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But when this blog was originally conceived, we were not yet social distancing.</p> <a class="fl-post-more-link" href="https://xtar.com/2020/06/03/all-about-space/">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="fl-post post-2564 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog" id="fl-post-2564" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <header class="fl-post-header"> <h2 class="fl-post-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://xtar.com/2020/03/09/understanding-hybrids/" rel="bookmark" title="Understanding Hybrids">Understanding Hybrids</a> </h2> <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://xtar.com/2020/03/09/understanding-hybrids/" content="Understanding Hybrids" /><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-03-09" /><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2020-03-09" /><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="XTAR"></div><div itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://xtar.com/author/ssands/" /><meta itemprop="name" content="XTAR" /></div><div itemscope itemprop="image" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post.jpg" /><meta itemprop="width" content="1920" /><meta itemprop="height" content="1080" /></div><div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/InteractionCounter"><meta itemprop="interactionType" content="https://schema.org/CommentAction" /><meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /></div> </header> <div class="row fl-post-image-beside-wrap"> <div class="fl-post-image-beside"> <div class="fl-post-thumb"> <a href="https://xtar.com/2020/03/09/understanding-hybrids/" rel="bookmark" title="Understanding Hybrids"> <img width="1024" height="576" src="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" aria-label="Understanding Hybrids" decoding="async" srcset="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post-300x169.jpg 300w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post-768x432.jpg 768w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/03-20-post.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="fl-post-content-beside"> <div class="fl-post-content clearfix" itemprop="text"> <p>The human brain has a need to categorize. Learn about a new company, person or concept and chances are, you will attempt to place it into a category in your mind where you think it belongs. (Is it a bird? Is it a plane?) Perhaps it is the best way that we organize our thoughts…</p> <a class="fl-post-more-link" href="https://xtar.com/2020/03/09/understanding-hybrids/">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="fl-post post-2556 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog" id="fl-post-2556" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <header class="fl-post-header"> <h2 class="fl-post-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://xtar.com/2020/02/25/sell-is-not-a-four-letter-word/" rel="bookmark" title="SELL is Not a Four Letter Word">SELL is Not a Four Letter Word</a> </h2> <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://xtar.com/2020/02/25/sell-is-not-a-four-letter-word/" content="SELL is Not a Four Letter Word" /><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-02-25" /><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2020-02-25" /><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="XTAR"></div><div itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://xtar.com/author/ssands/" /><meta itemprop="name" content="XTAR" /></div><div itemscope itemprop="image" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell.jpg" /><meta itemprop="width" content="1920" /><meta itemprop="height" content="640" /></div><div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/InteractionCounter"><meta itemprop="interactionType" content="https://schema.org/CommentAction" /><meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /></div> </header> <div class="row fl-post-image-beside-wrap"> <div class="fl-post-image-beside"> <div class="fl-post-thumb"> <a href="https://xtar.com/2020/02/25/sell-is-not-a-four-letter-word/" rel="bookmark" title="SELL is Not a Four Letter Word"> <img width="1024" height="341" src="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell-1024x341.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" aria-label="SELL is Not a Four Letter Word" decoding="async" srcset="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell-300x100.jpg 300w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell-768x256.jpg 768w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/sell.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="fl-post-content-beside"> <div class="fl-post-content clearfix" itemprop="text"> <p>I used this title from D. Robinson’s book. I thought it summed up my thoughts so well! I have Sales in my job title, however I work selling in an industry that has the military and government as its end customer. 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Like most people, I use my…</p> <a class="fl-post-more-link" href="https://xtar.com/2018/07/24/start-with-x-stay-with-x/">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="fl-post post-1926 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog" id="fl-post-1926" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <header class="fl-post-header"> <h2 class="fl-post-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://xtar.com/2018/05/01/agility-in-battle-and-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Agility in Battle… and Business">Agility in Battle… and Business</a> </h2> <meta itemscope itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="https://xtar.com/2018/05/01/agility-in-battle-and-business/" content="Agility in Battle… and Business" /><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2018-05-01" /><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2019-10-09" /><div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="XTAR"></div><div itemscope itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://xtar.com/author/ssands/" /><meta itemprop="name" content="XTAR" /></div><div itemscope itemprop="image" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/battle.jpg" /><meta itemprop="width" content="1100" /><meta itemprop="height" content="618" /></div><div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/InteractionCounter"><meta itemprop="interactionType" content="https://schema.org/CommentAction" /><meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /></div> </header> <div class="row fl-post-image-beside-wrap"> <div class="fl-post-image-beside"> <div class="fl-post-thumb"> <a href="https://xtar.com/2018/05/01/agility-in-battle-and-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Agility in Battle… and Business"> <img width="1024" height="575" src="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/battle-1024x575.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" aria-label="Agility in Battle… and Business" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/battle-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/battle-300x169.jpg 300w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/battle-768x431.jpg 768w, https://xtar.com/wp-content/uploads/battle.jpg 1100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="fl-post-content-beside"> <div class="fl-post-content clearfix" itemprop="text"> <p>When you first encounter a company, one of your initial questions (after what do they do?) is most likely how big are they? 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