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Resilient Fitness:  A Killer App for a Successful Life
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My project to build a no-till, no-water garden bed is nearing completion. NOTE: for an overview of how I’m building that garden bed, give …

Can You Use Paleo Fitness to Become More Resilient?
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How do you stay fit? It’s clear that staying fit is an investment in personal resilience.  It builds up strength, energy, and health that …

How You and Your Community Can Avoid Catastrophic Failure
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How do you and your community avoid catastrophic failure? To give you a good answer, I need to share with you a lesson I …

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IS the global financial system still breaking down? Given the drumbeat of news we are getting, it’s just getting started. We see the breakdown …

Weekend Edition:  The Failure of Central Planning
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Networked resilient communities aren’t only a great hedge against the global system run amok.  Networked resilient communities are also the future of the global …

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Today’s letter has a quick and dirty guide on how to avoid getting burned with “crowdfunding.” Before we get to that, here’s a little …

Is a 401K or an IRA a Path to an Impoverished Retirement?
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Here’s a very important question from Vince: I’ve been thinking…. I’m 31 with a retirement fund that my employer contributes to.  So where is …

Is Canada Creating its own BitCoin?
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The Royal Canadian Mint just announced it is creating its own digital currency. The project is being called MintChip. It seems the development of …

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Here’s a minor, but important point.  It’s the distinction between these two words: Thrifty Frugal A thrifty person doesn’t waste much water, energy, money, …

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While you may want to live in a resilient community, the gap between where you are today and actually living, working, and prospering in …