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		<title>Too important even for politeness</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/04/26/too-important-even-for-politeness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=too-important-even-for-politeness</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some control freaks who don&#8217;t even bother apologising for being late, or for missing a meeting, or for any other situation where they&#8217;ve let others down. This isn&#8217;t too surprising given the ultimately narcissistic view that control freaks have where other people simply don&#8217;t matter. What is surprising though is the effect this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotting a control freak at job interview</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/04/19/spotting-a-control-freak-at-job-interview/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=spotting-a-control-freak-at-job-interview</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noted previously that control freaks manipulate their past unashamedly and this would seem like an opportunity to catch them out. After all there are bound to be some records or some people around from that time who can remember the truth and that can expose the lies. The foolish control freaks who think they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I love the employees but I hate the individuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This one took me years to figure because it is just so plain weird. I used to regularly attend management meetings where we discussed benefits for employees and one member of the team has been persistently arguing in favour of increasing those benefits. Normally I would be very happy with this, after all the better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewriting history</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/04/08/rewriting-history/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rewriting-history</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Control freaks manipulate their past like nobody else does &#8211; unashamedly. A good control freak doesn&#8217;t lie outright though, they just talk up their past a bit. In the usual subtle manner where they don&#8217;t quite say what it is that they did but make it sound very important. So if they were say a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My picture is bigger than yours.  No, no, mine is even bigger</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/03/26/my-picture-is-bigger-than-yours-no-no-mine-is-even-bigger/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-picture-is-bigger-than-yours-no-no-mine-is-even-bigger</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There you are sitting in a meeting painting a verbal picture of how you want to solve a particular issue and then someone else pipes up with &#8220;I think we need to look at the bigger picture here&#8221; and starts talking about their solution. Obviously you&#8217;re irritated, because this is such a loaded way of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the ordinary</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/02/20/celebrating-the-ordinary/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=celebrating-the-ordinary</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love a good celebration, especially after a long project where everyone has worked hard together to deliver the result. Real achievement is always worth celebrating. Of course a celebration like this has some real benefits. It strengthens the team, it helps people learn from their successes and it provides a faster transition to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pointless predictions</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/02/13/pointless-predictions/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pointless-predictions</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A downside of being a control freak with a fully controlled and ultra-cautious approach to everything is that people regard them as incapable of innovation or insight. Of course this is completely true, so a control freak needs a special technique for reversing that perception &#8211; pointless predictions. This is another technique that relies on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total control &#8211; the end game</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/02/08/total-control-the-end-game/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=total-control-the-end-game</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With misdirection and manipulation a control freak slowly builds their empire up bit by bit. Don&#8217;t ever be fooled into thinking that a control freak is not building an empire, they certainly are, it&#8217;s just a matter of you spotting what it is. Even if there is no apparent movement then that does not mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physical discomfort</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/02/06/physical-discomfort/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=physical-discomfort</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few times now I&#8217;ve seen the same facial expression of physical discomfort for the same reason and while I doubt all control freaks share it, I bet they all have some physical tick that appears under the same circumstances. The reason for the discomfort is when they realise they are not going to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything I do is so much harder than anything you do (the hero expression)</title>
		<link>http://controlfreak.net/2012/02/01/everything-i-do-is-so-much-harder-than-anything-you-do-the-hero-expression/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=everything-i-do-is-so-much-harder-than-anything-you-do-the-hero-expression</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://controlfreak.net/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a while in a senior position, control freaks begin to deliberately adopt an aura around them that everything they do is really hard. This aura, as with many things control freaks do, is developed both by how they talk and their facial expressions. On the facial side, they wear a pained expression at opportune [...]]]></description>
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