So... Are You Horseman Material????
How to Have a Successful Conversation with your Horse. People love to talk about themselves - true or TRUE! But, you have two ears and one mouth for a reason - listen twice as much as you talk. So, as that applies to your horse - to have a successful conversation, ask questions OF your horse!!! Then listen TO your horse! Of course if your horse doesn't speak in English, in sentences, you may have to listen in a different manner. Heck, I speak English - in sentences - and it's still tough getting people to listen, so I know the horses have a difficult situation much of the time. "What else" could be the problem? "What else" could be the answer? Menniger Institute study says - The single most important quality that you can develop is flexibility. The opposite is rigidity. Unwillingness to change in the face of new info or circumstances. I have an insatiable hunger to know everything about how a horse operates in mind and body. And I have this compelling urge to see people come to life with their horse. The beauty of "I don't know, but..."
To stay on the cutting edge, you need to test and develop new and different techniques.
People are funny - as in strange, not ha ha. They want things to get better and yet stay the same. Too risky, might not work, improvement, advancement, even better, more useful.
"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." Niccolo Machiavelli
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There's a difference between techniques and technique.
For exceptional results, think "how and how can I".
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