<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: What I Learned From a Few Friendly Words</title>
	<atom:link href="http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/</link>
	<description>It's about lessons learned... from life!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:08 -0500</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<item>
		<title>By: Middle Zone Musings &#187; If People Were Capital</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-8025</link>
		<dc:creator>Middle Zone Musings &#187; If People Were Capital</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-8025</guid>
		<description>[...] For those of you who hid under a rock during Ike&#8217;s rampage across the Texas countryside (not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that, mind you), you may remember that September&#8217;s WILF groupwrite project was titled What I Learned From My Friends. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] For those of you who hid under a rock during Ike&#8217;s rampage across the Texas countryside (not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that, mind you), you may remember that September&#8217;s WILF groupwrite project was titled What I Learned From My Friends. [...]</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Middle Zone Musings &#187; All Entries - What I Learned From My Friends</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7560</link>
		<dc:creator>Middle Zone Musings &#187; All Entries - What I Learned From My Friends</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7560</guid>
		<description>[...] What I Learned From a Few Friendly Words, by Robert Hruzek at Middle Zone Musings [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] What I Learned From a Few Friendly Words, by Robert Hruzek at Middle Zone Musings [...]</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Wilson Pon</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7529</link>
		<dc:creator>Wilson Pon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7529</guid>
		<description>Robert, you got my compliment here for such a nice and meaningful article...

I loved the words &quot;Finding the End of Yourself&quot;; as most of the people still confused with the meaning of &quot;Life&quot;, and to be honest I&#039;m one of those poor people! Although the journey of life isn&#039;t easy, but I&#039;m sure will find my own path at the end...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert, you got my compliment here for such a nice and meaningful article&#8230;</p>
<p>I loved the words &#8220;Finding the End of Yourself&#8221;; as most of the people still confused with the meaning of &#8220;Life&#8221;, and to be honest I&#8217;m one of those poor people! Although the journey of life isn&#8217;t easy, but I&#8217;m sure will find my own path at the end&#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7512</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7512</guid>
		<description>It &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; a great image, isn&#039;t it Karen? I like how you&#039;ve related it to life.

As I get more experienced with this sort of sales, I&#039;m sure it&#039;ll be a lot less traumatic. It&#039;s just that this first time, you know... Thanks for the encouragement. I&#039;m sure even Bill Gates lost a little sleep back at the beginning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It <i>is</i> a great image, isn&#8217;t it Karen? I like how you&#8217;ve related it to life.</p>
<p>As I get more experienced with this sort of sales, I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;ll be a lot less traumatic. It&#8217;s just that this first time, you know&#8230; Thanks for the encouragement. I&#8217;m sure even Bill Gates lost a little sleep back at the beginning.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Karen Swim</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7509</link>
		<dc:creator>Karen Swim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7509</guid>
		<description>Hi Robert, wow, what a story! The line that jumped out at me and sticks in my head is &quot;be the water.&quot; Wow! That has such a deep meaning for me. Water is so essential to our being. It is a symbol of peace, healing, cleansing  and forgiveness. It drenches the fiery part of life and nurtures the parched places. &quot;Be the water.&quot; Definitely words to remember and live by. This type of thing in sales is quite normal. You managed it like a pro, you recognized the snafus and set about dealing with them. Winning the client is only half the battle, you then have to manage all of the moving parts until there is a signature on the dotted line...and then the real fun begins. :-) You did a fine job Robert!

Karen Swims last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/389726127/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A Day of Rememberance&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Robert, wow, what a story! The line that jumped out at me and sticks in my head is &#8220;be the water.&#8221; Wow! That has such a deep meaning for me. Water is so essential to our being. It is a symbol of peace, healing, cleansing  and forgiveness. It drenches the fiery part of life and nurtures the parched places. &#8220;Be the water.&#8221; Definitely words to remember and live by. This type of thing in sales is quite normal. You managed it like a pro, you recognized the snafus and set about dealing with them. Winning the client is only half the battle, you then have to manage all of the moving parts until there is a signature on the dotted line&#8230;and then the real fun begins. <img src='http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  You did a fine job Robert!</p>
<p>Karen Swims last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/389726127/">A Day of Rememberance</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7504</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7504</guid>
		<description>Howdy, Joanna! Yeah, I hate it when that happens. But I&#039;m not worried; it&#039;s nothing a size-11 hammer won&#039;t fix! ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Howdy, Joanna! Yeah, I hate it when that happens. But I&#8217;m not worried; it&#8217;s nothing a size-11 hammer won&#8217;t fix! <img src='http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Joanna Young</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7499</link>
		<dc:creator>Joanna Young</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7499</guid>
		<description>Robert what a great story - I&#039;&#039;m sure we&#039;ve all been there.  And you know when it really counts everything seems to be magnified doesn&#039;t it?

