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		<title>Getting Over the Writer&#8217;s Block</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/05/22/getting-over-the-writers-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 10:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been staring at the &#8220;Add New Post&#8221; screen for the weekend which will end in a few more hours. I have being wanting to write something but just can&#8217;t seem to get myself to write. One of my fellow blogger had said once that this is the typical situation called &#8220;the writer&#8217;s block&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come&#8230; Come&#8230; Yet Again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/10/04/come-come-yet-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Allah who sends down love, unmeasured Come. Come, whoever you are, Wanderer, worshiper, lover of learning, It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, come yet again. Come. Rumi]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty-P or Bea-UTP :P</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/25/beauty-p-or-bea-utp-p/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/25/beauty-p-or-bea-utp-p/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative with the title right? Hehe&#8230;I know its lame. But that&#8217;s what today&#8217;s post is about. Beauty as UTP sees it. I used the same content for a Toastmaster&#8217;s speech this last Tuesday so thought I might as well make use of the effort and make a blog post out of it. There is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Winning Re-Defined</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/18/motivational-mondays-winning-re-defined/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/18/motivational-mondays-winning-re-defined/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this cut-throat world of competition where we are always striving for success and trying to win every battle that we get part of, it is very natural to be stressed out. It is inhuman to win every time with the way we define winning today. We think we have to be the best to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Think Differently &amp; Positively</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/11/motivational-mondays-think-differently-positively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I will a post a beautiful story&#8230;today&#8230;   A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: &#8220;I am blind, please help.&#8221; There were only a few coins in the hat.  A man was walking by. He took a few coins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Adjust The Sails</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/04/motivational-mondays-adjust-the-sails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/05/04/motivational-mondays-adjust-the-sails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 20:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails&#8230;&#8221; I think its very natural to force something against nature. When things don&#8217;t go our way, the more natural tendency is to try and fight the tide. Try and stand as a wall in front of it. We tend to forget that there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Awaken the Desire</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/04/27/motivational-mondays-awaken-the-desire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I put on an old CD of Junoon last week while I was driving home and heard their famous &#8220;Saqi-Nama&#8221; by Iqbal. Came across this beautiful verse&#8230; &#8220;Jigar Say Wohi Teer Phir Paar Kar&#8230; Tamanna ko Seenon mein Bedaar kar&#8230;&#8221; Translation &#38; My Two Cents To make it word-to-word, this is what it means. Send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Confidence vs Over-Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/04/20/motivational-mondays-confidence-vs-over-confidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/04/20/motivational-mondays-confidence-vs-over-confidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We  have heard and used this term very regularly in our conversations. &#8220;There is a fine line between&#8230;&#8221; There is fine line between Massage &#38; Torture&#8230; There is a very fine line between Being funny &#38; Being offensive&#8230;There is a very fine line between Encouragement &#38; False Praise&#8230; I am going to write about another one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Death</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/04/13/motivational-mondays-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe one of the greatest motivators we have in this life is Death. The presence of death in this life gives it much more meaning to make worthwhile. Every time one remembers that death will come upon the most strongest and the most successful, one can easily make every second count. Make every effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivational Mondays &#8211; Direction &amp; Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/04/06/motivational-mondays-direction-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2009/04/06/motivational-mondays-direction-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Many times in our lives, we find ourselves standing at a fork in the road of life and a decision pending. We weigh our options, the pros and cons and decide on which route to take. We would tend to spend more time on more critical decisions and sometimes even ask for suggestions. There [...]]]></description>
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