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	<title>UTP &#187; Thoughts</title>
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		<title>The Woman behind the Great Man</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/12/07/the-woman-behind-the-great-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been great men who have inspired me or have had a great impact in making the person I am today. I am very open in giving credit to where its due and have written about the great contribution my grandpa has made on multiple occasions. What I have not written about is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mind Conditioning &amp; Control</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/11/27/mind-conditioning-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this image in a recent article I read on WIRED. The article itself is worth reading but this picture is in itself replacing the thousand words that I wanted to write on this topic of mind conditioning and control. Its more than recent that I was inclined to look beyond the obvious and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Required &#8220;Constant&#8221; of Life&#8217;s Equation</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/07/09/the-required-constant-of-lifes-equation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you speak to a mathematician or a physicist he would tell you that all research starts with a theory and they start building equations around it. The equation starts with a whole lot of variables for which they start putting in hypothetical approximate values to get results. They would keep doing these experiments with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Boiling Frog</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/07/09/the-boiling-frog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Internet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/07/10/the-boiling-frog/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Consider the story of the boiling frog. It may or may not be true, but the point it makes certainly is. Toss a frog into a pot of boiling water and it instinctively jumps out, self-protectively. Next, place the frog into a pot of cool water. Not surprisingly, it swims around, happily. Now heat the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Build vs Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/06/09/build-vs-buy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/06/09/build-vs-buy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professor UTP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bond]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[decision]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the world of real estate investments there is a decision making point that many investors go through. Should I build or should I buy. There is that other topic also of leasing vs buying but I will be focusing on the former one in this write-up. So what is the thought process behind this. Building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalism vs Volume Selling</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/01/14/capitalism-vs-volume-selling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/01/14/capitalism-vs-volume-selling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK the topic seems like an unrelated match-up. I somehow feel there is a link. Let&#8217;s see if I can put my thoughts together. A few random thoughts have converged to how Volume Selling beat the concept of Capitalism through the recession. First lets put both these in perspective. This is how I define and understand both. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sympathy Selling</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2011/01/08/sympathy-selling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Very recently my focus has turned towards entrepreneurship. While I am part of the corporate slave community at the moment, the thought of entrepreneurship has been recurring. I have a feeling, something’s gotta give soon. Proud to be married to an entrepreneur who actually has creativity and has the courage to go out in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conspiracy Guaranteed</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/09/07/conspiracy-guaranteed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/09/07/conspiracy-guaranteed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been always been interested in conspiracy theories. From the young age of watching such movies which brings the thrill and rush of blood and twists and turns has always enthralled me to the shocking realities of life today. I never would&#8217;ve thought that it could come out of that TV box and into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cynical Independence from the Cynical Expat</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/08/14/cynical-independence-from-the-cynical-expat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/08/14/cynical-independence-from-the-cynical-expat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are different types of inspiration I seek at different times. Sometimes it is religious, spiritual which I get from getting closer to God, Sufism. At other times, it is inspiration to do well at work. Strangely but true, that you need that as well to keep going. My family, my responsibilities and my plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Passes&#8230; We run&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/06/04/time-passes-we-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/2010/06/04/time-passes-we-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>utp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.umarpirzada.com/blog/?p=1045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is one thing that is perpetually ongoing, never stopping, man on a mission, like there is lots to do and not enough&#8230;&#8221;Time&#8221;. Its &#8220;Time&#8221; itself. Time passes as naturally as possible. Not a second earlier and not a second later. Cruise Control with no breaks. Time passes&#8230; we run&#8230;  Considering there isn&#8217;t enough time [...]]]></description>
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