Balancing Corporate Life and Farm Living | The Real Story Behind the “Corporate Cowboy”

Name: Balancing Corporate Life and Farm Living | The Real Story Behind the “Corporate Cowboy”
Uploaded: 2025-07-30T09:01:21+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: John Pierre
Description: In this personal monologue, the speaker explains the origin of his "Corporate Cowboy" nickname, which combines his corporate job—where he spends…

30 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, the speaker explains the origin of his "Corporate Cowboy" nickname, which combines his corporate job—where he spends extensive time traveling and building companies—with his life on a farm where he tends to a horse that symbolizes his cowboy side. He discusses the downside of his demanding work schedule, noting that prolonged absences strain his relationships with his partner, friends, and especially his horse, which needs a period of re‑acclimation after he returns. The speaker reflects on the humbling lesson that all relationships, human or animal, require consistent time and attention. He acknowledges the ongoing challenge of juggling corporate responsibilities, farm duties, and the cowboy identity, but affirms that he would not choose any other way of life.

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One thing I get asked is like, why Corporate Cowboy? And it's like, well, the job that I do for work is quite corporate in the work that we do. And then cowboy because I live and work on a farm. Now, he's that horse over there that makes me a cowboy. But there is a downside to this at times because I work so much and all I do is travel for work at the moment and build our company and others. It means that I'm not always getting to spend time here at the farm or time with him. So I'm going to go and try and make my way towards him. There's a high likelihood, like any other human, he'll be like, where are you? You've forgotten me and now you want to come and say g'day because I'm on camera? So everything in life, it's a humbling lesson. Everything in life— partner, friend, animal, pet, no matter what it is— needs time, wants time. And that's a lesson that I've learned time and time again here at the farm. Even my animal, even my horse, if I've been away for a long period, will take a little bit of warming up because he almost feels like, where were you? You left me. So juggling farm life, corporate life, and Somewhat cowboy life at times is really challenging just because there's so much to do. Would I have it any other way? No way.