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		<title>A FORMULA FOR GOVERNMENT SPENDING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some bright economist ought to give us a formula with which to analyze how much wealth and income can be taken out of the productive economy and used to deal with non-economic needs in a society.  It seems obvious that any country has enough wealth to do a bit of non-economic investing, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspapers, Customer Service and Product Delivery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here’s a good one.  I emailed my local (large) newspaper yesterday, The Seattle Times, and asked when the paper was supposed to be delivered to my home in the morning.  They gave me the times for weekday and weekend.  I then emailed back and asked that my paper arrive by those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2010/02/21/newspapers-customer-service-and-product-delivery/</link>
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		<title>THE SILENT MAJORITY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Silent Majority” is a term we have been hearing for a long time.  It identifies a sometimes large group of citizens who do not involve themselves in politics until some major issue comes to the fore.  Does this group exist?  I think so.  Why are they silent?  Easy.  They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/12/22/the-silent-majority/</link>
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		<title>CUSTOMER SERVICE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Any organization that serves others must provide what is commonly called Customer Service.  That is, when a customer has an issue, they need some one to call who will get the issue resolved.  Here are some thoughts on providing excellent Customer Service:
1.	Don’t give the customer any reason to call.  That is, anticipate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/10/01/customer-service/</link>
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		<title>Health Care Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Care Reform
It is interesting how the process of making public policy highlights so many of the business adages in my book Fortune &#038; Freedom: The Entrepreneur’s guide to Success.  Previously I wrote about the need to define the problem before you attempt to solve it, and noted that little of this had been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/09/13/33/</link>
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		<title>HEALTH CARE CONUNDRUM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Care.  What is the problem we are trying to solve?]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/06/24/health-care-conundrum/</link>
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		<title>OUT OF WORK?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OUT OF WORK?
That question is being asked more often in recent months.  If your answer is “yes”, then in addition to seeking your next job opportunity, you might consider working on future opportunities in general.
In &#8220;Fortune &#038; Freedom” I talk about the need to accumulate “necessary skills”, whether you intend to become an entrepreneur [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/05/28/out-of-work/</link>
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		<title>Terry Schmidt of Management Pro Reviews F &amp; F</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Here you&#8217;ll learn about the books which have most influenced me professionally, personally, emotionally and spiritually. I won&#8217;t usually talk about the latest best sellers. Instead, I&#8217;ll share some outstanding books &#8211; some barely known &#8212; which belong in every library and deserve to be read. This month’s features Jim Hirshfield, an inspiring entrepreneur who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/05/02/terry-schmidt-of-management-pro-reviews-f-f/</link>
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		<title>OUR ECONOMIC WOES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me make a couple of points.  First, a credit crunch arises in an economy when a meaningful number of people come to believe that they might not get their money back from their bank, stock investment, etc.  Given this, repeatedly telling people that they are likely to lose their investments and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/02/18/our-economic-woes/</link>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes: The Marketing of &#8220;Fortune and Freedom&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Steve O&#8217;Keefe, and I&#8217;m helping The Old Guy with his online marketing. I promised Jim Hirshfield I would add a post here once a week to talk about how we are approaching online marketing for his new book, Fortune &#38; Freedom.
Jim hired me to do a Blog Outreach Campaign. During the campaign, my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fortuneandfreedomthebook.com/blog/2009/01/29/behind-the-scenes-the-marketing-of-fortune-and-freedom/</link>
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