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Speaker 1: Simple question with seemingly no simple answer. Why aren't more

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Speaker 1: people excellent? Nayla Love reported this week that they are

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Speaker 1: cracking the one billion dollar revenue mark. They're an old

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Speaker 1: company that's never cracked a billion dollars before, Nayla lover

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Speaker 1: or in construction. Of course, construction is apparently having or

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Speaker 1: has had a hell of a time of it lately.

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Speaker 1: So how is it a business in a tough sector

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Speaker 1: can be so outstandingly successful. They put it down to

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Speaker 1: being good at complex projects. They do those well, the

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Speaker 1: reputation grows, the word of mouth spreads, and so it goes.

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Speaker 1: The other day I discovered a coffee roaster made by

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Speaker 1: a company called Cafe Logic. Their machine is made in

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Speaker 1: New Zealand. Now, the sadness is they are one of

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Speaker 1: only a handful left that produce appliances of any sort

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Speaker 1: in this country. The thing is their machine is well classed.

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Speaker 1: The bulk of professionals who enter roasting competitions use that machine.

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Speaker 1: So what that means is we can produce appliances, but don't.

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Speaker 1: Mostly that'll be a price related thing. But like wine

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Speaker 1: or beef or sheep or kiwi fruit or salmon, there

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Speaker 1: seems to be. There is nothing stopping us producing in

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Speaker 1: small numbers if it's at the top end quality. In

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Speaker 1: other words, the same way there's nothing stopping Nayla love

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Speaker 1: booming in an industry that isn't booming, the same way

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Speaker 1: I can name you any number of restaurants and cafes

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Speaker 1: that are doing very nicely, thank you, in a sector that,

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Speaker 1: according to the press releases, is in a world of trouble.

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Speaker 1: The same way as we heard just this week that

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Speaker 1: despite all the job market downturns and tough times, at

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Speaker 1: no time did it get any easier to find great talent.

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Speaker 1: No shortage of people, just the shortage of excellence. There

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Speaker 1: seems a pattern here, don't you think? It seems a

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Speaker 1: truism that no matter what you are surrounded by, no

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Speaker 1: matter what the circumstances, excellence will always shine and do well.

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Speaker 1: That if you are good or dore we suggest, excellent

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Speaker 1: at what you do, there is always a place for you,

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Speaker 1: not just to participate, but to succeed and excel. And

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Speaker 1: while those around you flounder and complain and blame their lot,

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Speaker 1: excellence is your ticket to wherever it is that you

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Speaker 1: want to go. But don't tell anyone Heaven forbid. It

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