I remember when I thought I had it down…all figured out. I was charting my own course. Poor grades and even flunking out of college after 3 years didn’t phase me. From age 18 – 37, I lived in my apex of brilliance. Failure was just part of the process. My theme song was “I …
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What the One-Arm Taught Me.
I was a young Airman stationed in Turkey. As I walked into the NCO Club that first night I saw my new teacher. In fact, there was a whole wall of teachers lined up waiting. I heard about them but had never met one. They called me over. My first encounter or lesson was brief …
Lesson From The Farm, “If Your Tires Spin…Stop!”
Many times, we would harvest rice when the field was less than ideal. No one was exempt from getting stuck, but an experienced driver knew when to stop. All the equipment had very large tires with lugs designed to grip the soil. If the tractor or combine was moving it was great, but when the …
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From The Farm: The Scraper
Without a scraper on the disc blade, the disc can’t do its job. As you can see from the picture it’s a piece of steel that is mounted to the disc. As the disc blade cuts into the soil, the scraper does its job by not allowing the dirt to accumulate on the blade. This …
Sledgehammer & Acetylene Cutting Torch!
What’s your default response to a problem? Growing up on the farm I had two primary tools to fix things, a sledgehammer to beat something into place or a cutting touch to cut my problem away. That would be my default way of life. I had a limited view of the problem. I chose what …
When My Chooser Was Not Calibrated Correctly
I was a young man in my late teens. I believed I knew it all. We called it “bullet proof”. My parents gave me a wide range of freedom to make decisions. They taught me right - wrong and they lived out those principles. My dad taught me so much. As a farmer, his ways …
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