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	<description>Tools For The Best Life Possible</description>
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		<title>Build It Backwards! Jumpstart Your House in the Country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most useful things built on land are built last. I propose reversing that approach. Build it backwards. Small structures provide big comfort and improvements relative to their size and cost. Their return on investment is  high because the investment is small and the return is relative to the &#8216;nothing&#8217; of vacant land.
Building backwards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/07/30/build-it-backwards-jumpstart-your-house-in-the-country/</link>
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		<title>Tax on Gold &amp; Silver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A specific problem is  often the best incentive for learning about a subject. 
The new 1099 rule presents an excellent opportunity to learn about Taxes on Gold &#38; Silver and income taxes, in general. Though the new rule doesn&#8217;t  specifically address Gold &#38; Silver its application would generate an avalanche of 1099 Forms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/07/25/tax-on-gold-silver/</link>
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		<title>Talk About Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love  talk about solutions.
 Talk, itself, may be the  solution &#8212; for company, brainstorming and therapy &#8212; but I prefer  a shot of &#8217;solution talk&#8217; straight up to inspire   soul and  body to action. Take it as  an antidote for the endless repeating of known problems by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/07/07/talk-about-solutions/</link>
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		<title>The Purpose of My Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ . . is &#34;To Live an Optimal Life, in line with God&#8217;s will, and help others do the same&#34;.
It took me two years to come up with these 16 words. Since then:

Every decision is easier to make.
I&#8217;m not tempted by distractions that have nothing to do with purpose.
I&#8217;m able to see how my past, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/06/09/the-purpose-of-my-life/</link>
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		<title>Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Hormones are an extraordinarily complex field that, in our country, is reduced to soundbites, sensationalized headlines and celebrity gurus. Women deserve better. Good science shows that a lot of the popular myths about hormones are clearly unfounded and dangerous.&#34;
That&#8217;s the kind of straight talk about hormones you&#8217;ll hear when listening to   Dr. Vliet&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/05/26/elizabeth-lee-vliet-m-d/</link>
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		<title>The Only Thing Better Than Becoming a Rifleman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[. . . is helping another  become one.
&#160;A  reader I haven&#8217;t  met became a Rifleman on Sunday and credits my essay with  finding out about   Appleseed. Hearing the news truly made my week!
Though working  on a few candidates  at home  they&#8217;ve  yet to attend an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/05/16/the-only-thing-better-than-becoming-a-rifleman/</link>
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		<title>So You Wanna be a Pawn Star?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pawn Shops  were the  largest source of consumer credit until 1964 before  the flood of institutional credit.
 Pawnbrokers have been around since ancient times and even  kicked out of the Temple by  Jesus for  getting  greedy on half-shekel premiums. Whether or not they&#8217;ve recovered from the incident is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/05/09/so-you-wanna-be-a-pawn-star/</link>
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		<title>Tivo for Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a talk radio junkie, like me, here&#8217;s a tip that&#8217;ll save even more time than the TV version. Here&#8217;s how it works:

Use iTunes to find the podcast version of your show. Almost every show worth listening to has one (If you haven&#8217;t checked, lately, check again).
Subscribe to the podcast on both your computer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/04/30/tivo-for-radio/</link>
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		<title>Using Contacts to Manage Objects &amp; Vendors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contacts can be used for much more than storing phone numbers and addresses. I make a new contact for every object, thing or vendor  that needs to be tracked or managed. Camera&#8217;s, phones, kitchen appliances, software, computers, A/C Units,  subscriptions, vendors, utilities . . .you name it. Simply keeping a little information on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/04/27/using-contacts-to-manage-objects-vendors/</link>
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		<title>An Honest Man in a Sea of Corruption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What can one  say? How does one handle themselves  left to swim in a sea of corruption?
Bill Black, law and economcs professor at the University of Missouri, and former bank regulator, provides an inspiring example:
  

Question all premises, speak truth to &#8216;power&#8217;, explain details with  Joy, Celebrate good works . . [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.youroptimal.com/blog/2010/04/23/an-honest-man-in-a-sea-of-corruption/</link>
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