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	<description>Views on achieving a life of security and significance, from John Christianson</description>
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		<title>I Want To Be Like Tim Tebow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[joyful living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Tebow, the newly traded-for quarterback of the New York Jets, gave me unexpected inspiration about how to approach my own job and daily living in a recent ESPN interview.  By the end of the interview segment I was saying, “I want to be like Tim”.  If you haven’t heard of Tim Tebow, you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Biggest Fears of a Successful Business Owner</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/the-3-biggest-fears-of-a-successful-business-owner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Legacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wealth creator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a business owner myself, there is no shortage of fears and worries that I either want to ignore or don’t know who I can talk about them with. It has morphed over the years, and I definitely feel more comfortable talking about deeper issues and concerns, but it has taken me a long time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children and Wealth: How to Prepare Your Children to Manage Wealth and Use it Wisely</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/children-and-wealth-how-to-prepare-your-children-to-manage-wealth-and-use-it-wisely/</link>
		<comments>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/children-and-wealth-how-to-prepare-your-children-to-manage-wealth-and-use-it-wisely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estate Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living a life of purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Venture Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Blog provided by Richard Beaton &#38; Linda Wagener of Marigold Associates. Over the past several weeks, we discussed the value of using deliberate training strategies such as allowances and budget management to teach children financial skills. In this segment we’re going to tackle the problem of how to form our children’s attitudes toward money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Investment Outlook</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/2012-investment-outlook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portfolio Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment snapshot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment themes and outlook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reversion to mean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the press is the latest edition of the Highland Investment Snapshot; our best thinking on 2012 investment and economic themes and outlook.  As most investors are aware, this time in history is fraught with a tremendous amount of conflicting data and unique risks. In our opinion, this environment is creating some interesting investment opportunities for those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children and Wealth: What Your Children Need to Learn</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/children-and-wealth-what-your-children-need-to-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids and money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living a life of purpose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second post in the series on Kids &#38; Money from our friends at Marigold Associates.  Enjoy! Kids typically don’t pick up basic life skills through osmosis. They have to be taught how to clean a bathroom, check the oil in their car, and manage their money. Often what they have learned about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Children Amidst Wealth: What You Need to Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kids and money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marigold Associates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am excited to have Richard Beaton and Linda Wagener, founders of Marigold Associates, provide a series of guest posts related to the topic of kids and money.  As a heads up, we are hosting a lunch seminar on Wednesday, February 15th, that will give you an opportunity to hear even more of their deep wisdom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Your Wealth to Buy Time</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/using-your-wealth-to-buy-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying back time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living fully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meaning and significance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot written about time management, and specifically, how to align your limited time resources with the highest value purposes.  Simply said, using your time wisely.  In fact, I wrote a post not long ago about the fact that you can&#8217;t buy back your time so don&#8217;t waste it.  Taking a different tack on this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Extend the Life Expectancy of Your Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/five-ways-to-extend-the-life-expectancy-of-your-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/five-ways-to-extend-the-life-expectancy-of-your-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portfolio Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living fully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making money last]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outliving your money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone needs to withdraw money from their portfolios right now, but for many, it will happen sooner or later.  With uncertainties high and appetites for risk as low as government bond yields, it’s more important than ever to stretch your portfolio dollar longevity.  Becoming a miser and living in fear isn’t the outcome that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Tips Under Your Tree</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/tax-tips-under-your-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/tax-tips-under-your-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roth IRA conversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our good friends over at Kovarik &#38; Kim, CPAs have published their latest tax epistle, and we have scoured it for nuggets of wisdom.  Dan and Scott’s focus on high net worth individuals makes this an annual must read.  As in recent years, we have forwarded it in its entirety so you can consume as much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dark Side of Charitable Gifts:  Narcissism</title>
		<link>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/the-dark-side-of-charitable-gifts-narcissism/</link>
		<comments>http://highlandprivate.com/blog/the-dark-side-of-charitable-gifts-narcissism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Christianson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charitable giving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impact giving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meaning and significance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we are heading into the typical year end giving season, fraught will all kinds of traditional philanthropic complexity, I wanted to pass along a lesson I have learned in my own giving:  Consciously checking my motives to make sure the giving is about the give-ee (recipient) and not about the give-or (me and you).  [...]]]></description>
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