Do YouReallyWanna Win?

By Colby Cummings for the One and only Ranch House Designs

Whatdidyoudo to win?

Fair question.. What did you sacrifice?

How many nights did you stay up late and turn out because of waiting on the heat to break and back up before daylight so they can get cool again?

How many days did you sacrifice your high school puppy love to rinse, exercise, and work hair?

How many pool days were given up?

How many nights out, meals missed, events cancelled because as Rip Wheeler says, “The ranch comes first.”

How many times did you give up because of your social calendar took precedence over the will to win?

Your checkbook doesn’t mean anything if the drive isn’t there… period. Instant gratification is all around now. One kid wins a showmanship at a backwoods jackpot and the next thing you know they are trying to schedule showmanship camps. Another kid blows a heifer out and the county intergalactic international cluster screw and wins and now he has a full on fitting service.

How?! Why?!

There are so many other phrases I want to use but Rachel edits this so I’ll save her some time.

I know you guys want the ads from Cade Childers, you guys want the backdrops from Legacy and Ranch House to build a website, I get it. We all want it, but I think we have forgotten the part where you got to pay your dues for this industry. Until you have gotten mad, want to sell out, scream, cuss, yell, have the cops show up because the neighbors think there is a hostage situation going on, you aren’t close. You truly gotta let this industry break your heart and partially your soul before dues are paid in full.