Farmer on Fire Podcast

As farmers and ranchers in small-town communities, we often compare and fear stepping out and building something great.

Are your neighbors truly competition? Or do you actual fear success?

What if this had nothing to do with your neighbor and everything to do with your mindset?

A simple question, yet one of the most uncomfortable places you can go to.

Waiting is a combination of desire and fear. You know you must take a specific action, but the uncertainty holds you back from following through with it.

What could be possible if you went into this investigation and identified where in your life you recognize you've been waiting and what is the one thing you can do to get you moving through this?

We think that there is a "magical" answer to all of our problems. That somehow everything is going to work out without having to do anything.

This is the biggest lie we tell ourselves. The truth is that you are going to have to go to work and there is going to be a war you will have to wage.

However, what if this war was the one thing that is going to help you grow?

The saying goes, "the first generation starts it, the second generation builds it, and the third generation loses it".

This phrase has always triggered me because we aren't talking about why the third generation is losing it. The result is decades of work being tossed out the window in a matter of a short period of time.

What could be possible if you began to look at your farm operation from the viewpoint that the next generation must be willing to earn their stripes in order to get access to what you've built.

Staying consistent in attacking problems is one of the most challenging and difficult things we go through.

It's easy to want to quit and take the easy route. In order to attack and go ofter the things you want, you are going to have to have a mindset that is willing to go to war.

Where in your life right now do you need to go to war and are you willing to pay the price?

When blame becomes the name of the game, expect there to be little to no reward in your life.

Instead of making everything about what happened to you, get off your ass and go make things happen.

A victim will lose almost every time. Where have you been showing up as a Victim and what do you need to do to course correct this?

When there are too many options, you'll end up half-assing each one and never see any long-term fruit.

What could be possible if you developed the mindset of "burning the ships" and conquered the island knowing there was no way off it?

In our small communities, there is usually a group of people who get together and like to talk crap about everyone else.

Instead of being caught up in this, what could be possible for you if you began to execute your game plan inside of your farm operation?

Most people are afraid of sticking their necks out and doing things differently because they fear what other people will think, especially in our small towns.

However, how many people could you impact if you did what nobody else was doing?

Waiting for results to show up is the most difficult, frustrating, and annoying thing we experience as business owners and farmers.

We put in all the work, plant the crop, and then have to wait 6+ months for the fruit of the harvest. When it comes to working toward achieving a desired outcome, often times it does not come right away.

What could be possible if you stayed the course regardless of any outcome and kept pushing forward?

Is failure really that bad? Why do we have such a negative relationship with this word?

What could be possible if you began to change the way you looked at failure? Some of the most impactful times in my life have occurred after not doing something right.

The thing for you to consider is what kind of person could you become if you continually stepped forward and faced failure with Courage and Endurance. Dive into your life today and think about where you could apply this lesson.