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	<title>Karen Sipps Writes &#187; &#187; Direct Sales Devotions</title>
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		<title>Through The Desert, Week 4: How We Get Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you stuck in the middle of the desert… I feel you. I feel your pain. I hear your heart and know exactly how it is to be exactly where you are. Why are you stuck here? (Because God says so.) What did you do to deserve this? (Nothing.) And the most important&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>6 Reasons You Need To Read &#8220;More Than Sales: Seeking God&#8217;s Heart For Your Direct Sales Business&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s the day: February 12, 2014. For a year, this project has been on my heart. It started last year, at our leadership retreat. I didn&#8217;t feel very leader-y. In fact, I was wondering what on earth I was doing at a leadership retreat when all I really wanted to do was throw in the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Orchard &#8211; Which Farmer Are You? (A Note On Saturation)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2015 08:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There once was an orchard, rows and rows of mostly apple trees, but some peach trees, and lemon trees, and plum trees too. The orchard was surrounded by a very large gate, and inside the orchard were harvesters and farmers. Some harvesters had big baskets, some had little baskets, some had no baskets. Some folks&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Desert Week 3: Why We Can&#8217;t Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 13:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can barely remember what I did last Thursday, let alone two weeks ago. So much happens in a week, a month, or even a year, and a year involving tragedy or loss can seem even longer. When we&#8217;re in our desert, any amount of time is too long. Imagine if you wandered for forty&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Desert Week 2: What&#8217;s In Our Desert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 13:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever moved? Who am I kidding, of course you have. My family&#8217;s moved several times, and it always works the same way. We get the keys to the new place, move everything in, and assess which boxes need to be unpacked right away vs what can wait until later. (And yes, if we&#8217;re&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Business Opportunity</title>
		<link>https://karensippswrites.com/february-celebrate-connect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 13:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been in this business for more than, say&#8230; 15 minutes, you&#8217;ve probably heard about the Thirty-One sisterhood. It&#8217;s a wonderful bond we share with our local and national 31 consultants–a common thread that binds our stories together and weaves them into a beautiful tapestry. The 31 sisterhood is a wonderful relationship, but have you&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Desert Part 1: How We Got Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two types of sand &#8211; the first squishes playfully between your toes, while foam-tipped ocean waves caress your perfect pedicure. The second? Agonizing. Endless. Heartbreaking. Nothing but desert as far as the eye can see, in every direction. Maybe your business was booming, or your career was flourishing, and now it&#8217;s come to a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Heading Out to the Middle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s the last day I get to be 38. For years I have told the kids I was 29. LH finally told me last year that I didn&#8217;t look like other 20-somethings, and decided that I was 31. I never corrected her. Technically I was 31. At least. At least 31.  This year, she was all set to agree&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Angry At Your Month Today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoo hoo, fellow business owner? Yes I&#8217;m talking to you this morning.  Sometimes we stress ourselves out, thinking we should be more, do more, should have done better, don&#8217;t compare to someone else and their stats for the same time period&#8230; and we get angry. I received our business sales statistics this weekend. It was&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Strength to Stand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever feel like you just don’t have the strength to stand?  Often on the paths of leadership, you’ll see (birds of a feather, right?) other leaders struggling. One of three things can happen to this leader. Another leader can lift the struggler up, they can ignore the struggler as if they don’t see it,&#8230;]]></description>
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