Steven talks about the benefits of tracking things in your business. How keeping track of things in an organized and proactive process can relieve stress from your day to day. How having something ready before you need it makes you feel great when the time comes to use that information that is already on hand.

Steven talks about the dangers of dark thoughts when the weather throws your plans into disarray. How keeping busy and moving on to other tasks will keep you in the right mental space. You can't control the weather, but you can control what you do because of the weather.

Steven talks about the importance of showing mercy to your employees by allowing exceptions when things go wrong. How it's important not to punish your employees for something that they did not do. How the hard and strict rules of no exceptions builds a reputation of being an employer that is uncaring and unable to see reason.

Steven talks about how to make the best of losing a good employee. How sometimes the issue isn't the employee at all but you as a leader. That you might not be ready to lead the best people and how a growth mindset will get you there if you stick with it.

Steven talks about communication and who's responsible for making sure everyone has all the information they need to be successful. Going over some types of failure of communication and how it can be used for training or as an excuse for some behaviors.

Steven talks about the value of tracking your time when working in the farming and ranching industry. How easy it is to underpay yourself when you start to work lots of hours. How you can lose touch with loved ones and hobbies. How you can feel that you do not deserve time off because you don't think you're working enough. All these things can be overcome by tracking your time so you can truly know how much you have earned and how much you really put in.

Steven tells a story about how he followed his gut, how it turned out to be the right choice, how the choice led to less problems with a customer and the team.

Steven talks about two different types of employees. How they might think differently, how their mindsets create different types of challenges for them, and how to handle them as a manager seeking to bring the best out of their team.

Steven talks about how living in ignorance can be comfortable and allows you to hide from the issues that you will have to face. He talks about his personal experience with hiding from the truth and the stresses that it caused him. Going into how when he finally did face the truth he found that the issue was not as bad as it seemed and how that was a great relief to him.

Steven tells the story of an old employee who didn't want to grow with the company and how he handled the citation. This story focuses on the importance of cutting quickly and early and how you should always make sure to judge the scale of what you are asking of your team to make sure you are not overloading them without additional compensation.