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		<title>Changing your mind</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/goals/changing-your-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you change the way you think and feel and behave? I&#8217;m not talking about the &#8220;oops!&#8221; kind of mind alteration&#8211;y&#8217;know, the revelatory, slap-your-forehead, &#8220;Oh! Of course! How could I have been so stupid!?!&#8221; mental shift. I&#8217;m talking about knowing what you need to do&#8211;or, even, having a sneaking suspicion that you need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Own an online business? Here&#8217;s a valuable tool!</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/own-an-online-business-heres-a-valuable-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I prepare for the inevitable, I am realizing how important it is to consolidate my records. I haven&#8217;t done this. I have plans . . . for what is to happen with my estate when I die. I have all the paperwork in order. Or so my advisors tell me. But I haven&#8217;t prepared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced giving strategies: getting tax deductions worth as much or more than your gift</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/heritage/advanced-giving-strategies-getting-tax-deductions-worth-as-much-or-more-than-your-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned I was able to participate in a meeting with about a dozen fairly high-end charitable givers. Our host at the meeting told us about a giving strategy that he and his family have begun pursuing in the last few years, a strategy that can &#8220;pay back&#8221; in tax deductions as much as or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The need for philanthropic peer counsel and mastermind groups</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/the-need-for-philanthropic-peer-counsel-and-mastermind-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/the-need-for-philanthropic-peer-counsel-and-mastermind-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from a Generous Giving consultant. I was invited to join a group of 11 men who were going to visit the founder of a $2 billion company to talk about his and our philosophies and practices of giving . . . and of transferring our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heirs and charities</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/heirs-and-charities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read an article this morning that reminded me: Most estate- and legacy-planning professionals ignore philanthropic considerations in their basic planning strategies. Alexis Martin Neely, for example, notes, in an article printed in the latest Bottom Line Personal, that single adult parents (widowed or divorced, in particular) need to make allowances in their estate plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Inventory of Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/purpose/taking-inventory-of-your-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/purpose/taking-inventory-of-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some questions for evaluating &#8220;how you&#8217;re doing&#8221; in your life and &#8220;where you&#8217;re headed.&#8221; ***** My friend and former workmate, Darrell Dorr, sent me a letter three months ago when his father-in-law, Dr. Ralph Winter, one of my most significant mentors, died. I read Dr. Winter&#8217;s obituary that Darrell wrote. I ignored his letter. Until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three fundamental estate planning/legacy planning questions</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/three-fundamental-estate-planninglegacy-planning-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/three-fundamental-estate-planninglegacy-planning-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From a financial or physical wealth perspective, there are three questions every estate plan donor must answer: How many of the resources God has placed in our hands do we need in order to live our lives as we believe we ought? &#160; How many of the resources God has placed in our hands do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investment Policy Statement, Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/investment-policy-statement-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/investment-policy-statement-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted a proposed draft copy of an IPS (Investment Policy Statement) our legacy planners gave me. I said I didn’t feel comfortable signing the document without further input . . . from our investment advisor himself and, perhaps, one or two other similar advisors. Today I thought I would share some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live and learn: More questions to ask your advisors</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/live-and-learn-more-questions-to-ask-your-advisors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/live-and-learn-more-questions-to-ask-your-advisors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a couple of days ago about how advisors can skew your perspective. In the content of my post, I tried to make clear that I don&#8217;t believe any of our advisors have deliberately attempted to distort our views. But I do believe they have failed, in different ways, to call our attention to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How advisors can skew your perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/how-advisors-can-skew-your-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/estate-planning/how-advisors-can-skew-your-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I have seen this in the past. I was &#8220;just&#8221; floored, yesterday, when we saw once more how different advisors&#8217; perspectives can impact one&#8217;s plans . . . for better or worse. Yesterday, our legacy planners wanted to discuss what they characterized as &#8220;wealth planning&#8221; &#8220;to ensure that there is a legacy [...]]]></description>
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