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^^ This is a countdown to the day you hang up your Akubra for the last time and head to the great farm in the sky.
Okay, maybe not the exact day.
But the reality is, all of us have a countdown timer like this…we just don’t spend much time looking at it.
Forgive us for being so blunt here…
But...
If you ask me, it’s an absolute waste of time…
…to try and manage things you can’t control.
No matter how hard you work, you’ll never be able to control the weather, your family’s actions, or interest rates at the bank. So I’d rather help you focus your limited energy on the things you CAN control...
Between Greg and I, we’ve been working with farmers for 50 years.
And during that time, we’ve noticed a really troubling trend:
Most farmers stay stuck, forever.
Longer than forever, actually…
Because they spend a lifetime stuck and then pass that legacy down to their kids and then they stay...
I’ll get right to it…
…because these numbers speak for themselves.
The chart below shows you the Return on Assets Managed (ROAM) for the 2016/2017 year. It’s a comparison of ABARES, Holmes Sackett, and our Farm Owners Academy (FOA) students:
Using those figures, an average Australian farmer...
The biggest fear for most farmers? (and for most people in general?)
Failure.
The thought of giving it your all but still not making the cut terrifies a lot of people.
I guess I’m not like most people in this respect. Because I’m quite open about the fact that I’ve had a few failed businesses ove...
When I tell farmers it’s possible to:
…They look at me like I have six heads (and maybe half a brain between all six of them!)
Then they start to tell me all the reasons why that can’t possibly be true for them. They think because I wear a su...
Here at Farm Owners Academy, we’ve worked with all kinds of farmers over the years:
And…ones who spend every day stressed out, burnt out, and zoned out because they’re t...
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