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Reflecting on 2022, I wanted to share with you my biggest lessons…
- Parenting is challenging. I have a four and a two-year-old, and it’s been hard. I have found myself often playing the victim (thinking ‘poor me’), so it’s been good to catch these...
As farmers, our professional and personal lives are usually intertwined far greater than any other profession; our every day is spent on the land, often working with multiple generations of family members and therefore having to navigate the highs and lows of combining work and personal life so...
Phil Kearns is without question one of Australia’s greatest ever Rugby Union players. With sixty-seven tests as #2 for the Australian Wallabies, ten as Captain, and seventy-three games for the NSW Waratahs, Phil was a key contributor to three successful Rugby World Cup campaigns, including...
Having money is nice, but having quality of life – good health and good relationships – is even more important.
At Farm Owners Academy, we help farmers make more money, but we get a bigger kick out of seeing you turn your life around and start enjoying it more.
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Unlike most “jobs”, farming is an all-encompassing, often family-run business that necessitates a physically, emotionally and mentally gruelling lifestyle. Living and working with family members every day can be wonderful for some and very challenging for others, particularly as...
I’m sure there are more, but I place stress and overwhelm into three main categories:
ONE: Things left undone (too many things to do in a short amount of time);
TWO: You are constantly chasing the future and never stop to enjoy the moment (high achievers can easily...
This week I wanted to share a message that our CEO Sam Johnsson sent out to our Platinum Mastermind members in a monthly newsletter.
With some having their best year ever and others wiped out from floods, I think it’s a great reminder of how fragile farming is.
“It is at times like...
After two years of coaching, I had 13 clients.
I thought I was doing really well and wasn’t thinking about growing – I was in a comfort zone.
I knew time management was one of the most important skills I could learn, so I paid for a time management...
Imagine working 70 hours every week, only to get to the end of the year and realise you are losing money after paying the interest on your loan (while interest rates were 2%)!
Many business owners do this (not just farmers).
They are so busy working that...
When I first started coaching, I was responsible for everything – all the administration, finance and, of course, coaching clients.
The problem was I really hated the administration and the finance (bookwork) part of the business.
Two years into my business coaching...
Many farm owners believe that in order to become a top 20% farmer, you need to work harder (or do more).
This is not true.
The top 20% of farmers just do things slightly differently.
In fact, I would argue that many top 20% of farmers are working less than...
Recently I was asked a great question by Rob – about models/leadership structures for multiple business owners, for example, more than two siblings that run a business.
Firstly, it is a little bit more complex but very achievable if the owners are okay leaving their egos at the...
