Lasso Skills to Boot!

Yeehah!

I was reading the paper today and read about a legendary dog wrangler who saved a dog drowning in a canal with a lasso!

I have no lasso skills. What kind of cowboy would I be without these skills! Cowboy's get their name by herding and catching cows and out in the Wild West the ability to get that cattle caught and into the sale would be the difference between having food to eat or nothing at all. It'd also be the difference to whether you had the cowgirl or not!

That's an interesting thought actually. I wonder what today's equivalent of a lasso is. I suppose in today's society with business and information it must be persuasiveness and negotiation skills. After all that is how you hook the buyer, seal the deal and get the ladies.

So what does a modern day cowboy need in order to be persuasive and negotiate well?

I did some research and the site that best reflects the skills you need is Kemp's Blog.

Briefly, in cowboy speak - you need to do the following:
1) Giddy Up and Get Respect
2) Always treat people as you would a cowgirl
3) Get to the point - be clear
4) Back up your talk with some lasso skills
5) Be interesting, logical and emotional at the same time. (Be a cowboy)

Giddy Up Y'all!

Jono

GiddyupJono

Changing my Windows 7 Theme to Cow-boy!

Every good cowboy needs a little picture to remind him of home. So I thought I'd change my inspiration to incorporate the ideal picture of the US landscape. The picture is part of the Windows 7 standard pre-loaded set for the USA - but the sound effects and the twanging sounds whenever I have an error on my screen just make me think cowboy!

Thanks also to my friends on facebook who have suggested so far that these are the things I'd need to consider if I want to be a quintessential cowboy:

1. Lasso 
2. Boots
3. Hat
4. Checked Shirt
5. Big Ass Belt Buckle
6. A Horse
7. A blade of wheat that I can chew 
8. Tobacco 
9. A Harmonica
10. A Cowgirl 

So I'm thinking a couple of things - and I need y'alls help.

Firstly... did I leave anything out of this list?

Secondly... what is the modern day equivalent of this stuff (minus the cowgirl - I got that one downpat)

Let's get crackin - click on the comment button below and fire away -quickdraws!

Yee Hah.

Jono

GiddyupJono | Finding the modern day Cowboy

Sakes Alive (Good Heavens!) It's Begun!

Gol-lee gosh I sure have gotten mah-self into a pickle....I already can't spell very well let alone in cowboy speak!

Well here we are. Day one of me being a modern day cowboy.

As my friends know I couldn't be further away from the definition of a cowboy at the moment. When I think about cowboys I am reminded of a trip to Texas in 2005 where I saw men in boots, checked shirts and with massive belt buckles and a hat. Real men.

I am not one of those guys. Those who do know me, please realise that I am, possibly, the most domesticated man ever.  Born and bred in Sydney, Australia I'm a city slicker. I don't really like the outdoors... and well I'm not a chisel-faced blonde with blue eyes.

But when my friend Lex who's a movie producer over in Hollywood (golly-woo!) emailed me, I had to oblige. Turns out she's doing some producing with some cowboy material and when she asked me to blog I was thrilled to bits... although a bit worried. She says we all have some cowboy in us ... let's find out! So here goes!

Jono