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Introduction
The Free Dictionary by Farlex defines mindset as a fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations. Much of our mindsets as young people are shaped by our parents and societies. Of course, we come from different backgrounds so our ways of thinking will never be the same. For instance, if you were born to very poor parents, you may have been raised believing that rich people are evil. In this blog post, I’m going to describe how your mindset is going to influence your success or failure as a poultry farmer.
Stop the wishful thinking
We all have that friend who has all these great plans to own a poultry farm, piggery, cattle ranch, you name it. But when you ask them how they plan to achieve this, they give you the usual, God’s time is the best and that you should wait and see. Don’t be like these folks – whenever you plan to do something, think about the strategies you are going to employ to achieve your goals don’t just sit down and fantasize about your success. For instance, if you dream of running an ultramodern poultry processing facility, start from the basics; buy a small freezer, purchase a few broilers from local poultry farmers, slaughter and dress them neatly then finally, attempt to sell the products to some people in your area. After you have successfully tackled the basics, you can now reach for the bigger goals because by this moment, you have a track record and people believe you can deliver so raising money to start your ultramodern factory will be relatively easy – I recommend that you read a previous post, https://tinyurl.com/yb6gfzde for more details.
Don’t judge a service by the amount of money you pay for it rather, judge it by value
I just don’t get the mentality of certain people. Just recently, a woman contracted me to keep the books of her business and we agreed that she was going to pay me a fee on a basis but I don’t know whether she later realized that “I was making too much money off her.” Yes, you heard that right, she was focusing more on the amount of money a 23-year-old university graduate was making instead of rather focusing on the value I was bringing her. You know how the story goes, she later began to stall on my payments so we just had to terminate the contract. As a result of this woman’s greed, she now lives paycheck to paycheck under the mercy of predatory lenders because she believed she was making me too rich. So if you are a poultry farmer or aspiring one, always look at the value you are going to get. For example, if you are to pay GH₵200 for a service which will indirectly bring you GH₵500 don’t think the person who is receiving the GH₵200 is becoming too rich but rather, see it that you are gaining more value on your investment.
Don’t be arrogant or believe you’re automatically entitled to have beneficial things
Let me tell you something, the world owes you nothing. Until you can produce something meaningful, no one, excuse my language, gives a sh*t about you. So stop complaining about how the world is unfair, your social status or how you don’t have capital, etc. Just get to work. Of course, no one said the journey is going to be easy but I assure you that if you maintain discipline and are persistent enough, you will marvel at the amount of progress you make.
Value progress, not perfection
I bet you that there are some people out there who are waiting until they get GH₵100,000 before they start their poultry farms but this rarely happens. Rather than waiting for the perfect moment before you take action, start with the little you have and try to make incremental progress. For example, you should take pride in starting a 100-bird capacity but in your second year, you increase the number to 150. I know many of you can do greater than 150 in two years but the message I’m trying to put across is that always be happy when you see improvements no matter how small because it is these little improvements that will accumulate to give you massive success.
Conclusion
All I want to say is that if you want to be successful, think like a successful person but above all don’t just dream and wake up with nothing to show for it. When you dream, make sure you back it up with action. Shalom! Once again, I wish you good luck in your poultry farming journey.
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