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	<description>Scott works with financial executives who want to create profitable and lasting relationships with clients.</description>
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		<title>A funny thing happened on the way to Dumas, TX&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, when I headed to the airport the day before, it was just like one of those days when you aren't looking forward to the commute.  Once in the air, though, I opened up the blank, leather-bound journal my wife gave me not two weeks ago on our wedding day.  With the gift, she'd included a note of instruction that I was to use that journal to capture the plans and dreams in my head, and begin putting them into action. So I started writing...]]></description>
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		<title>Not Quite Bear Grylls or Steve Irwin&#8230;More Like Kevin Costner&#8230;sort of.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I: (a) Woke up in a hotel room and realized I&#8217;d forgotten dress shoes and belt (b) Went to WalMart before 7AM in slacks and running shoes while holding up my dress pants (c) Spoke to students from 4 different High Schools (they all came over to Frederick High School to hear me) (d) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#039;m No &#039;Sully&#039; Sullenberger &#8211; but Tomorrow We&#039;ll Have Something In Common</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, NO. I&#8217;m not going to land a plane in the Hudson River on Tuesday, but I will grace the halls of now world-famous US Airways Pilot &#8216;Sully&#8217; Sullenberger&#8217;s high school. This just goes to show that great people CAN and DO come from anywhere! I grew up and went to high school not too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ice Storms and Windshields &#8211; True Story!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve shared a few of my travel stories&#8230;this one is, perhaps, the scariest to date. In short, here&#8217;s a copy of the post I made to Twitter shortly after it happened: 70 mph + falling ice = shattered windshield. That was scary! On my way back to Tulsa following a speech this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooksey Connects with Duncan High School</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Duncan Banner (Click here for the link to this article on their website): Learning the ropes by: Derrick Miller The Duncan Banner DUNCAN January 09, 2009 11:10 am Learning doesn’t end with high school graduation. But what is learned in high school can have an impact on what comes after. Duncan High School [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#039;t Take It Back</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/you-cant-take-it-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I have the privilege of speaking, literally, to thousands of high school students each year as a presenter for Monster.com&#8217;s Making It Count Programs. During these programs one of the nuggets we caution students about is the importance of managing your personal image ONLINE. Always curious about where my own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s in YOUR Bullseye?</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/whats-in-your-bullseye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You never know from where a nugget of inspiration will come. This past weekend, I participated in a training session for speakers of Monster&#8217;s Making It Count programs. These sessions are much like a speaker boot camp, in that we cover a tremendous amount of information in a relatively short amount of time. Just like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Failures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you hoping to find some sort of commentary on the race to become the next President of the United States, you are going to be disappointed. Today, it&#8217;s a history lesson. Last week, I was in Colorado to speak at Wheat Ridge High School&#8217;s &#8220;financial aid&#8221; night on behalf of my client, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago in Winter Just Like Caribbean!</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/chicago-in-winter-just-like-caribbean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To you, Chicago, IL in winter may not be your idea of warmth. For me, however, this week brings me to the point that winter in Chicago makes me want to slap on some sunscreen and dip my toes into the surf. Let me explain.. Sunday night, severe icy weather in my hometown of Tulsa, [...]]]></description>
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