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		<title>Just when you think you&#8217;ve made it and you can finally rest&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You find out that you aren&#8217;t even close.
I&#8217;ve had clients experience it, I&#8217;ve lived it myself, and at least one of my vendors is just about to experience it.
No matter how good you are, you&#8217;d better be getting better.
In fact, you&#8217;d better be getting better at getting better.
If you don&#8217;t, someone is gonna burnout, implode [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><span class="drop_cap">Y</span>ou find out that you aren&#8217;t even close.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had clients experience it, I&#8217;ve lived it myself, and at least one of my vendors is just about to experience it.</p>
<p>No matter how good you are, you&#8217;d better be getting better.</p>
<p>In fact, you&#8217;d better be getting better at getting better.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t, someone is gonna burnout, implode or spontaneously combust.</p>
<p><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/10/is-that-it.html" target="_blank">Seth Godin does a fine job of summing up the customer side of it in this guest post</a>.</p>
<p>Improve, every single flippin&#8217; day.</p>
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