Author of the book: When I Listened to a Farmer
My speaker voice
My Purpose
Share your [Farm] Roots
Emotional Intelligence
Fired from yet another job.
I was offered a job in agriculture.
Selling seed corn to Farmers.
At 55 years old.
I walked on to a farm.
Extended my hand to show my respect.
Listened.
Didn’t bullshit my way around a cornstalk.
Learned.
Born of a blue collar father.
I rejected him.
And his dirty hands.
Then I saw the value of his ways.
In the Farmers I m
Fired from yet another job.
I was offered a job in agriculture.
Selling seed corn to Farmers.
At 55 years old.
I walked on to a farm.
Extended my hand to show my respect.
Listened.
Didn’t bullshit my way around a cornstalk.
Learned.
Born of a blue collar father.
I rejected him.
And his dirty hands.
Then I saw the value of his ways.
In the Farmers I met.
Their:
Dirty hands.
Poker faces.
Shit covered boots.
On a Farm.
[I found I was limitless.]
I celebrate Farmers.
Uplift physical work.
Unveil this ‘thing’ called Agriculture.
Our ‘Who’ is > our ‘Do.’
#TellAn8thGraderAboutAFarmer
Emotional Intelligence
Share your [Farm] Roots
Emotional Intelligence
One certainty: survival.
Ours to choose.
Or not.
Mistakes and Mental Health issues...Keep moving.
Like the certainty of a farmer.
Fix the broken stuff.
There’s work to be done.
There’s life to live.
Share your [Farm] Roots
Share your [Farm] Roots
Share your [Farm] Roots
Today's youth are two and three generations removed from a [Farm]. Yet you have the tools of emotional intelligence in your DNA.
Use your [Roots].
Resilience.
Reverence.
The learned experience of your ancestors is yours too.
Use it.
Tell+Show.
Repeat.
So your kids may know the best practices for living. With more consistent contentment.
Through pr
Today's youth are two and three generations removed from a [Farm]. Yet you have the tools of emotional intelligence in your DNA.
Use your [Roots].
Resilience.
Reverence.
The learned experience of your ancestors is yours too.
Use it.
Tell+Show.
Repeat.
So your kids may know the best practices for living. With more consistent contentment.
Through problem-solving.
And confidence that life is constantly changing.
And. They will be okay.