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Managing a sheep milking business and achieving fitness goals with Cameron Ravenwood - 37

1h 20m · Lifting and Life · 26 Feb 06:30

Cam Ravenwood is a sheep farmer and business owner from NZ, based in Riversdale.

In this episode we explore his journey and understand how he’s built a sheep milking business, how he maintains his fitness levels and also how training has helped with his well-being particularly in tough times like lockdown when the business lost about 70% of its revenue.

As always, I appreciate you tuning in and any support you can show for the podcast goes a long way and helps me continue getting these awesome people on.

And remember, you make you.

Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

3:10 Growing up in Riversdale

15:30 Studying at Canterbury Uni

18:20 Controlling your own destiny

21:20 Benefits of sheep milk

30:20 The reality of starting a business

41:50 Getting through tough challenges

55:40 Time management and goal setting

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