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	<title>MIND READERS DICTIONARY &#187; Tough judgment calls</title>
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		<title>Crypto-prescription: How to pretend you&#8217;re not giving advice when you are.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving advice is risky business. You lose friends. You get accused of being bossy, nosey, a know-it-all, controlling. It can invite reciprocation, and, if like many of us you are better at dishing out advice than taking it in, that&#8217;s no fun. People in glass houses shouldn&#8217;t throw stones. Fortunately, some rhetorical tricks can make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Wonderings of the Modern World: The human tough judgment calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing Mind Readers Dictionary steadily for close to five years&#8211;one article, one idea per week. Only now am I getting around the stuff that started it all for me, the universal tough judgment calls at the heart of all the uncertainty we feel in any and every area of life. Last week I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Wonderings of the Ancient World: Life&#8217;s universal tough judgment calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If everybody minded their own business,&#8221; the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, &#8220;the world would go round a deal faster than it does.&#8221; Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland* Minding one&#8217;s own business commonly means not minding other people&#8217;s business, but its literal meaning is still implied&#8211;don&#8217;t mind others&#8217; business because you have business of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generic Tough Judgment Calls:  Why don&#8217;t we have names for them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was listening to an NPR report on Jimmy Carter&#8217;s meeting with leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas party. The reporter had two experts on to debate the merits of Carter&#8217;s action. One argued that Carter sent the wrong message. Diplomatic engagement only encourages Hamas leaders to stand irrationally firm. The other said Carter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third-order guidance: Wisdom for people who know better than to take dictation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dear old professor of mine wrote suggesting that I give more guidance or advice in these Mind Readers columns. To me, guidance comes in three varieties. The first tells people what they should always do. The second tells people to find the happy medium between two or more things they should do. The third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dilemmacist: When life gives you dilemmas&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindreadersdictionary.com/can-i-change-him/communication/dilemmacist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Is there a win/win solution?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is this a double standard?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve got an unusual approach to stress. When I face a dilemma I don’t drink, exercise, pray, put my foot down, take a pill, meditate, go into denial, lose sleep, talk people’s ears off, take action, run away howling, watch TV, tell jokes nervously, get depressed, or assume I’m an idiot. I mean I do [...]]]></description>
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