and the Delusion of Money
>> A Funny Story About Online Dating&#8230;
>> Powerful Questions You Can Ask Yourself to Ensure Progress &#038; ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/yoda</link>
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		<title>Lymphatic Massage, Health Superfoods and a Reality Check on the Delusion of Money</title>
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Peace,
Usually on youtube you find a lot of people wasting time, acting childish or otherwise promoting stupidity.
But there&#8217;s a lot of knowledge on there too, and once you start finding some of the knowledge-oriented material, it&#8217;ll link you to even more science because of the related posts.  Eventually, you&#8217;ll come to find that youtube is a great place to do research online.
Here&#8217;s an example of that with some of my favorite joints from the channel &#8220;Psyche-Truth&#8221; (check out their youtube page here). Peep it:







Peace,
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>> PsycheTruth&#8217;s Youtube Channel
>> My Youtube ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/psychetruth</link>
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		<title>Play the Game of Life OFFENSIVELY (New Facebook Note)</title>
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Peace,
Just put a another new facebook note together. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Start Playing the Game of Life ON OFFENSE,&#8221; and it&#8217;s based on a short poem I put together the other morning. Check it out now by clicking here
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>> A Complete Table of Contents for the &#8220;Conquer Yourself&#8221; series
>> Uncovering, Understanding &#038; Gaining Freedom from Deeper-Level Fears
>> Assertiveness Skills to Resolve Issues w/ the People that Matter
>> A Funny Story About Online Dating
>> Sign up for the free mixtape and newsletter to the right&#8230;
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/offense</link>
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		<title>Navigating Through the Conquer Yourself Series&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Just finished up the navigation page for Conquer Yourself. Since it&#8217;s categorized as a wordpress page (as opposed to a normal post) you can find it easily anytime in the right sidebar under the &#8220;Pages&#8221; section.
To make it easier for you though, I just copied and pasted everything right here below. Check it out:

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&#8220;The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be
conquered by self is of all things the most shameful and vile&#8230;&#8221;
~ Plato


First, a brief audio-introduction:
Download audio file (conquer2.mp3)

SESSION 1: THE ESSENCE &#038; FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRODUCTIVITY:
&#8220;Eventually ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Next Top Spiritual Author&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
So here&#8217;s a funny video my friend Scott Brandon Hoffman just put up >> one of my first friends on facebook who&#8217;s been positive and supportive ever since&#8230;

His whole thing is spirituality and self-Help with a comedic twist, which is where we all need to be: at a point where we take a more lighthearted approach towards developing ourselves.(INSTEAD OF trying to transcend the next level by force&#8230;it&#8217;s a deep point we&#8217;ll get into later, but for now, just check this out &#8211; it&#8217;s fun.)

This video he just did is ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/hoffman</link>
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		<title>A Funny Story About Online Dating&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Okay, so this is funny: I stumbled on this last night, and thought it was a great laugh. Check it out&#8230;

Download audio file (dating.mp3)
Peace,
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>> Top 10 Do&#8217;s &#038; Don&#8217;ts for Online Dating
>> Add me on Facebook&#8230;
>> Sign up for the free mixtape and newsletter to the right&#8230;
>> Where I&#8217;ll be this Saturday
>> Uncovering, Understanding &#038; Gaining Freedom from Deeper-Level Fears
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/funny</link>
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		<title>Assertiveness Skills to Resolve Issues With the People That Matter to You&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was watching pre-schoolers being interviewed on television about events in the news one day, and when one child was asked, “Why do you think people go to war?” he replied: <i>“Because they don’t use their words…”</i>]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/assertiveness</link>
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		<title>Uncovering, Understanding and Gaining Freedom from Deeper-Level Fears&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Below is an excerpt from Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction &#038; Overload by Lucy Jo Palladino &#8211; one of the main research text I used for Conquer Yourself that I&#8217;m still reading now for my own personal foundation&#8230;
I&#8217;m at a part now where she&#8217;s building on anger: how we&#8217;re out of our focus zone (that state of flow of deep engagement with a particular task) whenever we experience anger, frustration and rage, and how those emotions are really just manifestations of fear.
I definitely agree. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/fears</link>
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		<title>Another Facebook Note: Mind Manipulation in Modern Day Advertising&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Just put another facebook note up called Mind Manipulation in Modern Day Advertising, and it focuses on the &#8220;Hidden Persuaders&#8221; of the marketing industry that influence how we feel, think, behave and spend our hard-earned money. Check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=430439645608

