Farmers and ranchers know a little bit about hard work. We are not afraid to get our hands dirty. However, we tend to be not so good at working smarter. Shane Parrish makes the connection between working harder and working smarter in his weekly blog:
“Telling someone to ‘work smarter’ is useless because it assumes they already know what smarter looks like. If they did, they’d be doing it.
“Work smarter, not harder is often framed as the opposite of hard work, but working smart is itself a derivative of hard work. You have to work hard just to figure out what working smart means. Beginners can’t work smart because they don’t yet know what smart looks like. They have to work hard first, building the pattern recognition that makes smart possible. It’s like a chess master spotting the best move instantly; it looks like working smart, but it’s built on thousands of hours of working hard to earn that intuition. Smarter approaches aren’t universal shortcuts, they’re contextual insights uncovered through deep, sustained effort.”
This assumes that we use hard work to develop the critical thinking skills necessary to succeed! It’s hard to believe, but many farmers and ranchers let others make business decisions for them. Instead of listening to advice and making decisions, they take orders from the banker, the feedstore rep, the pharmaceutical rep, etc. This is no way to run a business!
Put in the time, develop the skills, then hack the system! You don’t have to be financed to the hilt. You don’t have to buy all the pharmaceuticals. You don’t have to check heifers around the clock. You don’t have to follow the crowd. There is a better way! Pharo Cattle Company® has the genetics and the philosophies you need to take most of the hard work out of ranching. Please let us help you!