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		<title>You Need To Go Back To Basics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You hate to admit it, but you were caught up in all the glitz and glamor.  You were seduced by the gadgets and the millions of tools designed to make life better.
In all of that hoopla and hootenanny, you lost focus on what has made you who you are.  The Basics.  The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.rationalriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/apple.gif" alt="apple.gif" /><span class="you">You</span> hate to admit it, but you were caught up in all the glitz and glamor.  You were seduced by the gadgets and the millions of tools designed to make life better.</p>
<p>In all of that hoopla and hootenanny, you lost focus on what has made you who you are.  The Basics.  The Nitty Gritty.  The Nuts and Bolts.  The Guts.  The Innards.</p>
<p>The Core.</p>
<p>You need, as Vizzini said, to go back to the beginning.  The Roots.  The &#8230; go back to the core values.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.rationalriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/error.jpg" /></p>
<p>A shortstop cannot make a flashy double play if he cannot even field a grounder.  A guitarist cannot rip into a whaling guitar solo if he cannot even get the basic chords down.  A man cannot become the leader of his country without first knowing the history and foundation of that country.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.rationalriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/bush.jpg" alt="bush.jpg" /></p>
<p>There are, of course, always exceptions.</p>
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