Assess, Adapt and Overcome
Published on January 8, 2015
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Aside from being a very patient and extremely tired foaling wife and mom I also raise rare breeds of chickens. I sell eggs, $5.00 a dozen, for free range organic multi-colored eggs. Every color, blue, green, pink, dark chocolate brown, large and small but my chickens can sell for upwards of $300 apiece, if not more and I breed them year round (when the hens cooperate).
This brings me to my problem and my solution... I was told by the "powers that be" here at the ranch that I could not have any more "pets" unless they were approved first. No one here is approving more live chickens... at this time. No one is realizing this is also a business I run so I had to get creative. Hmmmm... no more LIVE chickens. I remembered my dad's words, Assess, Adapt and Overcome. He was so great about always thinking outside the box and finding a way around things... a solution.
Sooo.. with my craftiness and sense of "I will not be shut down" I out smarted those "Powers that be" and I have more chickens now than ever. Metal chickens!!
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I can use scrap from the ranch, recycled of course, and make and sell my chickens. This got me thinking... we are so often faced with adversity in our strive for success and when we hit a "brick wall" what do we do? Do we pout, do we brood or do we assess, adapt and overcome? If your site isn't making you the revenue you want, if your business isn't as successful as you would like it to be what is the next step? Adapt and Overcome! Find a way.. it's there waiting for you and believe it or not.. that success wants you to find it!!
Make changes, be passionate, be aggressive and always BE POSITIVE that you can succeed!! If it's not working right now, Assess, Adapt and Overcome but always know you can persevere! Believe in yourself!! Oh and if you want some eggs, a weird looking or metal chicken... let me know :) Have a creative, successful and blessed day!!
P.S. When our biggest client ordered and paid $2500 for one of my chickens, the "powers that be" decided to re-asses their "no more chickens" stance. Success!!
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