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		<title>On 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week after next will be the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US, including the World Trade Center towers.  Like everyone else, I can remember exactly where I was at the time &#8211; such a pivotal moment in global history and a very personal experience. In September 2001, I was heading Marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Everest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What was it like on the summit?&#8221; and &#8220;What&#8217;s Next?&#8221; are two of the questions I&#8217;ve been asked over the past 93 days after returning from Everest.  Having had some time to re-acclimate and talk to my fellow climbers, I thought I&#8217;d share some thoughts that can only come several months after summiting when perspective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bold Aspirations!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; So I finally got off my arse and tried to create some sort of music-in- background, slide-show with small-video showing some fun scenes from Everest and Juniper&#8217;s role in same. OK, so I still have a lot to learn about editing, and Animoto is cheap and easy, but not super-professional, but it&#8217;s a start!]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons from Everest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between 22,000&#8242; and 26,000&#8242; I spent time mentally on some big thinking about leadership examples and tried to consolidate into one coherent list and words.  When your own life and goal are in danger and success is not guaranteed, you can manage and lead in some areas. My top ten as below. 1. Set big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to be part of the Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written a lot about climbing and running (well, that is this site ) and about leadership and teamwork &#8211; but not so much on what it takes to be part of the team. During the past few weeks, I have been interviewing candidates to be part of our work team and I started thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brotherhood of the Rope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finishing the book High Exposure by David Brashears, the famous IMAX filmmaker and mountaineer (five Everest summits). The following photo is from his website and rights: What is interesting is to read about the Everest disaster of May 10, 1996 from his view, where having read it from Jon Krakauer&#8217;s point of view in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 04:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The call came out of the blue. Literally.  While I was in South Africa. This is Kate with so-and-so executive recruiting agency.  I&#8217;m calling to see if you are interested in discussing an opportunity with Juniper Networks heading their strategic alliance business towards Ericsson. I say, sure, let&#8217;s talk tomorrow when I am back in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running and Thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 05:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realized somehow that it had been almost two weeks since my last post &#8211; how could that be?  Where did the time go?  If I were to write on two relevant topics it would be around getting into a routine, thinking time, and new company adaptation.  I finally got in a long run today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving to Seattle and Microsoft &#8211; The Transition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently accepted a new position at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington and my first official day is tomorrow Monday (April 20th) while my last day was this past Friday (the 17th).  I have had the weekend as &#8220;transition time&#8221;, though in the past several weeks I worked hard to both wrap things up at Dilithium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership attributes in climbing and running</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has done marathons on all seven continents and climbed the highest summits on five of the same seven continents, I&#8217;ve had time to reflect about how the challenges related to business and my own performance are intertwined. While some areas are easy to identify (life is a marathon for example), the whole [...]]]></description>
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