Break The Mold

There are lots of ranching families out there who have conflict, who don’t communicate, who don’t have a plan, and who are not in a healthy place with their family or their ranch.

Yet, most of the families who need this conference the most won’t be the ones who sign up.

These families are stuck in long-standing patterns of silence, pride, and fear, and it becomes either:

A. Their comfort zone, meaning that change feels scarier than staying stuck; or

B. Their unaware addiction, meaning they actually enjoy the tension, conflict, fighting, and drama, usually because they can make themselves the victim.

DON’T BE THAT FAMILY. Break the mold. Make one small choice to sign your family up for the:

Ranch Leadership & Dynamics: The People Part of Family Ranching Conference

Miles City, MT

Nov. 7-8

Highly functioning, healthy, thriving ranching families were not always this way. They did the work. And here is what most of them would tell you:

1. Things CAN be different. We have to choose to admit that we have been tolerating dysfunction. Sometimes we’re so close to the problem that we start seeing it as “normal”.

2. We have to face the hard stuff: disappointment, resentment, control, fear of the future, etc. That can feel scary, but it’s even scarier NOT to address it. It’s easier to ignore it, but doing so just gives it more fuel for the next explosion.

3. You won’t figure it out on your own. If you were going to, you would’ve already done it by now. Go to workshops, conferences, schools. Get help.

4. Pride can be your biggest detriment. It’s hard to admit that the ranch’s biggest challenge is the family. We want to make ourselves the victim. We want to sweep it under the rug. We want to find other things to blame: markets, weather, finances, etc. But at the root of every problem is a decision that you or someone on your ranch made, so as Allan Crockett says, “Every problem is a people problem.” The people part is so much larger than we want to give it credit for.

5. Hope is never lost. It starts with you. After years of trying to make it work, many people convince themselves that “this is just how our family is.” It’s painful to believe change is possible when you’ve been disappointed before.

6. Most of them made the first positive move for their family after attending a continuing education event just like this one. These educational events are often the catalyst for major change, but you have to get your family signed up.

You’re not alone. Most ranch families struggle with the people part. But you don’t have to stay stuck there. This conference gives you the tools and conversations to move forward together.

Sign up your family TODAY!