Own Your Failures

Own Your Failures

You will never get through this life without experiencing some failures. That’s life! How you deal with those failures, however, will have a monumental effect on your happiness and ultimate success. The average person has a tendency to blame his or her failures on...
Own Your Failures

Idiots

When you try alternative methods and apply ranching principles that are outside of the social norms, you probably get some strange looks. A quote I read from Farnam Street this week explains everything: “Those who fear appearing foolish rarely discover anything new....
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Parabolic Curve

In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is mirror-symmetrical. It is U-shaped or upside-down U-shaped. Below is an example of a concave-down parabolic curve. When cattle prices rise and fall, they almost always form a concave-down parabolic curve. Notice, on...
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Calving Season

It’s finally spring and our cows are just starting to calve. This is my favorite time of year. Yes, I know, summer calving would probably be much easier, but there is a high demand for spring PCC™ yearling bulls and we live in the nice part of Wyoming where the...
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Everyone Looks Smart

All cow-calf producers look smart when 500-pound calves are worth $1800 to $2000 per head. They can do many things wrong and still make a profit. How many cow-calf producers are going to look smart when the cattle market crashes? I’m afraid the smart ones will be in...
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Curiosity

Successful people set themselves apart because they are willing to learn, they can adapt, and they are genuinely curious. Farnam Street explains the power of curiosity as follows, “Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.” This is not only...