MnSpring
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Lets look at a ‘cattle drive’, in the late 1700’s early 1800’s. A person, has a group of cattle. Raised them, fed them, and now needs to sell them. Some, ranchers have large herds, to they are all one brand. Some have smaller herds, so they join together, and separate the brands at their destination. Now, big or small, the owners, ‘Hire’, people who know the path.
Those, Leaders, hire, hands, (Mostly Young people). They Know, it will be a grueling job, (Several months, grueling territory hostile people which want to steal the herd, all sorts of weather situations. A ‘ job’ , which will, ’Separate the Men from the Boys’. Which requires a certain amount of people to finish the job. So they hire more than they Need, (because they know, ‘boys’, will just ride off).
In this arduous Journey, do they loose some workers, due to Hostile people, Accidents, etc. Sure ! Do they loose cattle to the same things, Sure! (But they don’t Just ‘GIVE UP’, the whole herd, when some hostiles come along), they Fight for it.
Now, Drive is over, the, ‘Boss’, (or his agents), Pay the workers. They make money, the Boss makes more.
Now, one, ‘leader’, Knows the route from A to B. They Know of the Pitfalls, and how to avoid them. BUT, they are well known, for, ‘Arranging’ a, “Ambush”, along the way, ‘loosing’, a Bunch of the herd, (Not most, but a Bunch), Just enough to insure a good payment, from the, ‘Ambushes’, for giving them information, when where and how, to Ambush. But not so much, so Next year, they can’t get another Job, driving a herd, from another Rancher, who has NOT, checked.
Another, ‘leader’, has proven to be resourceful, in other endeavors. He does not know the route from A to B, or some of the pitfalls along the way. But, that Person, HIRES, people, that Know the Route, and All the Pitfalls.
Which person, would YOU Hire, to drive, YOUR Herd ?
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