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Cheryl and Tim, two of our esteemed coaches at Farm Owners Academy, have successfully built a farm that operates seamlessly without their constant involvement. As a result, they now travel across Australia to assist other farmers in our Platinum Mastermind program in achieving similar success.
What a crazy environment we find ourselves in.
Talk about building resilience…
- Interest rates have gone up
- fuel prices and other input costs are rising.
And just when that isn’t enough, some are also faced with
- Livestock prices collapsing, AND
- The threat of another drought.
To every farm owner out there, riding the waves of unpredictable seasons, volatile market prices, and the myriad challenges that come with working on the land – this one’s for you.
There’s a prevailing notion, not just in farming but across various sectors, that during tough times, a mentality...
Today, I wanted to summarise the learnings from one of my favourite books, The Practicing Mind by Thomas M. Sterner.
I got a lot from this book, and the concept that you need discipline and patience to see results really resonated with me.
The author refers to learning the piano. You need di...
What a difference a year can make.
From record prices, and one of the largest appreciations in farmland we have ever seen, to high input costs, with many areas now facing drought and lower commodity prices.
That is farming!!!
There are three things to remember if you are feeling stressed f...
To get better results, we’ve got to make smarter choices, and those smarter choices often begin with asking better questions.
Let me share a real story that might hit home for you, especially if you’re a farmer dealing with challenges.
Imagine this… back in the day, I had two top-notch co...
I remember it like it was yesterday.
There I was, two years into my journey of helping business owners.
The year was 2013, and I was 26 years of age.
It was 10am, and I was still in bed.
I didn’t want to get up.
It almost felt like I couldn’t get up.
A thought washed over my mind that I ...
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...
There is always something to worry about.
We have been through drought, fires, floods, COVID, The Ukraine War, increasing interest rates and very high inflation (just to name a few).
…it never ends, and it’s important to know that it will never end.
Recently, I listened to an amusing st...
Do You Ever Get Triggered?
I’m willing to bet that, like me, you experience triggers because you’re human.
Triggers occur when someone or something causes us to react negatively. For years, I avoided triggers and often blamed others or the situation for my negative reactions. However, I’ve...
At our last TOP Producers event, a farmer approached me and mentioned that he had heard Farm Owners Academy being referred to as a ‘cult.’ To my surprise, when asked directly, I responded, “Well, in many ways, it is.”
Allow me to explain.
The term “cult” is derived from the word “culture.”
Cultur...
The Importance of Mindset
This time last year, having just returned from a week on the beautiful Sunshine Coast conducting our “Deep Dive’ event with our Platinum Mastermind members, my fellow FOA team members Sam Johnsson (CEO), David Westbrook (Senior Coach and Community Manager) and Sam Pinc...
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