I love the message: be the water.

I&#039;ll try :-)

And I loved the bit about your &quot;easy&quot; button laughing hysterically.  Hope you hit it good and hard when you got back</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert what a great story &#8211; I&#8221;m sure we&#8217;ve all been there.  And you know when it really counts everything seems to be magnified doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>I love the message: be the water.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll try <img src='http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And I loved the bit about your &#8220;easy&#8221; button laughing hysterically.  Hope you hit it good and hard when you got back</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7490</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7490</guid>
		<description>@Robyn - It struck me that you said that serotonin effects both the brain AND the intestines. So that&#039;s what that dramatic relaxing feeling in my stomach was once everything was signed, sealed, and delivered! Wow, what a feeling, after having spent so many days tensed up like I was.

Thanks so much for sharing that knowledge - if I hadn&#039;t already been a regular reader of yours, I&#039;d have never known.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Robyn &#8211; It struck me that you said that serotonin effects both the brain AND the intestines. So that&#8217;s what that dramatic relaxing feeling in my stomach was once everything was signed, sealed, and delivered! Wow, what a feeling, after having spent so many days tensed up like I was.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for sharing that knowledge &#8211; if I hadn&#8217;t already been a regular reader of yours, I&#8217;d have never known.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7489</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7489</guid>
		<description>@Ellen - So, it&#039;s really true, eh? :-D

I&#039;m tellin&#039; ya, Ellen, there must have been a whole heap o&#039; rewirin&#039; goin&#039; on that night! The next day, even though it was essentially spent in planes and airports, was a great time for preparation. By the time the actual event began, I was fired up!

Believe me, I&#039;ll write again about it if we win the work!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Ellen &#8211; So, it&#8217;s really true, eh? <img src='http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; ya, Ellen, there must have been a whole heap o&#8217; rewirin&#8217; goin&#8217; on that night! The next day, even though it was essentially spent in planes and airports, was a great time for preparation. By the time the actual event began, I was fired up!</p>
<p>Believe me, I&#8217;ll write again about it if we win the work!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robyn McMaster</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7488</link>
		<dc:creator>Robyn McMaster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7488</guid>
		<description>Robert, we&#039;ve all been there!  You now see in action that the kind words led to the release of serotonin, a brain chemical of well-being in your brain and intestines, too.  This story actually shows how powerful that chemical is.  There are many other tactics to release serotonin to overcome the cortisol which flooded your brain under stress.

Ellen wrote on serotonin in Brain Leaders and Learners, her new blog.  Serotonin&#039;s very amazing and powerful.   I think you&#039;d enjoy it.

Robyn McMasters last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://brainbasedbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/recognizing-friends-my-social-media.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Recognizing Friends - My Social Media Heroes&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert, we&#8217;ve all been there!  You now see in action that the kind words led to the release of serotonin, a brain chemical of well-being in your brain and intestines, too.  This story actually shows how powerful that chemical is.  There are many other tactics to release serotonin to overcome the cortisol which flooded your brain under stress.</p>
<p>Ellen wrote on serotonin in Brain Leaders and Learners, her new blog.  Serotonin&#8217;s very amazing and powerful.   I think you&#8217;d enjoy it.</p>
<p>Robyn McMasters last blog post..<a href="http://brainbasedbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/recognizing-friends-my-social-media.html">Recognizing Friends &#8211; My Social Media Heroes</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Ellen Weber</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7487</link>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Weber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7487</guid>
		<description>Robert, since stress literally shrinks the human brain, I am so glad you left stress behind, and ran with humor which has the opposite effect! 

As a Canadian, I find myself saying &quot;eh&quot; again and again, and US friends or clients always notice it:-) - Canadians never seem to notice:-). 

As I read your piece,  Robert, I laughed on one hand, and saw a great deal of value you added to folks on the other. It&#039;s when people begin to use the wonderful wealth you offered, that new fireworks will go off for them. 

