Kaycee Feild – From Training With Purpose To Living With Purpose (Part 2)

Most of us couldn’t name a life-defining year or even a moment. If we have lived a full life, there are generally many that change us as we keep our feet above ground and on the ground. 

Kaycee Feild has had several, from nodding his head in the famed yellow bucking chutes the first time, to earning each of his six gold buckles. Those may have defined his career, which took a big turn in 2010 after trips to Afghanistan and having to sit at home with a broken arm. Those moments also helped define his life outside of the rodeo arena. 

Training with purpose turned into living with purpose. 

“If life isn’t flowing on the outside of the arena like you would want it to be, or as effortless as you would like it, how could eight seconds out of your day be absolutely perfect?” Kaycee said. “I worked on my life goals, my rodeo goals, my career goals, my daily goals, my monthly goals and my yearly goals. I quickly learned that the life goals were the most important.” 

That changed Kaycee’s perspective. He had always loved bareback riding, but he learned to love everything that goes with it. 

“Whatever I was up against, I had to be playing the game each and every day at home to better myself,” he added. “Then I could leave the house and go to a stadium, be in a place where there are a lot of eyes on you and be prepared. That adds pressure. And when people are watching me and seeing me with my wife and kids, I want them to see the best version of me. The way I want my daughters to be treated is the way I’m going to treat my wife. It matters how you look at things.” 

Two years after his pivotal year of 2010, Kaycee married Stephanie. They now have three children, daughters Chamberlyn and Remintyn, and a son, Huxyn. 

“My dad set an example for me, being a great father and a role model,” he said. “I started realizing that those things were more important because they last longer than an eight-second ride.

“So, I started really paying attention to goals outside of the arena. I had to become disciplined in areas of my life that I wasn’t. In those same areas, I wasn’t dreaming of being better. I wasn’t dreaming of being the best at routine things.” 

Kaycee started writing things down, sticking to a schedule and working on Kaycee. For years he had watched his dad, Lewis Feild, carry a little spiral notebook around and write things down. Kaycee followed that example. 

When Lewis lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in 2016, Kaycee started reading through those notebooks. Some things really stuck with him. 

“One of the things I picked up from his notebooks was to be strategic with your daily routine,” he said. “You can win one world title, you can win two world titles, but if you’re not disciplined each and every day, you can’t be the best.”

Kaycee had read With Winning in Mind, by Lanny Bassham, an American sport shooter who won two Olympic medals. He still reads that book. After losing his dad, Kaycee was searching for guidance. He needed words of advice. He learned to rely on books and messages from people who “were fierce and dedicated to whatever their discipline was.” 

One of those was New York Times bestselling author, Jocko Willink, who is a retired Navy Seal. He used those as examples, comparing himself to what others had accomplished and how they had met their goals. 

He also looked at what other bareback riders were doing and started doing what they weren’t. 

“There are so many good bareback riders nowadays,” he said. “They are very disciplined and have a lot of what it takes to be the best. To beat those guys, I had to pay attention to what everybody wasn’t doing. I had to be innovative and strategic.” 

Kaycee is still being innovative and strategic. And while I miss seeing his smiling face at rodeos across the country, retirement is seeing him busier than ever and still involved in the Western lifestyle as an entrepreneur. 

He’s using the lessons he learned to become the best in the arena to be just as successful as a family man and in business. Winning is just as important to him as it ever was, it’s just in different ways. 

He’s using his expertise in the arena to teach the next generation of bareback riders, coaching just like his dad did, encouraging his students to carry a notebook and write things down. He is continuing to grow his PWR Pro company of equine and human supplements. He has started a payment processing company, Payment Cowboys, and a fulfillment company storing and shipping goods. 

After his retirement, Kaycee continued to make history when he was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. He and Lewis are the only father-son duo to receive this honor. 

Kaycee Feild is an inspiration. There will never be any grass growing underneath his feet. His fans can continue to follow his journey on social media, and we are blessed that he is continuing to train and live with purpose and stay involved in the Western industry.