| No matter what you do in life, there are certain | | | | "you quit". The horse is motivated to move because |
| principles that apply to what you're doing. For example, | | | | pressure was applied. When you release the pressure, |
| when we go to school we typically start in | | | | the horse relaxes and asks himself, "What did I do to |
| kindergarten and go through the 12th grade. Math is a | | | | get him to leave me alone?". |
| "must learn" subject in school. | | | | Due to a horse's nature, we can easily inspire his built-in |
| We start with the basics like 2+2. As we learn the | | | | fear. Leaving him alone stops triggering his fear. |
| basics, we learn the harder stuff. We can't master the | | | | There's relief when you leave him alone. So he starts |
| harder stuff until we master the basics. No matter | | | | to look for the relief and that's where his learning |
| what your job is, math is something we all have to | | | | comes in. You must remember to carefully handle his |
| know and we can't get along without it. | | | | built-in fear because if you overdo it, it could backfire |
| The same goes for the horse world. Horses and | | | | on you. The extreme could be your horse feels |
| horse owners need the basics to survive also. In the | | | | terrorized and could attack you. |
| horse world, the number one concept that controls | | | | Thus, you must inspire your horse just enough to |
| everything is pressure and release. This is how the | | | | move as you want and no more. The inspiration may |
| horse learns to do what is asked of him. The horse | | | | be no more than clucking to him. It may take more |
| learns from the release of the pressure - not the | | | | pressure. It depends on the horse. The most important |
| pressure itself, but you have to apply pressure to have | | | | rule to remember is quitting the pressure once he's |
| a release. | | | | done what you ask. That's where he'll learn what to |
| How does the horse learn from this? The answer is | | | | do. |