<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	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/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>In Search of Excellence &#187; Learning from unusual sources</title>
	<atom:link href="http://livexcel.com/category/learning-from-unusual-sources/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://livexcel.com</link>
	<description>Live ... Excel</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:06:46 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='livexcel.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>In Search of Excellence &#187; Learning from unusual sources</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://livexcel.com/osd.xml" title="In Search of Excellence" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://livexcel.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Invictus: We must exceed our own expectations</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2011/09/21/invictus-we-must-exceed-our-own-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2011/09/21/invictus-we-must-exceed-our-own-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Ernest Henley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw Invictus recently. It is a great movie based on the the life of Nelson Mandela. It covers the tumulus time right after Mandela became the President of South Africa. He was trying to unite the country. The whites loves Rugby and Blacks loved soccer. South Africa was to host Rugby World Cup and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=92&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2011/09/21/invictus-we-must-exceed-our-own-expectations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Harsha Bhogle: Lecture on &#8216;Excellence&#8217; at IIMA</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2011/09/01/harsha-bhogle-lecture-on-excellence-at-iima/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2011/09/01/harsha-bhogle-lecture-on-excellence-at-iima/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harsha Bhogle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IIMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Harsha Bhogle &#8211; Lecture on Excellene at IIMA Harsha Bhogle, an IIMA alumni, is one of my favorite cricket commentator. He is also a student of excellence and has given many lectures on the topic. His thoughts are inspiring. Recently, I came across a lecture he gave at IIMA on Excellence. You can watch the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=85&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2011/09/01/harsha-bhogle-lecture-on-excellence-at-iima/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bill Cosby on parenting</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2011/07/10/bill-cosby-on-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2011/07/10/bill-cosby-on-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Cosby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Cosby is one of my most favorite stand up comedian. He also had a great TV show, &#8220;The Bill Cosby Show&#8221;. It ran between 1969 and 1971. I happened to see a rerun many years ago and I was hooked immediately. I have since then admired his many standup shows. He is a very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=80&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2011/07/10/bill-cosby-on-parenting/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Karate &#8211; Life Skills</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2011/06/30/karate-life-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2011/06/30/karate-life-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dojo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft Skills]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aditya, our 5 year old was preparing for his Karate test today. After practicing his karate moves, he was reciting Student Creed, Life Skills, and Rules of concentration. I thought he just memorizing them without understanding the meaning. But when I probed a little, to my delight I found that his teacher talks to them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=75&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2011/06/30/karate-life-skills/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mizu no kokoro &#8211; Mind like Water</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2011/04/05/mizu-no-kokoro-mind_like-water/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2011/04/05/mizu-no-kokoro-mind_like-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting things done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mind Like Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mizu no kokoro]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mizu no Kokoro [mind like water] is a Japanese phrase which means &#8220;A state of mind similar to water: flowing, reflective and adaptive.&#8221; I like this phrase. When a mind is like water, you are &#8216;here and now&#8217;. You are still, calm and at peace with yourself. You are completely engrossed in what you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=69&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2011/04/05/mizu-no-kokoro-mind_like-water/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sustained Excellence</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2010/08/02/sustained-excellence/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2010/08/02/sustained-excellence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Champions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sachin Tendulkar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustained Excellence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=61</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tendulkar on sustained Excellence: Tendulkar spoke of the preparation that goes behind doing well for such a long time. &#8220;The journey has gone by very quickly, quicker than I expected,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Time flies. You just need to enjoy it, it&#8217;s a circle. You are not always on the top, sometimes there are rough patches, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=61&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2010/08/02/sustained-excellence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gander, Canada and September 11, 2001</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2010/03/02/gander-canada-and-september-11-2001/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2010/03/02/gander-canada-and-september-11-2001/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Response]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=51</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a documentary on NBC a few days ago on the role; Gander, a Canadian town of about 10,000 residents played in the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Here is more information about Gander. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gander_International_Airport During 1950-70, before the age of Jumbo Jets, Gander used to be a Transatlantic refueling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=51&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2010/03/02/gander-canada-and-september-11-2001/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sachin &#8211; The Philosopher</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2009/09/28/sachin-the-philosopher/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2009/09/28/sachin-the-philosopher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Champions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sachin Tendulkar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=45</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview to thewisdenCricketer, Sachin talks about his state of mind when he plays at his best.  He says that he bats at his best when he is still in mind and body, when he clears his mind and doesn&#8217;t think about past or future and lets his natural instincts take over. I believe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=45&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2009/09/28/sachin-the-philosopher/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bada Hua to Kya Hua Jaise Ped Khajoor</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2009/09/18/bada-hua-to-kya-hua-jaise-ped-khajoor/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2009/09/18/bada-hua-to-kya-hua-jaise-ped-khajoor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kabir Doha Poem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://livexcel.com/?p=40</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Read this beutiful Doha (couplet) from Kabir Bada Hua to Kya Hua, Jaise Ped Khajoor Panthi Ko Chhaya Nahin, Phal Lage Atidoor Here is my attempt at translation for those who don&#8217;t understand Hindi: &#8220;Being big (great) like a Khajoor (dates) tree is useless as Khajoor tree is tall but gives no shade to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=40&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2009/09/18/bada-hua-to-kya-hua-jaise-ped-khajoor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Don’t con yourself</title>
		<link>http://livexcel.com/2009/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-con-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://livexcel.com/2009/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-con-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milindsathe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Champions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from unusual sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://milindsathe.wordpress.com/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have to market ourselves so many times and at so many places, we run the risk of advertising to ourselves. There is a very fine line between being confident in our abilities and conning ourselves. Success comes from dedicated, focused efforts and the dedication comes from not conning ourselves. Here is an interesting example: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=livexcel.com&amp;blog=950099&amp;post=32&amp;subd=milindsathe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://livexcel.com/2009/05/24/don%e2%80%99t-con-yourself/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6d337595f582139b05fc54e7a183c93b?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Milind</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
