I joined SFI in November 2000, because I was looking for a way to earn extra income so I could continue farming. Throughout that winter, I spent my time trying to sell stuff and trying to mimic the marketing gurus. By the spring of 2001, I realized I was no salesman and no marketing guru... but more importantly, I didn't want to be. I was a farmer and farmers don't sell stuff... they GROW stuff!
That was my turning point... It was at that point I realized that SFI wasn't really that much different than farming. I Knew I could take a handful of corn and turn it into a bushel and that bushel into 300 bushels and that 300 bushel into 90,000 bushel. SFI works on the same principle, find 5 and turn them into 25... take those 25 and generate 125... turn those 125 into 625... 3125... 15,625...
That spring I only planted 28 acres and over the years gradually cut down even further... 18... 12... 8... 6... this past year I only planted 3/4 of an acre.
So, over the past 12 years this is how I transitioned from my farm business and SFI hobby to my SFI business and my hobby farm.
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I joined SFI in November 2000, because I was looking for a way to earn extra income so I could continue farming. Throughout that winter, I spent my time trying to sell stuff and trying to mimic the marketing gurus. By the spring of 2001, I realized I was no salesman and no marketing guru... but more importantly, I didn't want to be. I was a farmer and farmers don't sell stuff... they GROW stuff!
That was my turning point... It was at that point I realized that SFI wasn't really that ...more