Also, if you haven&#8217;t already, check out this video I put together a few months back that goes even deeper by talking about the nature of free thought:


Peace,
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>> Random Thoughts on the Social Manipulation of Human Instinct
>> How to Be More Productive By Using Your Mind
>> A free mixtape of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/advertising</link>
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		<title>Health &amp; Wellness; Yoga &amp; Psychotherapy: An Old School Ressurrection&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>The term "disease," of course means <i> dis-ease </i>, or a" lack of ease</b>." But attention has turned away from a focus on this internal experience to the external world where the causal agent and remedy are both thought to be found. We have now (mistakenly) come to the point where "disease" means something that comes from the outside.
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		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/yoga</link>
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		<title>Videos That Give You Something to Marinate On&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
As I said in an e-mail I just sent off yesterday, I&#8217;ve been thinking about making newer, dope videos more frequently. Part of that email read:

&#8220;&#8230;Usually, I spend waaaay too long editing these extensive
clips with tons of images and alignment features, etc., and rarely get a video out because of all the work involved.
But since studying the Conquer Yourself material has me thinking about how I can more efficiently do almost EVERYTHING, I&#8217;ve realized that it may be best to put up some simple, short videos of just me explaining ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/videos-to-marinate-on</link>
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		<title>R.I.P Hip Hop Producer Nujabes (NOT an April Fools Joke&#8230;)</title>
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Peace,
Hip-Hop producer &#038; DJ Nujabes, one of my favorites (one of the few reasons why I started rhyming again in the first place), died in a car accident just a few short weeks ago. This is a tribute to him:
Nujabes was the owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records. He founded the independent label Hydeout Productions and was a major contributor to the soundtrack for the Japanese anime Samurai Champloo. 

Embrace the inevitability of your own death and &#8211; knowing that it can happen at any ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/nujabes</link>
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		<title>Conquer Yourself: A Conclusion to the Series&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
First, listen to this:
Download audio file (conquer.mp3)

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Online Resources &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;

Simpleology.com w/ Mark Joyner: I first came across this in 2007 &#8211; a great productivity training course with simple daily exercises and quick videos all focused on &#8220;the simple science of getting what you want.&#8221; They&#8217;ve definitely stepped their game up since back then, so do yourself a favor and take a second to check them out now&#8230;
Productive Flourishing w/ Charlie Gilkey: a blog that&#8217;s &#8220;all about the science and art of meaningful action.&#8221; Just trust me when I say this ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/conquer-yourself-resources</link>
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		<title>Student Loan B.S. &#8211; YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT (Here&#8217;s How&#8230;)</title>
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&#8220;Student loan repayment can be difficult for young people starting off their careers and has become even more challenging now with the economic downturn, as recent graduates lose their jobs or struggle to land one&#8230;&#8221;
Peace,
That&#8217;s from an article I found on BusinessWeek a few days ago, about this guy who started a group on facebook called, &#8220;Cancel Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy.&#8221; 
The group quickly grew to about 140,000 fellow members, and for good reason: ALMOST ALL OF US HAVE THIS PROBLEM. The article goes on to explain ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/student-loan</link>
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		<title>Recent Jewels Out the Blogging Archive&#8230;</title>
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Harmonics: &#8220;Darkness&#8221; by Fat Jon&#8230;
Download audio file (darkness.mp3)

