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What To Do When “The Sky is Falling?”

I recently met with a Client of mine and his Lender. In spite of all the positive changes being made at this operation in terms of his reproductive program, efficiency measures, and higher than ever milk production, we were quickly informed that “The Sky is Falling!” I thought to myself – Why, after the last four years & all the difficulties we have faced and overcome during that same time, would anyone suddenly conclude that the sky is falling?

June 27, 2019/by jellsworth

What Have You Done for Me Lately?

You may find the title listed above to be sort of strange… Or interesting? Or antagonistic? However, I really intended for it to be “stimulating” for you and your thought process. In essence, if your Annual Goals could speak, would this be a question that they would be asking you?

June 13, 2019/by jellsworth

A Confession to Make

I was thinking recently about the many Clients we have assisted with the development of what I call a “Financial Plan” to take their business to higher levels of profitability and success. I have literally been doing this for 21 years at this point, and this may come as a shock to you, but in most cases these Clients didn’t want a “Financial Plan.” Let’s consider some of the reasons for this.

May 31, 2019/by jellsworth

Avoiding the Gap!

I recently was talking with a Client about the achievements he had been enjoying the past two years, despite the downturn in the dairy industry. Suddenly he added, “John, we’ve been getting sound results, especially in comparison to the rest of the industry, but, man, it just seems so slow in comparison to what we used to do 10 years ago…”

May 15, 2019/by jellsworth

Yes, You Can!

I recently received an e-mail from a reader of one of my previous blogs, expressing his concern that he wasn’t quite sure that he could get his business where he wanted to take it in the future. After describing the situation with his current lender and the various cash flow challenges he was having, he asked me if I thought there was any possibility for him to move forward.

April 29, 2019/by jellsworth

It’s a Different Ballgame!

In one of my previous blogs, I had referred to comments from Viktor Frankl in his book Man’s Search for Meaning, where he stated that his survival at Auschwitz, the vilest of Nazi concentration camps, depended upon the realization that his old life was over. His new life and future would be vastly different.

April 13, 2019/by jellsworth

Plugging the Leaks

In my last blog, I talked about knowing your costs of milk production on a per cwt basis. While some may be thinking that knowing this number is great fodder for your local coffee shop conversations, there is truly a lot more benefit to knowing this number. If you know your cost per cwt, you will be positioned to complete a number of tasks. . .

March 28, 2019/by jellsworth

Tips for Dairy Producers Having Cash Flow Problems

This week, John Ellsworth of Success Strategies sat down with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness.com for an interview. In it John gives some tips for producers and business owners who are "stuck." That is when they are faced with a number of problems, and just can't decide how or where to begin to solve them and how they can move forward.

March 28, 2019/by amindaxer

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