Guest Blog

At the beginning of 2019, I started implementing The One Thing principals in my personal and business life, and it has transformed how I make decisions and approach change for myself, with my spouse and in our family business.

If you follow along with any of my social media profiles, or you have read my past HERd management columns, you might know 2019 was a difficult year for me.

Evening chore time rolls around once again, just like every other night. I put on my boots and head out to the barn. The bigger calves and heifers get their hay and grain, and then I start to mix up milk replacer for the baby calves. Upon entering the calf pens, I immediately know something isn’t right.

“I’d never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn’t exist.”

When I was 19, a guy about my age was hired to work on our farm. He was a good worker and took to the job well. So most of my family thought he was a great guy.

Years ago, when my wife and I bought our farm, some friends had a farmwarming party for us. Among the guests who came that day were Ed and Ruth from the local feed mill.