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Having discipline is what separates the pretenders from the contenders. What I mean by this is that if you want to reach a high level of anything you have to be dedicated to work, determined to succeed and disciplined to do it right. We live in a world where we get things fast. Our food, … Continue reading Discipline
So I get up early in the morning and watch motivational videos or I listen to motivational speeches. Topics like gratitude, discipline, self love and other topics. I enjoy and appreciate these things because they are important. My area of expertise is in the horse industry so I’m dealing with people that are at different … Continue reading Depth
I had a paint stud from Canada in my string of training horses, when I worked as an assistant trainer, that was really study. One day when I was riding him his testosterone was influencing him more than I was and he was squalling at the other horses in the arena and the more he … Continue reading Lesson learned
Understanding is a relation between the knower and an object of understanding When I met and started dating Stacy in the mid 90’s I was an assistant trainer to some great horse trainers. I was trying to understand how to train horses to perform in reining because I wanted to become a reining trainer. To … Continue reading Understanding
One of my pet peeves is when horses misbehave at feeding time. Striking the walls, pacing in the stall and other types of behavior are bad habits. It all starts with something small like pawing a little in anticipation of getting their grain. We might not even be paying attention when it starts but by … Continue reading Habits
We all have different gifts in life. Some of us are more athletic, some of us are more intelligent, some of us are more intuitive, I’m sure you get where I’m going with this. I am blessed and thankful to be able to do what I do and that is teaching. I get to teach … Continue reading Success
Loving myself can be a hard thing to do. Stacy and I went Christmas shopping yesterday and I waited in line, paid for my items walked out and got in the car to go to the next store. Stacy looked at the receipt and asked me if I bought both items. I told her yes … Continue reading Love yourself
Many of us try to avoid difficulties in life. It makes sense to take the path of least resistance. The problem with that path or mindset is that it creates weakness. That path physically would be laying in bed as much as possible and we’ve all seen the shows where someone has to have a … Continue reading Strength in your struggle
DONT TAKE FLIGHT We’re all influenced by fear in our lives. We might be afraid of rejection, being taken advantage of, criticism or losing our security. It’s important to be able to identify our fears so we can address them. Horses are also definitely influenced by fear. If you’ve spent any time with them you’ll … Continue reading Don’t take flight
T H I N K is it Thoughtful, Honest, Intelligent, Necessary, and Kind? All through my life I’ve struggled with the words that come out of my mouth. In last weeks blog I talked about how “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”. What I want to talk about this week is … Continue reading T-H-I-N-K before you speak.
Jesse Westfall 