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		<title>Dream Date Quiz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The key to being a fabulous date is taking a genuine interest in the person sitting right there in front of you. OK, I will admit you may realize in the first ten minutes of date Number 1, that this guy is not for you. However, linger a minute before you lunge for the door. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Dunnit Writer&#8217;s Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to makes tons of money, drive a low slung sports car and visit exotic locations? Perhaps your key to the good life is writing mystery stories. The best writers are unlikely to need help from the President&#8217;s stimulus package. A best selling author can make millions&#8211;just ask Rowling. I believe she owns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captain Jack Sparrow and You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you envy Captain Jack Sparrow and wish you had his freedom from the mindboggling technology of the 21st Century. Would you rather set sail and challenge the wind, the sea and various monsters? According to Pirate expert Dr. Peter Leeson of George Mason University, &#8220;Unlike their Somali successors, early 18th Century pirates, men like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scary Stuff Going On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a scary time for our country, oops, let me change that &#8211; this is a scary time for our planet. Past economic mistakes are coming back to bite us and we are trying to stay afloat until the cycle ends. If you know financial history you are probably less concerned. Yes, times are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Your Love Groove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been having &#8220;headaches&#8221; at bedtime recently, maybe something is adversely affecting your sex drive. There are many monsters hiding under the bed that can steal your groove. Various common medications such as some used to treat depression, high blood pressure and thyroid conditions can sink your libido. Melancholia or low grad depression [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is the 8th personality disorder in our series. You don&#8217;t want to miss any of them. People with OCPD have impossibly high standards for themselves and others. Personal relationships are a challenge for them because of their tendency to be critical of others who do not share their inflexible standards. They are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder.html</link>
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		<title>Emotional Maturity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emotions are, according to Cognitive Theory, created by our thoughts. If you want to control your emotions, become aware of the thoughts that create (within the context of your environment) your feelings. Listen to what you are thinking. Write down your thoughts and check them for accuracy and rationality. If they are not accurate and/or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Phobias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers enthusiastically debate the etiology of phobias. Behaviorists point fervently to a pairing of a neutral stimulus and a frightening stimulus as the raison d&#8217;être of a phobic reaction. For example, an experiment performed in the experimental dark ages of the 1920’s paired a little fuzzy rabbit with a frightening noise. The subject was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/the-phobias.html</link>
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		<title>Awesome Employee Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What are companies looking for when they hire a new employee? What makes a 5 star worker? Naturally, a lot depends on the job. Nonetheless, there are some basic qualities and characteristics sought by the corporate world, law enforcement, government agencies and small businesses. If you were hiring, what would you look for in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/awesome-employee-test.html</link>
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		<title>Avoidant Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Individuals who are diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) are frequently diagnosed with Dependent Personality Disorder too. They can become very dependent on the few people in their support system. Only 0.5% to 1.0% of the general population is likely to receive this diagnosis. This is another of the personality disorders that may become less [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/avoidant-personality-disorder.html</link>
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		<title>Narcissistic Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Narcissists are found at all economic levels and in many and diverse careers. Naturally, politics, acting, recording, higher education and religion have a ready audience to admire and pamper them. Though, physicians, teachers, attorneys and executives are not without their Narcissists, in fact, these careers could lure an individual with an overachieving ego. Narcissists can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/narcissistic-personality-disorder.html</link>
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		<title>Coolness Quiz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read a &#8220;cool&#8221; list, written by successful author Stephen King. I began pondering what makes someone cool. Alas, I discovered that, &#8220;cool&#8221; is impossible to define. We know it when we see it, but we become tongue tied and very uncool when we attempt to define it. There are some things in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Histrionic Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following our Personality Disorder series of articles and quizzes you are familiar with psychopaths, and the Borderline, Paranoid, and Schizoid Personality Disorders. Now you have the opportunity to meet the Histrionic Personality Disorder. Histrionic persons crave attention just as I crave great coffee, fabulous sales and chocolate. They appear especially entertaining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/histrionic-personality-disorder.html</link>
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		<title>Schizoid Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 4th article and quiz in our series on the Personality Disorders focuses on Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD). We don&#8217;t know what causes the disorder, though we must assume that both genetics and environmental factors are involved. As with individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder it is challenging to treat these solitary individuals. They may consider [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.personalityone.com/schizoid-personality-disorder.html</link>
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		<title>Paranoid Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just added the third personality disorder in our series, Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD). If you have not read the first two &#8212; Psychopaths and Borderline Personality Disorder &#8212; you are behind by two. As Pat Conroy said: I&#8217;ve always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position. In some situations Pat is entirely [...]]]></description>
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