Growing a Farmer

After reading until the middle of chapter 3, I have not been impressed by the book so far. The book is an easy read which I enjoy, however many aspects of the book thus far has been very uninteresting to me. I believe the main reason for this is probably because I do not connect with the author in having passion for agriculture. Although, I find most the book boring I did find chapter 1 and parts of chapter 2 to be somewhat profound to me because I have a career path in business and real estate development, specifically restaurant management. The parts in the book where Timmermeister talked about managing and growing his restaurant stood out to me the most. Although not much was mentioned about business, I really appreciated when Timmermeister connected the stock market to his farm since “Sellers want to make the most money by selling at the highest price with the least expense [which] is the basic method for achieving a high price is by selling unique products, through being either later or earlier than everyone else, or by having higher-quality products. Any of these factors can push the price up”. What also resonated to me besides the brief connection to business, was the motivation explanation Timmermeister had for selling his restaurants which was because “the idea of needing to be out of bed in the morning for a specific reason, every day, even if it is raining or snowing or if I am just tired”.

            As I previously mentioned, the book is an easy read which I appreciate and it has a very natural flow with no jargon. There is a great sense in the style of writing as it feels as if  the author Timmermeister is writing the way he speaks. On the other hand, Timmermeister gets very descriptive with boring topics such as writing about the purchase of a tractor where he spent 4-5 pages talking about it. I hope that the book as I continue to read has less descriptive moments about boring topics, and instead more motivational and profound ideas.