For those who are following my blog or my students it is obvious: I like to accomplish things! It also makes me very happy if I see other people accomplish their goals! That is why we live, right. To evolve and learn and enjoy life! Goal setting? But horse riding is my hobby… Not much […]
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In April I asked the members of my Happy Herd Facebook group \”What struggle in Horse Training would you like to overcome?\” One of the answers was \”I wish I had a system or list with \”to work on\”-goals for the week\”. Here is how you can create your personal list of training goals that
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Being successful gives me so much joy! Let\’s talk about \’success\’ for a moment. This is what is mean to me. Success is what you want to achieve, not what others want for you or wanting to achieve what others have achieved. I think the best way to \’measure\’ success is 1) Only look at
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The other day I was reading back in my training journal. I was in a bit of a rut and I realized how important my journal really is and what it brings me. I have accomplished more in horse training in the past 8 years, thanks to the use of my journal, than in the
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In December 2016 I started to offer an online course about Equestrian Goal setting. It\’s one of my fun projects and my students really liked it. What is your goal? I enjoy helping other enthusiastic equestrians with splitting their goals into achievable steps. It has been so rewarding for me to see people achieve their own goals
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Do you know that story about that philosopher teacher that uses a jar and fills it up with golf balls, small pebbles and sand as an analogy for creating the life you want? You can read it here. The moral of the story is to plan your life and start with the most important things
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It is already November, almost December. This time of year I like to reflect. This way I can see what my accomplishments were in 2016 (and feel good about myself), figure out what my pitfalls were (if I had any) and use this information to improve my training approach in 2017. Do you want to
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In 2015 I wrote about the key lessons (your keys to success) for horses. Not only the horse needs to be set up for success, but also the trainer. These three Key Lessons are for Trainers*). They will help you reach your goals quicker and enjoy the journey more: a training plan, a shaping plan
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If you are serious about making your equestrian dreams come true in the future start planning it today. Make it easy for yourself and start really easy if you are not yet in the habit of writing your equestrian goals down. It can be scary to make a training plan for a whole year or multiple year.
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What is a training plan? Is it really necessary to write it down? Isn\’t that time consuming? These are the things people ask when I talk about training plans and shaping plans. Training plan You don\’t have to make a training plan, but it will help you become a better clicker trainer faster. Why? Because
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