James Herrick: Wisdom from inside and outside agriculture
James Herrick © Tim Scrivener Over the years I have been fortunate enough to hear many pearls of wisdom from inside and outside of agriculture. Many have stuck with me and been helpful. So, I wanted to share a few.
Be the wolf in your system. This is one I repeat constantly. Ironing out the creases and addressing the weak links in anything you do will drive productivity and success.
It’s something I try to live up to in all aspects of life, but it has a profound effect when used in business, too.
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Whatever we resist, persists. How many times do you put something off? Usually because it’s inconvenient or unglamorous to just get it done.
It might be a leaky pipe, an overgrown gutter or that paperwork you keep pushing to the back of the office desk.
We all know the longer you leave it, the worse it will get, so just rip the plaster off and get to it!
A day in September is worth a week in November. There’s rarely anything particularly inspiring about November weather (or any month lately for that matter).
If you’re still hoping to get some drilling done or – God forbid – some silaging, then you will know all too well how long it takes to get the ground dry enough to travel.
However, September usually seems to have the ability to slough off inches of rain in a matter of hours and have you moving again in no time, so make the most of it, because November seems to roll around faster every year.
Control the controllables. A huge amount of what makes our businesses tick is completely out of our hands.
However, we each have the ability to put ourselves in the best position to ride the wave of hardship by controlling what we can, and there is great power in that.
As this is my final article, I would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who has read them over the years. So, for one last saying: “Live like you’re going to die tomorrow, farm like you’re going to live forever”.