Charley and I used to hang out a lot together. Then one day, Jane told me it was important to surround myself with positive influences. As you can see from his picture, Charley is a “the water bucket is half empty” kind of guy. He’s negative about EVERYTHING! He’s what Jane calls a “stinkin’ thinker”….
Less is more. It’s true. When you’re first learning something new, you usually try too hard. We all do that. Once we have the skills we find we can achieve the same thing with little effort. Life is like too. Sometimes you just need to sit back and let things unfold. In some ways the…
December 18, 2012 – If you only use your hands when putting your horse on the bit, you’re making one of the biggest mistakes you can make. By focusing on the head and “getting the head down”, you’ll just be creating an artificial “head-set”. Putting your horse on the bit has nothing to do with…
QUESTIONS Jane talks a lot about high quality questions. To understand what that means, you have to be able to know the difference between a low quality question and a high quality question. A low quality question can only give you a low quality answer and tends to create more of what you DON’T want….
I often hear Jane talking to people in sounds that I don’t understand. I may not be clear on the distinctions of her human words, but I can hear and feel the meaning behind them. She has suggested that people eliminate the word “not” from their vocabulary because there’s no picture in the mind for…
Last month I taught a 4-day workshop at the USET headquarters in New Jersey right in the middle of “Frankenstorm”. I’d like to share a video from that event and mention that next Tuesday, Dec. 4, I’m going to be doing a free teleseminar to kick off an exciting “Surviving Sandy” promotion. You can watch…
A winning attitude isn’t hard to achieve, but it does take some effort. For some reason, many people find it easier to wallow in negativity than to make the effort to turn things around and be positive. Horses aren’t like that. We don’t think about the past or the future. We just live now. I’ve…
You know that horses are flight animals, right? I’m sure you do. It means that we naturally run away from danger. Our size and our speed are our best defenses, so we like to RUN when things get scary. Humans have this amazing ability to do things in spite of their fears. Jane says that…
Love is a verb. Love is active. Jane knows that love does wonders for your winning attitude! You can’t hold a negative thought when you’re in a state of love. Horses show love by scratching each other’s backs and guarding each other while we nap. We often equate love with respect. That is why we…
October 8, 2012 – No matter where I travel, the most frequently asked questions I get are, “How do I put my dressage horse on the bit… and how do I keep him there consistently?” This concept baffles many riders. My hope here is to simplify the process for you by explaining how to give…
