Apr 26, 2019
Hey ya'll welcome to the second episode of the Cowboy Perspective! I am certainly proud to have my 1st cowboy hero...Dad...on the show! Please enjoy the listen and I hope you have someone in your life that fills your perspective like my Dad does mine!
(2:00) Where did you meet your wife?
(2:45) Introduction to guest and family and the parenting-style growing up; happiness of witnessing two marriages that have worked.
(3:59) How it was to make a family business out of the ranch lifestyle and how that dynamic works.
(4:54) What is the part that you loved about it?
(5:07) The fun of growing up on a ranch.
(5:54) Reminiscing about activities on the ranch.
(6:22) The culture of being a cowboy, and how cowboys will teach anyone showing determination and desire; notion that this dynamic applies to any industry.
(8:50) Hunting; the assumption that growing up on a ranch directly correlates to hunting.
(10:03) Wildlife growth; hunting for sport and excitement; idea that people are all similar in recollecting youth and the effects thereof on future life; escapism through lifestyle changes. “Have you had to do that or always been lucky enough to do the thing that you liked?”
(12:22) Fond reflection on spending time with nature in the pastures and long conversations with loved ones.
(15:06) Anecdote about crawling into his father’s bed so that he couldn’t leave the house without him; value of a conversation in future life; importance of taking time to listen and learn; blessing of having wonderful parents and youth; impatience.
(20:30) Forming memories and stories to reflect on.
(21:02) Hard work was still a lot of fun; connection to other people living the ranch lifestyle.
(21:22) Being raised by cowboys taught a lot of life lessons and toughened skin.
(25:20) Consistency of change and problems, and the necessity to understand that. “Give me your thoughts or perspective on these protests of the national anthem in NFL; how does that strike you, being a baby boomer? How capable are we of empathy for others?”
(27:05) “What do you think [your father] would think about this? What was the story about how he was called Eltos?”
(28:11) “What would [Eltos] think about his opportunities in life in comparison to others?”
(29:34) How to make money with a larger return.
(30:15) Growing up with financial security and how that may be a disadvantage in life with regards to having different perspectives.
(34:35) Discussing another podcast which states that entrepreneurs today don’t understand quite how harsh the market can be when compared to the Great Depression; there are a lot of ‘fakers’ making it in the modern world.
(38:05) The worry of being unprepared for actually experiencing a market crash.
(39:57) How resilience is important in getting back up and fighting the problem(s).
(44:13) Discussing the strength and importance of taking a stand; the impossibility of imagining how it is to be discriminated against if never experienced personally; the effects of discrimination.
(47:45) Discussing discrimination further; suggests it may have benefits.
(49:56) Trying to make aspects of the world better; depend on God and Jesus.
(52:34) Changing perspective and switching viewpoints.
(54:14) Wanting to protect a child from the difficulties of the world; love and kindness as success.
(58:09) The tool of paying attention and figuring things out; relates both to cowboys and life choices; paying attention to life; childhood growth.
(1:00:42) Parenting and the future generation.