“What Horses, Billionaires, And Musicians All Have In Common”
Ever watched a horse that seemed to
do things effortlessly?
To the uninitiated, it appears the
horse is naturally gifted at what he’s doing.
Like one day he just started doing it
for no reason.
I don’t have to tell you that that’s
not how it ‘really’ is.
The formula a good trainer follows
for a successful horse is time and consistency.
There are other parts to the formula
as well, but these are definitely enormously important.
But it’s not just horses that profit
from that formula.
Business people do, too.
The famous billionaire Donald Trump
became rich by the same formula. He used
time to his advantage and was consistent
in what he did to get where he is.
Musicians use the formula.
My youngest daughter is an excellent pianist.
She practices every day. Each new song she goes
over and over, perfecting each note – each chord.
She memorizes every song and plays them without
sheet music. (I think it is amazing.)
Why?
Because she is burning the entire song into her
memory. Each note, each hand movement, everything.
Practice makes perfect. You have to spend the time.
Likewise, horses gotta practice to get good.
Sam Burrell, one of our favorites, says this:
‘It takes 300-400 repetitions for a horse
to learn a cue.’
Sam also says:
‘It takes 3,000 to 4,000 repetitions to
get ‘good’ at that cue.’ (Don’t you
wonder who sat there counted that?!)
Let’s think about that for a second.
Sam said it takes 300 to 400 repetitions
for a horse to learn a cue.
The first thing to take from that is this.
If you ever wondered to yourself, ‘Why is this dang horse not doin’ what I want?’, and it’s new to him, … that’s likely why.
Thus, it takes time to introduce something new.
But it’s not much different for us humans either.
I can tell you from a musician’s perspective, to learn a new song or a lick from a song takes a while.
Then to get really good at it takes a LOT of repetition.
Yet, we as horse owners want our horses to be good at something overnight.
T’ain’t gonna happen.
And even though the formula of time and consistency is now known, you might also want to know how to teach your horse something.
I mentioned Sam Burrell a minute ago. His video (DVD) is called ‘How To Install An Operating System In Your Horse (And Yourself)’.
If you’ve had riding troubles with your horse I’d just about bet the farm this will solve your troubles.
Why?
Because Sam flat out shows you how to
communicate with your horse in a way that your horse gets it.
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-samburrell.html
He reveals exercises to do with your horse so he continues to ‘get it’.
Plus, like few trainers do, he reveals the kinds of things that can (and do) go wrong teaching your horse this system – then he shows you how to correct it.
Pretty cool if you ask me.
Anyway, as Sam points out, you can’t just go mess with your horse once a week and expect results.
Like us musicians, we gotta practice to get good.
So do horses (and their riders).
If you want to check out Sam’s video (DVD), go to:
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-samburrell.html
OK. Time to get movin’. Stay safe around your horses.
Charlie
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Another nice note – this one from Joncy:
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“Dear Charlie,
I have been training horses for about 15 yrs. now.
I find that reading your e-mails helps me a lot with
some horses that are sort of hard to handle. I believe
in the ground work before anything else is done with a
horse, and you clearly get that across in your letters.
Keep up the good work and thanks again for your letters.
You keep more people safe than you probably think.
Thanks again ..Joncy
PS..When i get in trouble i always look back at the
books or videos that i have.
Thanks Again..”
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