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from John Ellsworth
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Would You Meet Me Upstream?
Have you ever noticed that we seem to spend a lot of time and money “fixing” problems, essentially those challenges that we are seeing “downstream” in our business?
When Will You Find Time?
Please allow me explain my thought process. During our initial discussions and analysis, we had discovered several areas of his operation that needed some ‘fine tuning.”
Why Don’t You Just Go Away?
“Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. ” Cal Newport
Why Bother?
Please allow me to put his question into perspective. He had suffered through four consecutive years of low milk prices, continually growing expenses (despite our supposedly have only “minimal inflation”), and no profits. These factors were the basis of his question, “Why bother?”
Moving Beyond Survival!
Wow! This has definitely been a tumultuous year in the dairy industry, following the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact. However, if you are reading this, you’ve survived it, and that’s fabulous, but what’s next? What new items, if you achieved them, would substantially push you forward? What would represent a major breakthrough for your Business, your Team […]
Succeeding in Spite of the Opposition!
Do you ever get frustrated with negative people? You know the type I’m referring to – the ones whose “glass is always half empty but never half full…”