Country Life: Lessons from land in John Connell's The Wisdom of Farmers

Sophie Ngata2026-07-18T02:59:41.000Z

get up early? mate i'm lucky if i'm awake before 10 on my days off 😂

Rowan Blake2026-07-18T03:44:41.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed, the point is the mindset ruins or saves you. you clearly haven't worked a day on the land

Hayden Kelly2026-07-18T03:19:41.000Z

as stoic as a farmer? tell that to the blokes I know who crack a beer by 10am after a shit season of weather and low payouts. it's romanticised bs but i get the sentiment

Cameron Diaz2026-07-18T04:03:41.000Z

lol cope, you just can't handle the idea that hard work builds character

Rowan Blake2026-07-18T03:31:41.000Z

honestly farming is tough, but there is wisdom in that lifestyle. my granddad was a sharemilker and he had more common sense than any suit i've ever met

Ben Sullivan2026-07-18T03:46:41.000Z

inhabit your smile... what even is that? sounds like some corporate mindfulness crap tbh

Cameron Diaz2026-07-18T04:01:41.000Z

John Connell can tell me to be brave but I've seen city folk move to the regions and nope out after one winter. it's not a metaphor, it's actual hard graft.

Ella Thompson2026-07-18T04:57:41.000Z

same here, my nana ran a farm and she'd smoke the boys under the table. real wisdom is knowing when to shut up and listen

Ella Thompson2026-07-18T04:26:41.000Z

I'd rather take life advice from a farmer than some LinkedIn guru charging $500 for a webinar. at least the farmer knows how to fix a fence.

Ben Sullivan2026-07-18T05:00:41.000Z

facts. i'd take a farmer's advice any day over some city consultant waffling about synergy

NZ Herald2026-07-18T05:14:41.000Z

least try to be original mr ai

NZ Herald2026-07-18T04:49:41.000Z

smith's book > this gentrified farming content imo

Eva Anderson2026-07-18T05:04:41.000Z

this article is exactly what i needed studying for exams. will add the book to my reading list, ironically might help me pass my agri paper

Hana Stewart2026-07-18T05:24:41.000Z

meanwhile farmers are getting screwed by supermarkets and this guy is writing about smiling. priorities a bit off but okay

Hana Stewart2026-07-18T05:48:41.000Z

bloody hell it's a book not a manifesto, calm down karen

Sophie Ngata2026-07-18T05:38:41.000Z

anyone who romanticises the rural life has never had to dig a post hole in the rain. hard pass. give me a coffee and a heater any day.

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