Johnny Gardner

There is no avoiding pain, especially if you're going after ambitious goals. Believe it or not, you are lucky to feel that kind of pain if you approach it correctly, because it is a signal that you need to find solutions so you can progress. If you can develop a reflexive reaction to psychic pain that causes you to reflect on it rather than avoid it, it will lead to your rapid learning/evolving. After seeing how much more effective it is to face the painful realities that are caused by your problems, mistakes, and weaknesses, I believe you won't want to operate any other way. It's just a matter of getting in the habit of doing it. Most people have a tough time reflecting when they are in pain and they pay attention to other things when the pain passes, so they miss out on the reflections that provide the lessons. If you can reflect well while you're in pain (which is probably too much to ask), great. But if you can remember to reflect after it passes, that's valuable too. (I created a Pain Button app to help people do this, which I describe in the appendix.) The challenges you face will test and strengthen you. If you're not failing, you're not pushing your limits, and if you're not pushing your limits, you're not maximizing your potential. Though this process of pushing your limits, of sometimes failing and sometimes breaking through--and deriving benefits from both your failures and your successes-- is not for everyone, if it is for you, it can be so thrilling that it becomes addictive. Life will inevitably bring you such moments, and it'll be up to you to decide whether you want to go back for more. If you choose to push through this often painful process of personal evolution, you will naturally "ascend" to higher and higher levels. As you climb above the blizzard of things that surrounds you, you will realize that they seem bigger than they really are when you are seeing them up close; that most things in life are just "another one of those." The higher you ascend, the more effective you become at working with reality to shape outcomes toward your goals. What once seemed impossibly complex becomes simple. #principleoftheday

Are you a recent grad, soon-to-be grad or early career professional in livestock? We're looking for our next team member - to be Victorian-based, preferably Central Vic or the Northeast but we're open to options. More detail here: thehub.nextgenagri.com/c/vic-consulta…

“Relentless innovation” 👌. what a great chat! Something we all need to keep driving!!

@CorriganLucinda @AndrewSpeirs12 @Meridian_Ag @agrista This is crazy, how does a government and investment house have alignment?

History shows they will be hijacked by non evidence based trendy woke farming. Littered with examples. It is the Family farming sector leading sustainability because we take the long view @AndrewSpeirs12 @Meridian_Ag @agrista

@paradooprime Thanks Tim.

@JohnnyGardnerSM Ram % varies as we do single mate a lot of stud mobs but commercially 2% mature rams or 2.5% ram lambs for the 14 days. Rations are built to maintain cs during joining with a slight ME surplus during teasing bases of pasture digestibility

Scanning done 2023. Keeping our commitment to transparency. 1800 yellowtag ewes in total. Some awesome ewe lambs results to come. Our ideal scan number is 1.85 so a bit high. Sweet spot on lamb surv/ wean %Need another wet day in office.⁦@paradooprime⁩

What a corker of a podcast we have for you. 50 minutes of #Angus genetics goodness with @Fergenetics and @temaniaangus. Tom runs through the information they have been collecting over the years, giving us a great insight into what builds an EBV and how they can work for you.

@MoorallaMerino @Marni_Luhrs Great set up @MoorallaMerino

The very agricultural efficient electric fence vehicle. Lamb survival. Mob size. @Marni_Luhrs

Great work @nigelcorish. Some awesome work.

Awesome to take the South Mokanger Team to Akeringa, to see the incredible Smart Group operation. A great story of diversification, business management and people empowerment 💪🏽.

I’m excited to meet our next team member in WA that shares our passion for livestock farming and science combined. Right now I have no idea who that person is. If you think it’s you or someone you know - get in touch thehub.nextgenagri.com/c/wa-consultan…

Absolutely essential listen for farming families. Some great questions from a life’s work. Thanks Mike Stephen’s. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/pro…

Some fantastic wisdom from an incredible teacher. Delayed gratification could be the greatest lesson for us all.

@Fergenetics Love this Ferg. Good on you. 💪🏽💪🏽

255 days of 2023 left and 1000 km to go. Pumped to reach the 500km mark for the year with a jog in the light rain this morning. Fitness is just like farming - measure to manage!

@AndrewSincock @NuffieldFarming @nuffieldaust Hold in there mate. Great bonding experience 💪🏽. Try and find out something new about each of your fellow scholars. 😃

Delayed flight ✅ Missed connecting flight ✅ Unexpected over night stay in random country ✅ Lost / Delayed luggage ✅ Nuffield Global Focus Programme ✅ @NuffieldFarming @nuffieldaust

From some of the finest fleeces in the world at Earnscleugh to robots at Alliance plant to Halter vitirual fencing collars. We have seen some of the best of what NZ have to offer. Thanks Nuffield NZ for an incredible tour. @nuffieldaust

Great to be back in NZ seeing some of the great sheep and beef producers. @nuffieldaust

Thanks to The William Buckland Foundation I have had one of the most amazing experiences of my life, travelling for 4 months around the world and building lifelong friendships. If you are passionate about Ag, apply now.

Absolute cracker day with some great ideas and problem solving being discussed. Thanks @Thrive_Agri @paradooprime @Fergenetics @KerinPollMerino for putting together such a great day. Favourite was Bill Malcolm’s “No maximums in max profit”.

Professor Bill Malcolm talking farm economics, risk, decision making and more at the T90 Victorian Focus Farm Field Day. “When rationality is limited we can only think so straight. We tend to over estimate the likelihood of success. We take a loss worse than we take a win.”