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		<title>Announcing a Free Financial Planning Resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been planning a series of financial articles explaining how to start with the right mentality, and then advance through the planning and building a home-based &#8220;side&#8221; business. The more I thought about it, the more ideas I had for financial topics. So I went head-first and started a completely new website for financial planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Kill Low Self-Esteem</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/low-self-esteem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;[M]an, who has no automatic values, has no automatic sense of self-esteem and must earn it by shaping his soul in the image of his moral ideal.&#8221;
-Ayn Rand
Depression is on the rise. Self-worth is on its way out. Over 15% of people in developed countries are clinically depressed. People lack confidence in a manner that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Sell Those Stocks</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/why-you-shouldnt-even-touch-your-stocks/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/why-you-shouldnt-even-touch-your-stocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[buy low sell high]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[George W. Bush, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and Barack Obama all agree that more government is necessary to correct the already highly-regulated financial industry. They&#8217;ve agreed to spend a little under a trillion dollars, regardless of the vast amount of public outcry; Washington and the financial industry are scared silly.
During such an emotional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Purpose 101</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/life-purpose/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/life-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[life purpose]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/?p=209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do I even have a life purpose?&#8221; I still remember the first time I asked myself the ever-present question. The answer was disconcerting: I hadn&#8217;t even really thought about it. I knew what I was supposed to do &#8212; at least, I knew what society expected me to do:
Go to college. Get a &#8220;career.&#8221; Work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reason 101</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/reason/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/reason/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[rationality]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I loved my first political class in college. It was a great time of learning with lots of lively debates and fiery mini-speeches. Most of the students were extremely opinionated and enjoyed the discussions immensely.
Not everyone felt that way, of course. Whenever a topic was brought up about some social ill &#8212; terrorism, war, crime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Improvement 101</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/self-improvement/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/self-improvement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/?p=171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Long-term success requires mastering the fundamentals of living life itself. We can&#8217;t try the tricks and tips of personal development unless we&#8217;ve already mastered the fundamentals. Success and happiness are all about the fundamentals.
Over the next week, I&#8217;ll be writing a series of three articles on the extreme fundamentals of self-improvement. The three fundamentals lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get This Wordpress Theme &#8212; Free!</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/get-this-wordpress-theme-free/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/get-this-wordpress-theme-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[free wordpress theme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few readers contacted me asking me where I found this theme and where they can download a version of it for their Wordpress blogs. The answer is &#8230; right here! The original design only had one sidebar on the right. I think it makes more sense to have two sidebars, so I edited the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pursuit of Happiness</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/the-pursuit-of-happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Achievement]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[what is happiness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/?p=125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Think happy thoughts&#8221; seems to be the prevalent personal development view held by the mainstream self-help gurus. This simple command, we are told, will increase our wealth, health and satisfaction with life. Positive thinking is a quick and easy way to sound helpful, but it&#8217;s wrong. Beliefs have consequences, and these “self-help” leaders end up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Life</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/the-meaning-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/the-meaning-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the history of the Universe, no question has been asked more, whether consciously or subconsciously, than this: What is the meaning of life? Why try? Why exist? Why not just die? What is worth living for? What common value ties everything together? What’s the root of it all?
Philosophers have provided many potential answers, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons You Should Get Rich</title>
		<link>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/5-reasons-you-should-get-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://smartpersonaldevelopment.com/5-reasons-you-should-get-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Society often sends us mixed messages about having money. For years, Hollywood has painted “the old rich guy” as miserly, greedy, miserable, loveless and outrageously evil. Most of the time the message we are given about money are clichés like, “There are more important things than money.” This is obviously true. Money isn’t inherently good. [...]]]></description>
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