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from John Ellsworth
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What Is Fear?April 16, 2025 - 5:38 pm
Is It Time to Reset?March 26, 2025 - 1:29 pm
Where Have All the Lenders Gone?March 12, 2025 - 6:59 pm
Do You Have the Advantage?February 25, 2025 - 5:47 pm
Is It Time to Go?February 13, 2025 - 3:00 pm
“Secure Your Own Mask First!”
For those of you who have ever been on a commercial airline flight in the United States, you are probably very familiar with this warning: “In the event of an unexpected decrease in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop from above your seat. If this happens, please place it over your mouth and nose. Be sure to secure your own oxygen mask before attempting to assist others.”
How Does He Do It?
In this blog, I thought I’d share some thoughts on efficiency. The efficiency measure I want to discuss, though, is one tied to the conversion of assets into bottom line profits.
The realization is now – Written by Marketing Expert Seth Godin
I wanted to share a copy of Seth’s article with you, simply because I believe it has a fantastic message, one that could serve as a sound directive to get our country back on track in so many ways.
Developing a Future Course for Your Business
Am I advocating that you should simply do this planning to obtain more money? No. Maybe your goal is to give more money to charity. Whatever it is, write it down. I am confident that you will be much more pleased with the results you obtain if they are in line with what you desire: Think it through and write it down.
“What would Albert Einstein do?”
I think you’ll agree that Albert Einstein was a very intelligent person. However, as the scientist who developed the Theory of Relativity, most of us would not have looked to him for advice in the area of strategic management or life philosophy. While that may, for the most part, be a reasonable assumption, I’d like to review one of his quotes because I believe it contains some very powerful advice for us today.
‘There Is No Try…Only Do or Do Not’
I have heard the phrase “we can’t” too many times. For example: 1) “We can’t keep our milk prices high enough for long enough to even get close to our break-even point.” 2) “We can’t get our feed costs down to a reasonable level.” 3) “We can’t hire the right kind of people at our dairy.” 4) “We can’t get the appropriate financing to really accomplish what we want to do.”