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Cowboy Ethics

What It Takes to Win at Life
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Aug 12, 2020Petehere99 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Every now and then I like to pick up a spiritual/self-help/ethics kind of book, something akin to the Four Agreements, Make Your Bed, or Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. This go round I caught sight of Cowboy Ethics: What it takes to win at life. It’s the 10th Anniversary Edition with a nice photo cover featuring what else? Cowboys. If you enjoy cowboy photography then this is the book for you. But what’s more important is the message. Why didn’t the image of the cowboy simply fade into mythical status and disappear from the modern world altogether? Is there something beyond the horses, the ten-gallon hats, the gun fighting and the rope tricks that can be applied to today’s complex lifestyle? The book explores the old code of the west that helped cowboys endure the harsh life in the frontier territories before laws came into effect. Such attributes as taking pride in your work, keeping your word, finishing what you start, and knowing where to draw the line created a code of right vs. wrong that all could easily understand. Remember, most cowboys didn’t come out west looking for trouble, they were looking for work. And since today there are millions of folks working or looking for work, we could all learn a thing or two from cowboy ethics. These well-worn ethics are in fact timeless, and in most cases the keys to success.