Peace,
I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of new traffic to the blog lately (which is great), so I&#8217;d like to take a second to let you know about some ill posts you may of missed out on, just because they&#8217;re a little older&#8230;
Most of this stuff is only from the last two months though (I picked the blogging thing up again at the turn of the year and basically post everyday now), so if you just started checking out Today&#8217;s Transcendence over the last ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/recent</link>
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		<title>More on the Nature of the Unconscious Mind&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Just published a new facebook note entitled &#8220;Why Self-Help ISN&#8217;T Helping&#8230; Why Most of Us Have Knowledge But FAIL TO ACT On It&#8230;&#8221;
That&#8217;s usually what I do on Sunday&#8217;s >> put up a thought-provoking facebook note to let my new friends know about my blog.
It&#8217;s pretty cool entry though&#8230;check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=428341415608
Peace,
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>> More on the Upcoming Book
>> You&#8217;re Unique, So the First Thing You Have to Do Is&#8230;
>> How to Transform Failure into Success (Video)
>> The 7 Virtues of Bushido&#8230;Thoughts on Samurai Code
>> How to Become Sovereign in Thought ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/unconscious-mind</link>
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		<title>The Knowledge I&#8217;m About to Manifest: On the Upcoming Book (Old-School Resurrection)</title>
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Peace,
Here&#8217;s another &#8220;old school resurrection&#8221;: the first blog post I did (from like, back in June of 2008) when I initial got the idea to write my first book&#8230;



For some reason, I had the weird idea that I could finish writing it and have it available in less then 2 months, which of course turned out NOT to be the case. (I think the two-month thing is possible, it just wasn&#8217;t for me at that time&#8230;it&#8217;s type interesting looking back at all that&#8217;s happened since then too.)
To start off though, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/upcoming-book2</link>
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		<title>How to Take Your Goal Setting &amp; Organization Skills to the Next Level&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Here&#8217;s a couple dope videos that&#8217;ll be in the reference section for &#8220;Conquer Yourself&#8221;: one gives a new approach to setting and achieving goals and another to improving your organization skills. They&#8217;re both pretty good, so I didn&#8217;t want to wait until the entire section was done to share them with you&#8230; 
The first is a major concept from Julie Morgenstern&#8217;s book, Shed Your Stuff, Change Your Life: A Four Step Guide to Getting Unstuck. Here she builds on something related to Feng Shui: that sometimes organizing isn&#8217;t enough, because ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/goals</link>
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		<title>An Introduction to Dream Analysis&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Not sure if I told you this yet, but I&#8217;m big on dream analysis and other related ideas like lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, etc. Currently, I&#8217;m reading a book called Lucid Dream in 30 Days: The Creative Sleep Program, and it&#8217;s been helping me to have more potent dreams on the regular.
The book starts off suggesting you to keep a journal by your bed every night to record what happens in your dreams AS SOON AS YOU WAKE UP. When you do this however, don&#8217;t try to write out the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/dreams</link>
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		<title>Learn From Others, Teach Yourself (Old School Resurrection)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Peace,
Harmonics: &#8220;Obokuri Eeumi&#8221; from Samurai Champloo&#8230;
Download audio file (obokuri.mp3)


LEARN FROM OTHERS, TEACH YOURSELF:Still putting the finishing touches on those Conquer Yourself conclusion pieces (one for resources like a bibliography and another for easy navigation like an overview), so check this out for now: it&#8217;s an old-school post from June 2008 where I build on the importance of finding truth within yourself. It&#8217;s nowhere near as impressive as I thought it was when I first wrote it, but it&#8217;s still a cool read nonetheless.
It&#8217;s always interesting for me to look at ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/teach-yourself</link>
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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Disciple: Random Thoughts on the Social Manipulation of Human Instinct&#8230;</title>
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Peace,
Just got back from New York a few hours ago, so I&#8217;m still adjusting to things (haven&#8217;t even unpacked yet), but I wanted to share this with you. It&#8217;s a few random thoughts about the synthetic society we live in and the effects it has on us.
This actually comes from a rough draft of one of the &#8220;Conquer Yourself&#8221; sessions >> the third to last one with all the analogies to sports psychology and athletic performance I&#8217;ll be releasing a round up and conclusion post for the series soon, but ...]]></description>
		<link>http://dotheknowledge.com/transcend/nature</link>
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