<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993163432446047846</id><updated>2012-02-16T03:41:01.814-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pep Talk</title><subtitle type='html'>Positive.  Christian.  Leadership.  Encouragement.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>David Peppler, Sr.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11650397304030270978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--MgW05bG7e4/TVwdPbYpuII/AAAAAAAAAAM/4_nBGQzFE48/s220/Just%2BMe.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993163432446047846.post-244540099866047255</id><published>2011-09-19T11:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T11:50:07.893-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Leadership Authenticity</title><content type='html'>Do you sometimes find yourself feeling down because of a talent or skill you wish you possessed?  Perhaps you recently attempted something that failed miserably or fell far short of the desired outcome.  You are not alone.  Some feel that leadership acceptability is based solely upon off-the-chart skill levels or success ratios over failures.  But success in leadership begins with the authenticity of the leader.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/09/leadership-authenticity.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1993163432446047846-244540099866047255?l=davidpepplersr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/feeds/244540099866047255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/09/leadership-authenticity.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default/244540099866047255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default/244540099866047255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/09/leadership-authenticity.html' title='Leadership Authenticity'/><author><name>David Peppler, Sr.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11650397304030270978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--MgW05bG7e4/TVwdPbYpuII/AAAAAAAAAAM/4_nBGQzFE48/s220/Just%2BMe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993163432446047846.post-695258186266470620</id><published>2011-08-24T17:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T17:08:27.479-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Spiritual Eeyore</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9aYjvckrMB8/TlUIDALtWUI/AAAAAAAAABU/4Hg6f1_pmYU/s1600/eeyore1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9aYjvckrMB8/TlUIDALtWUI/AAAAAAAAABU/4Hg6f1_pmYU/s1600/eeyore1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One of my favorite cartoon characters is Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.  Being a somewhat sarcastic person, I often flavor conversations with intentional pessimism to add humor and illustration.  Eeyore provides awesome materials for this, and I can easily hear his voice during good times saying, &amp;quot;It probably won&amp;#39;t last.&amp;quot;  Or when bad times come, &amp;quot;I told you it wouldn&amp;#39;t last.&amp;quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/08/spiritual-eeyore.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1993163432446047846-695258186266470620?l=davidpepplersr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/feeds/695258186266470620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/08/spiritual-eeyore.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default/695258186266470620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default/695258186266470620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/08/spiritual-eeyore.html' title='A Spiritual Eeyore'/><author><name>David Peppler, Sr.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11650397304030270978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--MgW05bG7e4/TVwdPbYpuII/AAAAAAAAAAM/4_nBGQzFE48/s220/Just%2BMe.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9aYjvckrMB8/TlUIDALtWUI/AAAAAAAAABU/4Hg6f1_pmYU/s72-c/eeyore1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993163432446047846.post-3012915738172281583</id><published>2011-07-02T11:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T11:01:09.573-04:00</updated><title type='text'>While You Wait</title><content type='html'>For those of you anxious for this blog to launch, or those of you who are simply bored and need cheap entertainment, go to the bottom of my blog page and place your cursor over the fish tank.&amp;nbsp; It can provide hours of mind-numbing fun!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1993163432446047846-3012915738172281583?l=davidpepplersr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/feeds/3012915738172281583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/07/while-you-wait.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default/3012915738172281583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1993163432446047846/posts/default/3012915738172281583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://davidpepplersr.blogspot.com/2011/07/while-you-wait.html' title='While You Wait'/><author><name>David Peppler, Sr.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11650397304030270978</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--MgW05bG7e4/TVwdPbYpuII/AAAAAAAAAAM/4_nBGQzFE48/s220/Just%2BMe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993163432446047846.post-4025096880219420917</id><published>2011-06-27T13:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T13:43:50.517-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Coming Soon</title><content type='html'>I will officially launch this blog in late August or early September of 2011.&amp;nbsp; 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