Research shows that nightly when we sleep the human brain rewires itself for the innovations (and anything else) that it engaged in that day.  So it&#039;s critical to touch base with some of them again after they sleep and use the insights:-) 

Hey, ley us know the results -- wish I could have been there because I would have learned a ton! Thanks for sharing Robert, Best, Ellen

Ellen Webers last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brainleadersandlearners.com/mita-celebration/celebrate-growth-and-distinguish-creativity/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Creativity in MITA Celebration of Growth&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert, since stress literally shrinks the human brain, I am so glad you left stress behind, and ran with humor which has the opposite effect! </p>
<p>As a Canadian, I find myself saying &#8220;eh&#8221; again and again, and US friends or clients always notice it:-) &#8211; Canadians never seem to notice:-). </p>
<p>As I read your piece,  Robert, I laughed on one hand, and saw a great deal of value you added to folks on the other. It&#8217;s when people begin to use the wonderful wealth you offered, that new fireworks will go off for them. </p>
<p>Research shows that nightly when we sleep the human brain rewires itself for the innovations (and anything else) that it engaged in that day.  So it&#8217;s critical to touch base with some of them again after they sleep and use the insights:-) </p>
<p>Hey, ley us know the results &#8212; wish I could have been there because I would have learned a ton! Thanks for sharing Robert, Best, Ellen</p>
<p>Ellen Webers last blog post..<a href="http://www.brainleadersandlearners.com/mita-celebration/celebrate-growth-and-distinguish-creativity/">Creativity in MITA Celebration of Growth</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7486</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7486</guid>
		<description>Jean, I wish I&#039;d had that confidence in the midst of the, er, mess. Oh, I guess I assumed it &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; all work out - I just couldn&#039;t see how at the time. Next time will go easier, I think, no matter what comes. He said. ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jean, I wish I&#8217;d had that confidence in the midst of the, er, mess. Oh, I guess I assumed it <em>would</em> all work out &#8211; I just couldn&#8217;t see how at the time. Next time will go easier, I think, no matter what comes. He said. <img src='http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7485</link>
		<dc:creator>Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7485</guid>
		<description>Great story!  I knew it would turn out all right, so I chuckled the whole time.  I also love the Indiana Jones quote: “I don’t know; I’m makin’ this up as I go.”  That&#039;s a keeper.

Actually I&#039;m pretty good at giving encouragement...I agree, there&#039;s nothing like it.

Jean Browman--Cheerful Monks last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/09/08/making-hay-while-the-sun-shines/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Making Hay While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great story!  I knew it would turn out all right, so I chuckled the whole time.  I also love the Indiana Jones quote: “I don’t know; I’m makin’ this up as I go.”  That&#8217;s a keeper.</p>
<p>Actually I&#8217;m pretty good at giving encouragement&#8230;I agree, there&#8217;s nothing like it.</p>
<p>Jean Browman&#8211;Cheerful Monks last blog post..<a href="http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/09/08/making-hay-while-the-sun-shines/">Making Hay While the Sun Shines</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7484</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7484</guid>
		<description>@Karen H. - You know, the more I get into this, the more I think it&#039;s true. I&#039;m reminded of Indiana Jones&#039; favorite line when someone asks him what he plans to do next: &lt;em&gt;&quot;I don&#039;t know; I&#039;m makin&#039; this up as I go.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

No need for pins, Karen - that&#039;s a waste of a good pin!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Karen H. &#8211; You know, the more I get into this, the more I think it&#8217;s true. I&#8217;m reminded of Indiana Jones&#8217; favorite line when someone asks him what he plans to do next: <em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know; I&#8217;m makin&#8217; this up as I go.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>No need for pins, Karen &#8211; that&#8217;s a waste of a good pin!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Robert Hruzek</title>
		<link>http://middlezonemusings.com/wilf-a-few-friendly-words/comment-page-1/#comment-7483</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hruzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=1812#comment-7483</guid>
		<description>@Karen P. - So &lt;em&gt;that&#039;s&lt;/em&gt; what that strange noise was! Thought Hurricane Ike had made an early landfall... :-D

Ah, then you know the feeling - how a few little well-chosen words can work miracles. It&#039;s a wonderful feeling to be on the receiving end of &#039;em, but how fun to be the one who shares them! Way to go!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Karen P. &#8211; So <em>that&#8217;s</em> what that strange noise was! Thought Hurricane Ike had made an early landfall&#8230; <img src='http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Ah, then you know the feeling &#8211; how a few little well-chosen words can work miracles. It&#8217;s a wonderful feeling to be on the receiving end of &#8216;em, but how fun to be the one who shares them! Way to go!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
