FREEDOM FARMER BLOG

Reflecting on 2022, I wanted to share with you my biggest lessons… 
 

• Parenting is challenging. I have a four and a two-year-old, and it’s been hard. I have found myself often playing the victim (thinking ‘poor me’), so it’s been good to catch these thoughts and remember that someone is always doi...

As farmers, our professional and personal lives are usually intertwined far greater than any other profession; our every day is spent on the land, often working with multiple generations of family members and therefore having to navigate the highs and lows of combining work and personal life so irre...

Phil Kearns is without question one of Australia’s greatest ever Rugby Union players. With sixty-seven tests as #2 for the Australian Wallabies, ten as Captain, and seventy-three games for the NSW Waratahs, Phil was a key contributor to three successful Rugby World Cup campaigns, including the memor...

Unlike most “jobs”, farming is an all-encompassing, often family-run business that necessitates a physically, emotionally and mentally gruelling lifestyle. Living and working with family members every day can be wonderful for some and very challenging for others, particularly as issues regarding inc...

I’m sure there are more, but I place stress and overwhelm into three main categories:
 

ONE: Things left undone (too many things to do in a short amount of time);
 

TWO: You are constantly chasing the future and never stop to enjoy the moment (high achievers can easily fall into this category becaus...

This week I wanted to share a message that our CEO Sam Johnsson sent out to our Platinum Mastermind members in a monthly newsletter.

With some having their best year ever and others wiped out from floods, I think it’s a great reminder of how fragile farming is.

“It is at times like this that I am ...

After two years of coaching, I had 13 clients.  
 
I thought I was doing really well and wasn’t thinking about growing – I was in a comfort zone. 
 
I knew time management was one of the most important skills I could learn, so I paid for a time management course. 
 
One of the first things we did was docu...

Imagine working 70 hours every week, only to get to the end of the year and realise you are losing money after paying the interest on your loan (while interest rates were 2%)! 
 
Many business owners do this (not just farmers).   
 
They are so busy working that they don’t even know how much money they ...

When I first started coaching, I was responsible for everything – all the administration, finance and, of course, coaching clients.   

The problem was I really hated the administration and the finance (bookwork) part of the business. 

Two years into my business coaching journey, I went to a busine...

Many farm owners believe that in order to become a top 20% farmer, you need to work harder (or do more).  
 
This is not true. 
 
The top 20% of farmers just do things slightly differently. 
 
In fact, I would argue that many top 20% of farmers are working less than an average farmer. 
 
And a top 20% farme...

Recently I was asked a great question by Rob – about models/leadership structures for multiple business owners, for example, more than two siblings that run a business. 
  
Firstly, it is a little bit more complex but very achievable if the owners are okay leaving their egos at the door. 
  
Having a cl...