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Results Follow Effort

As a coach, I’m always pushing my wrestlers to give 100% effort. “Work hard,” “Compete until the end,” “Push yourself,” and “Pick up the pace!” are some of my favorite quips. Effort is a great matrix for my wrestlers to measure themselves against. Did I try my best?...

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It Won’t Cost a Dime

The first step most cow-calf producers need to take to start maximizing their profits and building wealth will not cost them a single dime and it will not require any physical labor. It will require nothing more than a change in thinking. Producers must STOP focusing...

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Manager vs. Leader

Eighty-eight percent of the Fortune 500 companies that existed in 1955 are gone. Poof! Half of them withered because they had a manager in the role of CEO when they desperately needed a leader. The others were destroyed by a leader when a manager could have held the...

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Motivation

I am a wrestling coach and our season just started. I have noticed that I spend a lot of time talking about motivation. It wasn’t always like this. I don’t remember having a lack of motivation when I played sports. What has changed? Much of the research I did has...

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Visual Appraisal

I was going through a status-quo bull sale catalog with my kids the other night. We enjoy looking at the pictures and practicing our “livestock judging” skills. If something looks decent, we may take a look at the EPDs. My kids are getting pretty good at visual...

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Deanna’s Cat

Deanna’s cat has doubled in size since we took him to our mountain cabin a little over two months ago. I don’t know what his name is, but I call him Walter in honor of Walter the Cat in the Chevy Silverado commercials. For a good laugh, watch the two videos below....

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Bend in the Road

Helen Keller once said, “A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.”   That’s a very simple, yet profound, statement! It applies to all people in all walks of life. It has application for me – and it has application for you! What...

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Happy Thanksgiving

Most Americans will be getting together with family and friends tomorrow to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.   Perhaps the following Old Testament verses will help prepare us for this special day. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good...

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Having Fun

I recently read a blurb about occupations and how we should be having fun. I wonder how that applies to agriculture. How many people do you know who really love what they are doing? How many are engaged? How many just treat it like a job?It got me...

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Sissy Bulls… and Fat, Dry Cows

In my recent travels, I have seen several cowherds from the roads and highways. I have also seen several bulls. Some cowherds still have the bulls running with them. Many of the bulls I have seen don’t look much like bulls. They have a steer head and show very little...

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