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		<title>Stepping Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wagner, JD, CFP®</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This gives us a golden opportunity to underscore the differences between brands.  Certified Financial Planners ™ have cheerfully taken upon ourselves the full responsibility and accountability of fiduciary obligations.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=246&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Regulation&#8221; v. &#8220;Free Market&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wagner, JD, CFP®</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather, I think we should acknowledge that both "regulation" and "free-market" are going to be part of whatever system exists. From there, I suggest we should be looking at what is special about our perspectives.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=242&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Financial Planning is the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Wagner, JD, CFP®</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When they asked if I would blog about the future of financial planning, all I really heard was “THE FUTURE.”   I can only imagine how my eyes just lit up as a confused thought assortment tumbled through my brain.  At first, little epiphanies combined in a sort of nonsensical circularity.  “The future of financial planning… [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=236&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your 2010 First-Quarter Self-Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Jacobson, PhD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three months of 2010 have passed: a great time to do an assessment of how this year has treated you thus far, and vice versa. So pull up a chair, roll up your sleeves, and have a conversation…with yourself. Be prepared to talk about your business goals, the Vision Thing, and next steps after you’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=232&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Month: Do You Have a Plan for your Personal Development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kitces</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many of us, there is so much time spent planning for clients that we forget it’s also important to plan for ourselves. And as financial planners, this means not only planning for our own individual financial futures, but also our personal development as professionals. The importance of professional development is embodied in the requirement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=230&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Message of the Week: React or Respond</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea White</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work with a volunteer organization and sometimes we make mistakes.  It happened this past week, when we were supposed to prepare for 59 orders and we prepared for only 49.  It was 5 a.m., there were a few too many cooks in the kitchen and we simply made a mistake.  When the extra people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=228&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future of the Profession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Jetton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the future we will not tell people what to do, we will clear a path for them. As financial planners we are armed with rational information on how to make smart financial decisions.  We talk among ourselves about the importance of getting out the message that individuals must take more personal responsibility for their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=226&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Formula</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Veres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authored February 10, 2010 I&#8217;m writing an article for the next issue of my Inside Information newsletter about an advisor named Mark Herhold, who has cracked one of the toughest codes in the financial services marketplace.  Mr. Herhold has (the reader is advised to sit down before reading further) has figured out how to profitably [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=223&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Valuable Than Rubies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Galvan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Proverbs, it is written that a virtuous woman is more valuable than rubies.  While I can’t disagree with that, in my own life I’ve come to realize that the most important investment I can make is in my own health.  Good health is priceless. During the last two years of incredible stress and uncertainty, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=215&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Need an Intern!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deena Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authored March 8th, 2010 I was shocked to hear on the news this morning that next weekend we switch to Daylight Savings Time.  That means in a very short period of time, summer will be upon us.  It’s time to think about having a summer intern.  There are colleges and universities all over the country [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=futureofplanning.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9587346&amp;post=211&amp;subd=futureofplanning&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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