My team and I have been doing some professional development training recently and we've had some really cool curriculum. I wouldn't say that I've learned anything that I haven't heard before, but I think I'm able to absorb a lot of the information better now for some reason. This video is an archive of an old recording by Earl Nightingale from the … [Read more...]
It’s Been a Busy Month at FBN…
June 12, 2018 By Leave a Comment
It's been a pretty crazy month so far for our FBN crew in the mid-south, we've kicked off our summer clinics and grain marketing seminars across the country and many of us have been running the highways much more than usual in preparation for this launch. Altogether, we will have approximately 177 of these meetings w/ growers. I had the honor of … [Read more...]
Eisenhower’s Quadrant for Time Management…
June 1, 2018 By Leave a Comment
I've actually seen this a handful of times in the past while attending seminars, training, etc., but I'm not sure that it's ever resonated w/ me as well as it did this past month when our company started doing some time management training through a 3rd party. The "Eisenhower Method" stems from a quote attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower: "I have … [Read more...]
Newsletter: April 2018 / Planting Edition
April 18, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Below you will find a copy of my April 2018 Monthly Newsletter that went out to subscribers of The Cotton Club... Hows planting season coming along? In the last 10 days we've seen temperatures ranging from 32° to 80°, flash flooding, hail, tornados, and even a few snow flurries in Northwest Arkansas. Hopefully this isn't an indicator as to what … [Read more...]
New Radio Spot on KBFC in Eastern Arkansas…
April 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This past week we started running a brand-new radio spot on KBFC and KXJK in the Eastern Arkansas listening area to promote Farmers Business Network and Bottorff Ag Services in Lexa. Our primary focus on this first round of spots is to promote our chemical sales. Click on the link below to play our advertisement! … [Read more...]
Grain Truck Driver -vs- Overpass #hitpeoplewithsticks
April 9, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This happened at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, according to the Montreal Gazette. The truck was traveling along Highway 40 with its trailer completely raised when it smashed into a pedestrian bridge. The contents of the trailer were scattered all over the road, and pieces of the trailer became embedded in the bridge. The highway was closed as a … [Read more...]
Excited About Tandem Diabetes! #shareholder
February 25, 2018 By
I invested in Tandem Diabetes a while back, they had just caught my attention (type 2 diabetic at age 40 that will likely be type 1 in the next few years) because they had this really sleek touchscreen interface that just seemed to fit right alongside all of the other sparkly gadgets (iPhones, iPads, Kindle, etc.) that are such a huge part of our … [Read more...]
Lots to be thankful for…
November 20, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever had 100 things going on at once and then finally you get everything finished and then you take a deep breath? Well, that's where I am today. Two weeks ago this past Saturday we received the phone call we'd been waiting on for 3 years, we had a kidney! Donna and I just sat in our living room and stared at each other for a few minutes … [Read more...]
Successful -vs- Unsuccessful People
October 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
I recently ran across this graphic and thought it presented some valid points, some of you may have already seen it since I shared it on my Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter accounts. As I've mentioned before, the reason I blog these days isn't so much for me to exchange ideas w/ others as it is for me to leave thoughts for my son to ponder when he's … [Read more...]
November 2017 Newsletter
October 26, 2017 By
Huge Discounts on Ag Chemicals... For those of you that might not be aware, FBN is the fastest growing company in agriculture (and has been for quite some time), currently we have over 16,000,000 acres of growers in our system and are adding dozens each day from around the country to the network. This tremendous boost in membership has given us a … [Read more...]
