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“Short-termism: The long-term foe of the poultry entrepreneur.”

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Myopia blights judgment.

And,

Nearsighted subtlety is so seductive.

How true.

(We’re headed on up to the mountain, right?

But somehow, the meadow seems so attractive right now!)

To the denial of tomorrow,

Today wants it all. [Read more…] about “Short-termism: The long-term foe of the poultry entrepreneur.”

“Reverse engineering your retirement funds & filling in the gap.”

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Erosion.

A constant and continual threat to those living on a cliff edge.

Said in the words of this retiree (whose house is literally standing on the brink of total collapse and ruin every day):

“It’s my home. And I’ve built this, and I don’t want to give it up.” – Lance Martin, Hemsby resident (Norfolk, UK)

In this interview, our retiree speaks of many near misses [Read more…] about “Reverse engineering your retirement funds & filling in the gap.”

“Half-full or half-empty? Drop points or gain points?”

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As we asserted recently, poultry farming is a numbers game.

But then again…

…so is ANY game.

Yes, there is performance, there is skill, there is art, there is even drama, and there is graft…

…but nothing would would be worth it without the unequivocal, indisputable, unveiling of that quantifiable proof… [Read more…] about “Half-full or half-empty? Drop points or gain points?”

“It’s A Numbers Game.”

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So, what’s in a poultry farming project report?!

Here’s my take…

It’s a theoretical balancing act of investment evaluation underpinned by:

Numbers.

The trade-off under the spotlight is risk vs. reward.

Often a device to leverage lending,

The poultry project report is a [Read more…] about “It’s A Numbers Game.”

“Find your value niche.”

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I’ve said this before,

People buy value and not products or services.

Value is worthiness.

= How much having or using something (object) would be worth to you (subject).

The estimation of it’s (the object’s) worth is always equivalent to something else that could in theory be traded in exchange for.

The essence of the value whilst definable by monetary esteem, could be appreciated either quantifiably, or qualifiably.

In other words, [Read more…] about “Find your value niche.”

“Write Down What You Do…And Do What You Write Down To Prove It.”

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“You’ve gotta have that auditing mentality.” – Dr. Scott Gillingham, Poultry Veterinarian – Aviagen.

Auditing poultry

A firm word of instruction for every poultry farmer.

(And not to be taken lightly, from a man whose poultry prowess has demanded of him more client flight miles than most modern-day globetrotting entrepreneurs.)

Scott’s background, track record and journeyman consultant vocational trails, have ingrained in him one virtue above all… [Read more…] about “Write Down What You Do…And Do What You Write Down To Prove It.”