Social Pressure

Social Pressure

A quote from Shane Parrish on social pressure caught my attention this week: “Stubbornness and flexibility aren’t opposites; they’re responses to different inputs. Be impenetrable to social pressure and quick to adapt to evidence.” This is great advice for...
Social Pressure

The Diet Factor

What happens to most people when they go on a diet and successfully lose weight? They gain the weight back – and then some. There is a reason for that. It’s called the Diet Factor. In the cave man days, it was extremely important for people to maintain good body...
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We Believe

It is much better to be prepared a year too early than a day too late. You can apply this belief to any number of things – from a drop in cattle prices to a catastrophic event in your life and/or the world. When the time comes, it won’t be difficult to differentiate...
Social Pressure

Bull Workdays

I spent the first part of last week at bull workdays at PCC® headquarters in Colorado. The weather was great, but I still needed my muck boots because the BS was getting deep! This was a great time to look at some of the best bulls in the industry. I always enjoy...
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‘Tis the Season

No… I am not referring to the holiday season. I am referring to bull sale season. From January through April, there are hundreds and hundreds of bull sales. I receive many bull sale catalogs in the mail each and every week. Most of them go straight to the recycle bin....
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Beef Tenderness

The number one consumer complaint about beef is the lack of consistency in tenderness. For the last 30 years, that has been my number one complaint too. I would rather eat chicken than a tough steak. We have been DNA testing all of our bulls for Tenet®. Bulls that are...