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How You Answer This One Question Will Determine Your Long-Term $$$$

David Kimbell
2 min readJul 21, 2021

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Are you a hunter or a farmer? Choose.

How you answer this question will determine your future prosperity.

Hunters ….

Satisfy the immediate need for food with every kill.

Farmers ….

Trust that the work they do in the spring will lead to a harvest in the fall.

Hunters ….

Generate enough food to keep them alive, long enough to hunt again.

Farmers ….

Generate waaaaaay more food than they need, so sell some to others. $$$$

Hunters ….

Have to follow the prey.

Farmers ….

Stay put, and work the same fields over and over.

Hunters ….

Serve nature.

Farmers ….

Nature serves them.

Hunters ….

Go hungry when prey is hard to find.

Farmers ….

Have food reserves in times of drought, Use fertilizer and irrigation to keep the crops growing.

Hunters ….

Can’t quit hunting.

Farmers ….

Take time off in the winter, and get to retire later.

Hunters ….

Think short-term.

Farmers ….

Think long-term.

So which are you?

If you’re an employee ….

Who spends their entire salary every month ….

You’re a hunter.

You have to go out to work every day. And if you get fired ….

Salary over.

Find a new field in which to hunt, before you starve.

If you’re an entrepreneur ….

With a few loyal customers who pay you handsomely ….

You’re a farmer.

Working the same fields over and over.

No need to be always hunting new customers.

Your situation is a mix of hunter/farmer.

Nothing wrong with hunting. Especially if it’s what you like doing.

But if you want life to get easier …. and wealthier ….

Be moving towards the farmer.

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David Kimbell

Curiosity. Questions. Simplicity. Principles. Meaning. The Vital Few, not the Trivial Many. Be your own Chief Questions Officer.