Importance of Relationships

I’m so lucky to have the best parents in the world. I feel that they raised me with a great set of values. One of the most important lessons that I was taught was the importance of creating relationships with people. My dad many times would tell me this while giving example of how connections with people will help you in everything that you do. He has been successful in his career because of the relationships that he has created over the years. My mom just by the way she lives demonstrates this. I can remember as a young child being reminded of this. My parents would encourage me to make my own phone calls and always remind me to ask people how they are doing. These lessons have really paid off in my time here. I’m realizing that many of my success here have come from fostering relationships. Many of the times luck brings me to the right people but it’s the relationship creating that helps in the improvement and growing of the farm. I realized how incredible this has been for me here when I got a call this morning. At Hash I met this man who works for the Ministry of Agriculture. We became friends and I kept encouraging him to visit the farm. Yesterday, he finally came and was very impressed! I got a call from him today inviting someone from the village to attend a 13 day seminar on greenhouses. The ministry is bringing someone from Belgium to teach the class….and the class is free! We’re getting 5 greenhouses so this will be very helpful. I realized that I would never have known about the class if I wasn’t encouraging my friend to come for a visit. Also in the chicken business, creating connections with people that have lots of knowledge in the area has benefitted our business tremendously. There are many other examples here and each one is allowing me to grow and develop.