In this episode, host John Haskell is joined by Mike Glover, a former Special Forces SGM and CIA contractor, for a conversation about preparedness, decision-making under pressure, and why resilience is a learned skill rather than a personality trait. Mike will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Ranch Right Conference, and this discussion offers a preview of the resilience framework he will be teaching there.

Mike shares lessons from his military career, including how deliberate planning, contingencies, and team alignment reduce chaos when things go wrong. He and John connect those ideas directly to ranching and agricultural businesses, where volatility, market cycles, weather events, and personal emergencies are part of the job. The conversation challenges the idea of cowboy decision-making and replaces it with structured thinking, calm execution, and clear plans built before stress hits.

This episode is a reminder that resilience is not about avoiding problems. It is about being prepared to move forward when plans break, markets shift, or circumstances change unexpectedly.

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In this episode, we cover:

• How military planning frameworks translate to ranch and business decisions
• Why preparedness reduces stress and improves decision quality
• The difference between confidence built on planning and emotion-driven reactions
• How teams function better when objectives and contingencies are clear
• Why self-reliance and resilience matter during market and life disruptions
• What Mike will be teaching at the Ranch Right Conference and how it fits the broader framework

Connect with Mike:

• Learn from Mike on YouTube

Connect with Ranch Right:

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• Check out all of our past webinars here

Resources & Links:

• Prepared by Mike Glover
• Book a Free Discovery Call to Learn More
• Ranching for Profit
• Ranching.FYI
• Wally Olson, Olson Ranch LLC

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