If you thought I was passionate about keeping families on their farms before, you’re in for a course in “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!”
My Grandfather, Arne Jacobsen, having arrived at Fremantle from Norway in 1929, had a dream……… to own a farm and raise his family there. During the 1930’s Grandad worked his way around, got to Henty, then worked for H.V.Mackay for many years, finally buying his first 300-acres at Pleasant Hills in 1962, and adding further farms to this over the decades.
Sadly, despite my requests to BUY this original (and only remaining) part of our family farm, it has just been sold out of our family without me even having an opportunity, and now won’t reach the enthusiastic 4th generation for us. I can’t begin to describe my sadness at this….
Once again, I feel the deepest sympathy for all the other farming ‘kids’ who missed out, or families who were forced to walk away from their dream.
This happens too often, due to either FAMILIES or FINANCE…. And the tragedy is that there is almost ALWAYS a way to mitigate most of the barriers, be it family dynamics or financial structuring. It is simply a matter of finding the RIGHT advice, not just accepting defeat!
This is my WHY, and always has been, as many of you know, behind the work that I do all over Australia in Farm Succession Planning, via SHINE at Business, and in conjunction with many rural and farming organisations.
This is WHY I am launching SHINE at Leadership in 2021, a 12-month online program to empower leaders and entrepreneurs in any field, to live an inspired life and to WIN big!
This is WHY I have established the collaborations to take this material OUT to deliver in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia, to provide the methods and mindset needed by our future farmers and small business owners, and to keep them where their hearts are….
This is WHY the SHINE at Leadership online program been created, consolidating ALL of the various aspects of my 3-decades of training and qualifications: because it is my dream to generate the funds plus awareness needed to provide support to our rural, regional & remote farmers to STAY on their farms, and to stay afloat during challenging times.
So if YOU have a big WHY, and want to enjoy awesome results in your life and business, wherever you are and whatever you do, AND know that your financial investment is going towards building sustainability for our hard-working and resilient food-producing families, contact us for more details about the SHINE at Leadership program.
It all starts with a dream…….
Dianna Jacobsen.