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  • Prepper Precepts #13 Be Flexible

    Prepper Precepts #13 Be Flexible

     

    27 Prepper Precepts #13
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    Be flexible. Things can be used outside of their intended usage. Things change. You should be able to think outside the box once you understand the reasons for the box.

    This is a skill that has to be practiced – you need to learn to break things down into component parts and possible uses.  Can a wheel be a pulley?  Can this wire act as a rope?  You have to practice Macgyverisms in order to Macgyver when needed.

    (This is probably my greatest strength, I have spent so much time filling my mental filling cabinet I can pretty much mix and match my way to solving problems.  Maybe that’s because I spent so much time watching MacGyver as a kid – take out all the political indoctrination from that show and its a pretty good teaching aid…)

    Be Flexible, Its the Key to Resilience

    Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

    These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.
    I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy-washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

    By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

     

  • Prepper Precepts #2 Don’t Look Forward to Disaster

    Prepper Precepts #2 Don’t Look Forward to Disaster

     

    52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper
    52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper

    I don’t want the manure to strike the air oscillation device. Hopefully, I won’t ever be told that I was right about prepping. I want my food storage to hit its shelf life unopened. But I feel better knowing I have food insurance.

    Don’t look forward to disaster you just might end up getting to be in one.

    Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

    These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices. A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

    I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

    By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress. If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

    I hope these precepts are useful to you, I feel that by sharing my creed I can, in some little way, help make the world better by opening a discussion about the importance of having rules to live by.

  • PRN Episode #41 27 Prepper Precepts

    PRN Episode #41 27 Prepper Precepts

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    One of the things I hold most dear is my moral compass, my morals may not line up perfectly with “traditional” morals – and I know they don’t line up with modern “morals” – but as Heinlein said “I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

    This isn’t a political show – nor a talk show that deals in morality – it’s a prepper show – so how in the world does this apply to disaster preparedness?

    My moral code, precepts, are guides for action that make me who I am, and since the underlying foundation of who I am determines how I act.  It is the reason I work so hard to be self-reliant, self-determining, to take responsibility for myself.  This explains why I choose to do things to protect my family instead of going the easy route.

    My 27 precepts guide me in deciding how best to do those things.

    My rules are why I spend so much time DIYing.  It shows why I choose to bug in rather than bug out, why I have guns, and why I don’t have a LOT of guns.

    Frankly, my precepts are what make me, ME. While that has it’s faults, I am sharing my 27 precepts with you because I feel that some of them may help you prepare for disaster.

    I am interested to know if your principles are similar to mine, or how they differ – I am not looking to change my core beliefs, but I am interested in how and why people think as they do – as it helps me learn and grow as a prepper and a person. Please feel free to email me and share your thoughts on today’s podcast.

    The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.

    If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.

  • Prepper Precepts #27 Think, Learn, Plan, Test, Repeat…

    Prepper Precepts #27 Think, Learn, Plan, Test, Repeat…

     

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    Think, Learn, Plan, Test, repeat…

    This is called the exercise cycle and it is vital to creating workable plans that people use.  Every time you practice a plan you learn it’s weaknesses.  Fix those weak points and retrain and retest.  Eventually you will be so skilled and so prepared that it is second nature.

    A side benefit of this cycle is that it trains the brain for action and sets in shortcuts and paths.  If you practice long and hard enough eventually when the problem strikes your brain will think it is a test and stay much calmer.

    The exercise cycle is a vital part of emergency management and it should be a vital part of personal preparedness.  By running the cycle you learn without the cost of failure during disaster.

    Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

    These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

    I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

    By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

  • Prepper Precepts #26 Don’t Waste. Be Frugal, Learn to Make Do, or You May Have to do Without

    Prepper Precepts #26 Don’t Waste. Be Frugal, Learn to Make Do, or You May Have to do Without

     

    27 Prepper Precepts #26
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    My adherence to this prepper precept causes fights at my house.  It is Don’t waste. Be frugal, learn to make do, or you may have to do without.

    You can’t always run to the store for parts and new stuff – learn to make do with the old.  By being frugal and eliminating as much waste as possible you will become a better steward of your resources and will not only need much less, but you will save more.  Turn it into a game and it will be much easier.

    You will be surprised on how much you actually need once you learn and practice frugality.

    Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

    These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

    I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

    By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.