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><channel><title>Business of Life LLC</title> <atom:link href="http://businessoflifellc.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://businessoflifellc.com</link> <description>Business, Life, and Everything In-Between</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:18:03 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2</generator> <item><title>The Myth of Objectivity</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-myth-of-objectivity/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-myth-of-objectivity/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:22:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[audience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[belief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conceal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[myth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[objectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=623</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the context of news and media, there is a popular belief that journalists and reporters are ethically bound to avoid injecting any of their personal opinions into their work.  This assumption leads many people into a blind belief of anything that is reported by the news agencies.  The unfortunate impact of this phenomenon is that so many people accept what is reported to them in the news without any skepticism or question that it is quite possible for the masses to be manipulated.
In the world that we live in, ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-myth-of-objectivity/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Smelling the Roses</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/smelling-the-roses/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/smelling-the-roses/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:53:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wisdom & Insights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[frequently]]></category> <category><![CDATA[goals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[important]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new]]></category> <category><![CDATA[things]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=3493</guid> <description><![CDATA[Life can frequently feel out of control with a myriad of commitments, deadlines, and things that need to be done immediately.  Each of us have a list of things we would like to accomplish that exceeds our available time, effort and energy by a considerable margin.  In this situation, it frequently feels like we cannot afford to stop moving, because every minute gone by is one less minute to accomplish our goals and ambitions.However, while we are going about the work of accomplishing our dreams, it is important to occasionally ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/smelling-the-roses/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Living in the World of &#8220;is&#8221;</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/living-in-the-world-of-is/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/living-in-the-world-of-is/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:48:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wisdom & Insights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[persuasion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[problems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[way]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=3456</guid> <description><![CDATA[Many people spend considerable amounts of time following the news of the day, and subsequently become angry over the state of world affairs.  Most people who see problems around them are infused with a natural desire to resolve them.  Ironically, this desire to solve problems is a constant thread across both left-leaning and right-leaning people.
To many of the left-leaning persuasion, daily news brings a perpetual onslaught of human suffering that is being allowed to go unchecked and unchanged by society.  Their desire is for somebody to do something to ease ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/living-in-the-world-of-is/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Great Magnifying Glass</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-great-magnifying-glass/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-great-magnifying-glass/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:54:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[create]]></category> <category><![CDATA[debt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[financial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=95</guid> <description><![CDATA[With recent news overwhelmed by the financial difficulties of US state and national budget deficits, along with the continued financial difficulties in Europe there is a renewed focus on the impact of debt on national wellbeing.  This is especially important because most of the developed world is not far behind the major problems of these European nations.  The most important thing to understand about debt is exactly what it is, and by extension, what it is not.
What&#8217;s the Deal with Debt?
Fundamentally, debt is a financial magnifying glass.  It will amplify ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-great-magnifying-glass/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Three Steps to Affluence</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/three-steps-to-affluence/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/three-steps-to-affluence/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:32:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[affluence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[earn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[investing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spending]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=9076</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the topics that most people are highly interested in is the prospect of becoming affluent.  It is not uncommon at all for people to express a strong desire to become wealthy.  However, the majority of people who express this desire are either lacking in knowledge concerning how to create affluence, or are acting on bad advice.  Thus, the journey to affluence remains a mystery to many people &#8230; a mystery that requires a secret to solve.
The disappointing truth about achieving affluence is that it&#8217;s not based on a ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/three-steps-to-affluence/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Meaning of Balance</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-meaning-of-balance/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-meaning-of-balance/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[attention]]></category> <category><![CDATA[important]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[means]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tasking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[things]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=9058</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the phrases that has caught hold in corporate culture is &#8220;work-life balance&#8221; or the art of balancing the demands of work against having a happy and productive home life.  This concept is very easy to talk about, but becomes more complicated when people try to put it into action.  The most important thing to understand when talking about balance is the effect of trade-offs.
What Balance Really Means
Life is a collection of trade-offs.  When you seek to get one thing, you frequently end up giving up something else.  When ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/the-meaning-of-balance/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Three Financial Fallacies and What they Mean to You</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/three-financial-fallacies-and-what-they-mean-to-you/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/three-financial-fallacies-and-what-they-mean-to-you/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:27:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[financial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smarter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[work]]></category> <category><![CDATA[working]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=8992</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most people have received a wide variety of financial advice over the years.  There is a particular brand of advice, supposedly dispensed by a semi-fictitious secondary parental character that has become particularly widespread.  This
philosophy contains many key points, some of which have validity and merit.
However, one of the key things that all investors need to consider whether the advice they are receiving is a fact, or a fallacy.  The unfortunate truth is that much of the advice being presented by popular authors and speakers as financial facts are actually financial ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/three-financial-fallacies-and-what-they-mean-to-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Five Steps to Accelerate your Career</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/five-steps-to-accelerate-your-career/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/five-steps-to-accelerate-your-career/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:34:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Career]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[decisions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[impact]]></category> <category><![CDATA[important]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[value]]></category> <category><![CDATA[work]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=8880</guid> <description><![CDATA[Many people have heard the popular phrase &#8220;climbing the corporate ladder&#8221; in reference to the development of a person&#8217;s career.  This conjures up mental images of pushing people out of the way to claw your way up to the top.  This hyper-competitive view of the world has created a dour image of professional success in the minds of many people.
It is most certainly true that there is an element of &#8220;dog eat dog&#8221; competition when it comes to careers, but it is also true that there are many people who ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/five-steps-to-accelerate-your-career/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Eight Ways to be More Effective with Email</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/eight-ways-to-be-more-effective-with-email/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/eight-ways-to-be-more-effective-with-email/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:14:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Career]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[communication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[email]]></category> <category><![CDATA[emails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[need]]></category> <category><![CDATA[people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[use]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=8825</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the current world, and in most work environments, email has become an indispensable part of life.  And this has happened for good reason &#8230; email allows people to rapidly communicate across large distances, sharing content and ideas.  This increase in the speed of communication has enabled business models that were not possible in the past and has catapulted business to perpetually faster rates of speed and innovation.  The unfortunate side of this fantastic tool is that the rapid rate of communication it enabled has also enabled rapid mus-communication.
Because ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/eight-ways-to-be-more-effective-with-email/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Toeing the Line with Inflation</title><link>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/toeing-the-line-with-inflation/</link> <comments>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/toeing-the-line-with-inflation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:58:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Douglas J Utberg</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Business of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[assets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dollars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[income]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://businessoflifellc.com/?p=681</guid> <description><![CDATA[Those who are familiar with the work of thinkers like Milton Friedman know that inflation is actually a second form of taxation that is caused by government action, and acts by eroding the purchasing power of dollar-denominated assets.  This effect happens when the government increases the amount of currency in circulation faster than the growth of real production.  The net effect is more dollars chasing after fewer goods and services.
The inevitable &#8220;next question&#8221; is to find out what inflation means to us as individuals, and how we can fight against ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://businessoflifellc.com/the-business-of-life/toeing-the-line-with-inflation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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