{"id":7766,"date":"2018-05-05T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T16:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalangu.net?p=7766"},"modified":"2018-05-06T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:42:00","slug":"what-dutch-tulip-farmers-can-teach-us-about-saying-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalangu.net\/en\/what-dutch-tulip-farmers-can-teach-us-about-saying-no","title":{"rendered":"WHAT DUTCH TULIP FARMERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT SAYING NO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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WHAT DUTCH TULIP FARMERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT SAYING NO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The main thing is to keep the main thing a main thing.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stephen R.Covey<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00a0I\u2019ve been to Holland a couple of times, and once I got to meet some tulip farmers in the North of the country. They rented huge plots of land, where they grew the most beautiful tulips ever, and they also had a giant greenhouse where they kept the flowers during the winter months.<\/p>

At the end of May, when the tulips were blooming in the most amazing colours, they invited me to go out with them to the farm. And they promised I could drive a tractor too \ud83d\ude42<\/p>

And so, I did, and went to see the most amazing tulip fields I could ever imagine<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\tAnd then I almost had a heart attack from what I saw at the farm. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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There were all kinds of tulips in 200-meter-long rows, for as far as the eye could see, huge parcels of same colour and type. The scent and the sight were unbelievable. It was truly amazing.<\/p>

I noticed that a tractor was working between the rows, and when I saw what it was actually doing, I got a shock.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\tThe tractor was cutting off the head of each tulip! \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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All of them. Wherever it passed, tulips heads were scattered everywhere. Red, yellow, striped, pink, black, white. \u00a0Flowers in full bloom, exposed to mass destruction. I almost started to cry.<\/p>

I asked in total disbelief, what they were doing??? And why???<\/p>

The answer I got was actually really logical. The farmers told me, that when the tulips start to bloom, but are not yet completely opened, so when they\u2019re at their most beautiful, they cut the heads off, and leave the stems in the field, until they rot. This way, the leaves and the stems are able to absorb the maximum energy from the sun, which can thus find its way to the bulb, instead of it being wasted on developing the flower head instead.<\/p>

I didn\u2019t know earlier, although it may be obvious to some, that tulip farmers compete among themselves not with the tulips, but with the bulbs. The bigger and healthier bulbs they can produce year after year, the more famous they become on the international market. This is what secures their clientele, not the tulips. The buying price for fresh cut flowers is very low, so it\u2019s actually the bulbs that generate the larger part of their revenue.<\/p>

So, the reason they plant and grow tulips on huge plots of land, is to produce first class tulip bulbs for sale.<\/p>

Do you understand what this means?<\/p>

They sacrifice something in order to achieve something much bigger.<\/p>

What they get in return is that the healthier, better developed bulbs will eventually produce quality flowers, which then make everyone happy. The person who gets a tulip like that, will be happy, and satisfied, so the shop keeper will be happy too, and if the farmer continues to produce top quality bulbs, and so becomes a market leader, he will be happy too. He will be able to create a great reputation for himself and also more income.<\/p>

When you decide to go for something that\u2019s important to you, it\u2019s essential to have a vision, and for you to see the bigger picture.<\/p>

You need to know why it\u2019s important to you, and you will also need to create a strategy that can help you get there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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