FREEDOM FARMER BLOG

We are doing something different this week, by sharing a great case study with you. If you have yet to listen to this podcast, we have shared it below. Well done to Hayley and Martin for this amazing success in farming. 
 
Case Study: Hayley & Martin Grosser, Mixed Sheep & Dryland Cropping Farmers, VI...

Realising that time is beyond our control and that it is not about time management - It's about managing your priorities. 

Here are invaluable tips to elevate your productivity: 

Identify Your 20%: Pinpoint the 20% of activities driving 80% of your success. Without this clarity, the 80% of t...

A few years ago, I visited one of our members on-farm. 

They are an amazing couple who run a great farm. 

While we were out in the paddock, I asked the owner what his biggest weakness was, and he told me he didn’t make enough time to do the “office stuff.” 

We refer to this stuff as the $500-hour...

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 fall into this category becaus...

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 course. 
 
One of the first things we did was docu...

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 journey, I went to a busine...

I had a really interesting chat with a client last week about why we don’t always do what we know we should when we run our own business. I told him why I think this occurs by relaying the story below from when I was an employee. 

Many years back, I was a sales executive with Telstra and had a mont...

A 30-minute weekly team meeting aligned to your strategic plan will do you wonders. 

Here are 15 keys to running a great meeting: 
 
1. Set a time: Make it the same time every time so that people book it in as a habit. 
 
2. Set a frequency: Make it consistent, so it’s booked in as a habit. 
 
3. Select ...