I ran across what could be a life changing piece of wisdom that I want to share with you.

A few weeks ago, I invested into a a seminar from a successful businessman, Mark Holverson, called “7 Rituals for Quantum Growth” and one of the points he made was so profound and relevant to horse training (and success in general as far as that goes) that you have to hear it.

Hang with me, I believe this is really important.

Here’s Mark’s thought…

“Basic familiarity without sustained effort

past the novice level 

with these rituals breeds disillusionment.”

“Each ritual must be engaged

past your common quitting point

to be effective

and lead you into the quantum”

“The ultimate self disillusion

is thinking

you really know about something

but, really you just know a little bit.”

(the rituals mentioned in this quote aren’t important to want I am trying to share with you)

Then he goes on to explain this idea in plain english….

“you’ve heard about something about “it”

(whatever the it may be) and you “thinking” you understand can lead

to incredible arrogance (ouch! harsh word but eye opening!) and you never get the full meaning”

The hardest students I have to teach to ride are the ones (kids and adults) who think they already know how to ride.

When really they just “think” they know.

It’s hard to coach them. I say put your heals down, or lean back and they say “I am”. But they are not. They just think they are.

They want to blame their riding problems on everyone but themselves, it’s the horse’s fault, it’s my fault as the instructor, but it’s never their fault.

Really I don’t know if “fault” is the right word here, they really just don’t understand. They don’t know, that they don’t know!

I’ll use my own “arrogance” as an example….

I put together tip from TheHorseTrainingChannel.com from World Champion Rusty Green on titled “The Key To A Slow Horse” in which he talks about how an elevated horse is going to be slow.

I then head to the barn to do my riding and I practice what he said for a couple days and my horse is really not getting any slower, so…

I quit focusing on creating elevation.

Ok, so now I am disillusioned. I think what Rusty said to do doesn’t work.

I did what Rusty said just to a point, because I really didn’t follow through with his words of wisdom.

Which goes back to Mark’s point, “Each ritual must be engaged past your common quitting point to be effective and lead you into the quantum”.

So in order for me to really change my ride, and experience quantum growth, I have to push past the point where I would normally quit, ask more questions, study every move a Champion trainer makes, then go out and do the work myself to experience the results.

There is a difference between knowledge and true understanding.

Unless we realize what it is we really need to understand, push past our common stopping point, we will never grow and experience greater results with our horses.

Knowing isn’t the end. It is the beginning.

Herein lies the challenge! It is hard! Because we are under the illusion that we already know! That is why studying champions and others who have attained what we want for ourselves is so important.

We have to understand past the “novice level” as Mark says, which is even more meaningful to us as horsemen and women. (And if you still qualify in the “novice level” and get beyond novice understanding woo-hoooo watch you go!)

Ask yourself today, what areas are you weak in your riding and training and can use more information or self-discipline to experience a quantum growth in your level of success?

Once you figure it out, then stick with it for a period of time, “past your common quitting point” to enjoy quantum growth.

Here’s a quick video clip, I know I’ve shared before from World Champion trainer Shane Dowdy, driving home the point to stick with it.

Let’s push through, Make Every Ride Count and see where we end up.
What do you think about this success thought? Leave me a comment below!