What causes you to “foul up”? Cognitive distortions are habitual thought patterns that cause people to view reality in inaccurate – and usually negative – ways.

About 12 years ago, a guy named Jack called me up and, although no one in his family knew it, he had terminal cancer. Succession planning had suddenly become a priority, and he didn’t know what to do.

Bob was a brilliant farmer. The problem was: Bob was a brilliant farmer. Bob often went and bought equipment without his wife’s involvement in the decision … even though she was the one juggling the bills. (Bob’s wife is a 50-50 partner in the operation.)

We already have the next generation of farmers unexpectedly coming home to farm as a direct consequence of this COVID-19 crisis.

Recently I worked with a family in Wisconsin who had a cost of production of $19 per hundredweight (cwt), and they were getting paid a lot less than that.

I was a decent fiddle player and often got standing ovations when I let it rip in nursing homes. Yet I hadn’t played for over a decade until I wanted to impress my fiancee. Let’s just say the fiddle should have stayed in the case, and it’s a miracle she retained her hearing, let alone that I’m now married to her.