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The Butter Chicken Was Brilliant… But Everything Else Was a Mess farm business growth farm efficiency platinum mastermind scalability top producers Aug 08, 2025

Hey Farm Owner,

Last week, my wife Tahlia and I went out for dinner.

The place had been around for years.
Locals said it was decent.
We figured we’d give it a crack.

Then came the menu.

Pizza.
Pad Thai.
Butter chicken.
Schnitty and chips.
Spring rolls.
Spag bol.

The menu was A3 double sided.

Every ...

The Magic Is In the Room: Organise Infrastructure Deep Dive Recap benchmarking organisation skills platinum mastermind profitability strategic planning Jul 11, 2025

Last week, we packed the room with 550 of Australia and New Zealand’s top farm business owners for our Organise Infrastructure Deep Dive.

Three times a year, we bring together our Platinum Mastermind members for two days of pure action…no fluff, no theory, just real strategy, real implementation, an...

Is People Pleasing More Prevalent in the Farming Community? mental health mindset people pleasing personal development platinum mastermind Aug 22, 2024

After working with farming families for the past 7 years, I would have to say, yes.

But I must preface that with some personal history to explain my potential bias.

In 2016 my dear mother, a kind, caring, people-pleasing woman, passed away. I was a workaholic (unbeknownst to me at the time) run...

Success Starts From Within mindset personal development platinum mastermind positive thinking May 05, 2023

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...

Most people were NOT taught the skills to run a successful business… financial literacy leadership platinum mastermind strategic planning Aug 05, 2022

An accountant spends three years studying their craft
A lawyer spends five years studying their craft
A doctor spends seven years studying their craft

AND they are all required to complete further education each year to maintain their qualifications.

Having coached several accountants, ...

A weird psychological shift when we move from employee to business owner… goal setting platinum mastermind productivity strategic planning Jul 29, 2022

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...

19 Tips From 22 Years of Coaching… leadership mindset personal development platinum mastermind Jul 22, 2022

19 Tips From 22 Years of Coaching…

1. Give yourself 4-7 years to get good at business. Running a business is an amazing journey. It uncovers many insecurities, and you attract many clients that will bring out these insecurities. However, when these insecurities are gone, you will attract extra...