Macros versus Micros

Top down management. Greece will ruin all of us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

Yes there are 3 links. Open them in new tabs easier to flip back and forth. Michigan is about as populous as Greece is. Michigan has a median income of $44627. Even though it is not a fair comparison to Greece’s $27624 GDP the US has a $48147 GDP per capita. Who is the superpower here Greece or the US? Now that you have answered that question and asked, when was the last time Greece bought my product or when did I buy a product or service from Greece. You have to ask yourself, why does our market move because of Greece.



The answer is it should not. Greece is a micro not a macro. If the rest of Europe is sound Greece is irrelevant. Your neighbor can’t pay for his cell phone you can. Does that mean you can’t pay for yours next month?



We have silly, fickle nonsensical markets right now. Milk futures for April milk have changed over 18.1% between January 3 and March 8, 2012 they will be up today (my prediction). That’s the entire profit of most farms WOW!

http://www.dailydairyreport.com/data/ddr010312.pdf



http://www.dailydairyreport.com/data/ddr030512.pdf



http://www.dailydairyreport.com/data/ddr030812%20.pdf



So did you lock in prices in January or are you waiting?



This article is not even about pricing our locking in pricing it is about what you spend your time managing. You are the CEO or the CFO do you oversee (delegate) the micros and manage (do) the macros? While you enjoy milking the cows (helps employee morale once in a while) you make more money working the ration to save $.50 per cow with no loss of milk or components. Locking in contracts for milk price and picking proper insurance products to protect the business that’s where the money is. The big things first, delegate the small stuff and ask to get reports how many cows are bred and how soon. You don’t have to do the work just help (enable) others to do it well.



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Dale Carnegie