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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 29 May 2012 07:43:15 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Positive Principles For Executives</title><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright © 2011, Dale Best. All rights reserved.</copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>A Great Planter</title><category>Chuck Millhuff</category><category>Faith</category><category>acceptance</category><category>encouragement</category><category>harvest</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/27/a-great-planter.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:16459313</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-16459313.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Common Sense</title><category>Business</category><category>changes</category><category>common sense</category><category>confusion</category><category>decisions</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 02:07:45 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/20/common-sense.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:16361941</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-16361941.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Fear vs. Courage</title><category>Faith</category><category>courage</category><category>fear</category><category>success</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:23:25 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/13/fear-vs-courage.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:16241874</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-16241874.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Prioritizing</title><category>Abraham Lincoln</category><category>Business</category><category>goals</category><category>priorities</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/5/6/prioritizing.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:16143968</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-16143968.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Sell The Product</title><category>Business</category><category>George Washington Carver</category><category>Mary Kay Ash</category><category>customers</category><category>salesmanship</category><category>showmanship</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/29/sell-the-product.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:16049364</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-16049364.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Fewer Selfish Impulses</title><category>Faith</category><category>egocentric people</category><category>greed</category><category>selfish impulses</category><category>successful people</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:41:56 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/21/fewer-selfish-impulses.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:15944669</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-15944669.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Sterling Character</title><category>Faith</category><category>God</category><category>character</category><category>personality</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:04:45 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/15/sterling-character.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:15852291</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-15852291.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Less Confusion</title><category>Business</category><category>Faith</category><category>Jesus</category><category>King Solomon</category><category>Woodrow Wilson</category><category>confusion</category><category>memos</category><category>words</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:29:01 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/8/less-confusion.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:15764076</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-15764076.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Exemplary Behavior</title><category>Faith</category><category>exemplary behavior</category><category>marital fidelity</category><category>role model</category><category>successful leaders</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:23:18 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/4/1/exemplary-behavior.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:15680287</guid><description><![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.
]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/rss-comments-entry-15680287.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Vital Spirit</title><category>Faith</category><category>body</category><category>mind</category><category>spirit</category><dc:creator>Dale Best</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.theprimedirective.net/positive-principles/2012/3/25/vital-spirit.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">799116:9676361:15574107</guid><description><![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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