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Cowboy Values: Recapturing What America Once Stood For by [James P. Owen]

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Jim Owen leads a massively successful seminar that is in huge demand by financial groups, teachers’ organizations, and professional associations. Here Owen continues his nonpartisan message, offering the legacy of the cowboy as a model of accessible, positive qualities that all can agree on, regardless of religion or political persuasion.

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November 7, 2014
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Americans are known for being optimists, but it doesn't take a cynic to see that our country is seriously off-track. We're upset by greedy corporate executives, who line their own pockets at others' expense; we're disgusted by gutless politicians, who pander to special interest groups; and we're appalled by a culture that glorifies materialism and self-gratification. It's as if "What's in it for me?" were our national motto. No wonder so many of us feel a deep yearning for a simpler time when civility was the norm and a handshake could seal any deal.
We can't turn back the clock or legislate our way out of society's malaise. But here's what wecan do: Look to the bedrock values all Americans share. We many never agree on Iraq, abortion, or how to boost our economy, but surely we can agree that "Our word should be our bond."
For a definition of those shared values, we need to look no further than the Cowboy Way. Living by a code that centers on principles like honesty, loyalty, and courage, the working cowboy is an enduring American hero--one providing just the kind of inspiration our country needs to find unity and hope in these troubled times.
It's not too late for us to get back to the qualities that made America great. Cowboy Values gives us a great place to start. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Americans are known for being optimists, but it doesn't take a cynic to see that our country is seriously off-track. We're upset by greedy corporate executives, who line their own pockets at others' expense; we're disgusted by gutless politicians, who pander to special interest groups; and we're appalled by a culture that glorifies materialism and self-gratification. It's as if "What's in it for me?" were our national motto. No wonder so many of us feel a deep yearning for a simpler time when civility was the norm and a handshake could seal any deal.
     We can't turn back the clock or legislate our way out of society's malaise. But here's what we can do: Look to the bedrock values all Americans share. We many never agree on Iraq, abortion, or how to boost our economy, but surely we can agree that "Our word should be our bond."
    For a definition of those shared values, we need to look no further than the Cowboy Way. Living by a code that centers on principles like honesty, loyalty, and courage, the working cowboy is an enduring American hero--one providing just the kind of inspiration our country needs to find unity and hope in these troubled times.
     It's not too late for us to get back to the qualities that made America great. Cowboy Values gives us a great place to start. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PV651KC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lyons Press; 1st edition (November 7, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 21293 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
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After a successful 35-year Wall Street career, James P. Owen found new purpose in being an author, inspirational speaker, and social entrepreneur. His book, "Cowboy Ethics," a best-seller with more than 150,000 copies in circulation, and two follow-up volumes, "Cowboy Values" and "The Try," shine a light on the importance of shared values and personal character in our society.

Now Jim is propelled by a new mission: showing older adults how to get and stay in shape. His latest book, "Just Move! A New Approach to Fitness after 50" (National Geographic), was inspired by his personal journey of transformation. As a 70-year-old “couch potato,” Jim resolved to do whatever it took to become fit and ease his chronic back pain. Seven years later, he is in better shape than he was in his twenties, and has become a passionate evangelist for fitness as a way of life. In his speaking engagements, he reminds audiences that being in shape helps older adults stay mobile, active, and independent, enabling a quality of life no amount of money can buy. Jim lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Stanya.

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pastorchuck

Good Perspective

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2021

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I enjoyed Jim’s first book on Cowboy ethics, and decided to grab this one as well. There is some repetition, but he also expands on his earlier ideas. Then, as he begins to provided a more detailed explanation of the Cowboy Code, he sets up reflections on why those virtues are still valuable today. Finally, he concludes by assessing the state of our nation, not through the lens of politicians and corporate giants, but through the eyes of everyday people. Jim offers some solid challenges, but ends with a vision of hope. I’m glad I took the time to read this one as well.

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Blackbull

TRUTH and the path to follow it

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2013

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James Owen joins Mary Austin, Edward Abbey, and Barney Nelson in calling forth the best in Americans. Good people have remained silent too long and allowed the foolish and greedy to push our country near the edge. In a gentle, honorable way Owen points toward a sustainable civility that could make the promise of the Constitution come alive.

These three books back up everything that Owen presents to us:
Mary Austin, THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN
Edward Abbey, ONE LIFE AT A TIME, PLEASE
Barney Nelson, THE WILD AND THE DOMESTIC

I can only say of Owen, "May his tribe increase."

6 people found this helpful

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Silver Mate

Buy this Book - You'll be glad you did !

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016

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If You've got a real or would like to be Cowboy in your family, this is a must gift. John Wayne could not have put together a better book than this one that applauds the values and virtues of our great American West and the men that live it to the fullest ! The pictures and the copy are all outstandingly real and worthwhile. It's much more than a coffee table book . . . It's to be read and re-read and shared as the treasure it is !

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Patrick Dorinson

Cowboy Ethics and Cowboy Values Changed My Life

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2009

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A few years ago, my wife clipped out a book review about Cowboy Ethics by James Owen. In the article was his Code of the West. She placed the Code on our refrigerator and there it sat for a few years. Then my mother, who was raised on a ranch, lost her final battle with cancer and was called home at the age of 89. When I got home from her funeral I looked at that code on the refrigerator and decided that I would buy the book.

When I read the book I realized that I had heard many of these life lessons before. Different words but the same messages and lessons my parents taught me. As I looked around at what our society had become, I decided that I would in my own small way tell as many people as I could about how this book would be an extremely valuable tool for teaching children and reminding adults of what counts in life and how to live by a code.

The books have changed my life and I want to help change the lives of others particularly our children

Since then I also purchased Cowboy Values and I now buy them and give the pair of books as gifts to friends, relatives and even to some politicians.

If I had to start a school or teach a class, these two fantastic books would serve as the basis of my curriculum. If the kids could learn these basic principles, there is no mountain they couldn't climb or dream they could not fulfill.

If you have children or nieces or nephews I would recommend you give them these two books as gifts. And I will bet that many adults should be reading these books as well.

At a time of uncertainty and anxiety about the future, Cowboy Values and Cowboy Ethics will give you some hope that we will get through this period if we just remember the great truths that built America are still true today.

As that great American icon, John Wayne once said, "A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job".

When you read these two books and absorb the lessons I think you will agree.

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Margaret

the American Cowboy is the perfect example of the values written about in this book

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2016

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Having been raised in the north and believing cowboys were a thing of the past, this book was proof that the cowboy way of life is real and must be preserved. While this book "Cowboy Values" should be everyone's story, the American Cowboy is the perfect example of the values written about in this book.

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Kim

Ok read

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2021

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Joe Tye

What America - and you - should stand for

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014

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I got this book because my company (Values Coach) works with a number of hospitals in Wyoming, where the Cowboy Code is the official state code of ethics. It is beautifully written and illustrated and describes values that should inspire everyone, regardless of their political opinions and religious beliefs (or non-belief). Great gift for a young person!

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Carolyn M. Appleton

Beautiful and Inspiring

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2012

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The book is beautifully illustrated with photographs of cowboys and landscapes of the American West by a number of contemporary photographers. James Owen remarks in the text that America needs the cowboy more than ever. He cites Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." I've also written an article about James Owen's Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership (Austin, Texas), on my WordPress blog: "Cowboy Ethics ~ Ten Principles to Live By." I believe businessmen and women - as well as nonprofit executives - would benefit greatly from the Center's presentations.

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