<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2019/knechts-top-ten-things-every-westmont-grad-should-know.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Knecht’s Top Ten Things Every Westmont Grad Should Know</title><excerpt>I apologize to the vegetarians and vegans in the audience. Not only are frogs a sustainable food source, but they also serve as an attitude adjustment the first thing in the morning. The French writer Nicolas Chamfort once wrote that “the first thing you should do each morning is eat a live frog. Then you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you.” So take all those tasks that you are dreading and get them done early in the morning. You’ll feel better the rest of the day.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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