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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 29 May 2012 07:43:18 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Positive Principles For Executives</title><subtitle>Positive Principles For Executives</subtitle><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-27T04:00:00Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>A Great Planter</title><category term="Chuck Millhuff"/><category term="Faith"/><category term="acceptance"/><category term="encouragement"/><category term="harvest"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/27/a-great-planter.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/27/a-great-planter.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-05-27T04:00:00Z</published><updated>2012-05-27T04:00:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Are you eagerly searching for a smile? Try giving away several bushels of smiles and you’ll find lots of them. Do you really need some encouragement? Distribute encouragement to a half dozen people, mysteriously we will receive some. Could you use some acceptance? Then reach out and be kind to strangers and sure enough others will begin accepting you for who you are.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Common Sense</title><category term="Business"/><category term="changes"/><category term="common sense"/><category term="confusion"/><category term="decisions"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/20/common-sense.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/20/common-sense.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-05-21T02:07:45Z</published><updated>2012-05-21T02:07:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Common sense is acquired by enduring the rewards and consequences of decisions on our journey through life. We learn what works and use as a rule to live by. Also, we endured the pain from our wrong decisions.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Fear vs. Courage</title><category term="Faith"/><category term="courage"/><category term="fear"/><category term="success"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/13/fear-vs-courage.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/13/fear-vs-courage.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-05-14T01:23:25Z</published><updated>2012-05-14T01:23:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Fear, real or imagined, is the most common road block to personal success. There are several different fears we face. One is we fear failure or lack of faith of not making it to the top. Another fear is that once we get started some ambitious person will get ahead of us and get our slice of the pie of success. One other fear is we will ignominiously fall on our face and irreparably damage our public image.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Prioritizing</title><category term="Abraham Lincoln"/><category term="Business"/><category term="goals"/><category term="priorities"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/6/prioritizing.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/6/prioritizing.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-05-06T04:00:21Z</published><updated>2012-05-06T04:00:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[What is your excuse for not reaching your goal? Don’t know where to start? Don’t have enough money? Don’t have any influential friends? No workable plan? Well, let’s begin by prioritizing our goals.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Sell The Product</title><category term="Business"/><category term="George Washington Carver"/><category term="Mary Kay Ash"/><category term="customers"/><category term="salesmanship"/><category term="showmanship"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/29/sell-the-product.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/29/sell-the-product.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-04-29T04:00:35Z</published><updated>2012-04-29T04:00:35Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[We all are a sales people. At the least, we sell ourselves as confident, capable and a pleasant future friend. We must be ever vigilant because we never get a second chance to make a first impression.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Fewer Selfish Impulses</title><category term="Faith"/><category term="egocentric people"/><category term="greed"/><category term="selfish impulses"/><category term="successful people"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/21/fewer-selfish-impulses.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/21/fewer-selfish-impulses.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-04-22T03:41:56Z</published><updated>2012-04-22T03:41:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Greed is like a forest fire. It is never happy and can’t find enough forest to devour. Our voracious desire for wanting more land, houses, or money can control every thought the entire day. We continually feed our selfish impulses which are seeking satisfaction. Following greed, being the top person causes us to be selfish. Come to think of it, we don’t really appreciate egocentric people very much. They so often set themselves apart as a Prima Donnas.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Sterling Character</title><category term="Faith"/><category term="God"/><category term="character"/><category term="personality"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/15/sterling-character.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/15/sterling-character.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-04-15T04:04:45Z</published><updated>2012-04-15T04:04:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Like a sparkling diamond, sterling character has many facets to present a complete view. Some are viewed obliquely while others see us directly from the front.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Less Confusion</title><category term="Business"/><category term="Faith"/><category term="Jesus"/><category term="King Solomon"/><category term="Woodrow Wilson"/><category term="confusion"/><category term="memos"/><category term="words"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/8/less-confusion.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/8/less-confusion.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-04-08T18:29:01Z</published><updated>2012-04-08T18:29:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[When writing memos to supervisors and employees, we need to be sure they are clear. After editing a memo and before sending it out, a wise thing may be to send it to a secretary or a person who has trouble understanding. This would help keep words at a minimum but the message clear.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Exemplary Behavior</title><category term="Faith"/><category term="exemplary behavior"/><category term="marital fidelity"/><category term="role model"/><category term="successful leaders"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/1/exemplary-behavior.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/1/exemplary-behavior.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-04-01T18:23:18Z</published><updated>2012-04-01T18:23:18Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Successful leaders are held to a higher standard than mediocre. It is not a chore to be an example to those under our supervision. It is not a drudgery but a pleasure to be a good parental role model.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Vital Spirit</title><category term="Faith"/><category term="body"/><category term="mind"/><category term="spirit"/><id>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/3/25/vital-spirit.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/3/25/vital-spirit.html"/><author><name>Dale Best</name></author><published>2012-03-25T04:00:00Z</published><updated>2012-03-25T04:00:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[We are a mind with a body, not vice versa. Our mind conditions how our body feels. When our brain tells our body that its feels cheerful, our bodies exude vitality.
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