Stewart McCure

Writer, performer, management consultant

An Australian living in London.  A self-employed training consultant to the global health care industry.  A producer, director and performer of improv comedy.  A trustee of an adult education charity in West London.  A writer and occaisional blogger

 

 

Farming v. Other forms of self-employment

In my last post I alluded to the fact that I am a farmer's son.  I grew up on a farm near the town of Cumnock in the Central-West of New South Wales.  As the eldest child and only son it was actually an active choice for me not to become a farmer (see last post).


My father was a very good farmer and I long before I could articulate the reason why I knew that I didn't want to follow in his wake.  When asked about it now I explain that my definition of a good farmer is as follows: -
Someone who gets up at dawn on a rainy morning in the middle of winter to go and fix a fence that isn't broken yet.
As far as farming goes that was never going to be me.  I've never regretted the decision to do other things with my life but I do like to think that I carry that attitude with me nonetheless: -
Get up every morning and solve a problem before it even arises.