What Horses, Billionaires, and Musicians All Have in Common

Have you ever noticed how some horses appear tobecause I want to burn the memory of it into my
do things effortlessly? Now to the uninitiated, it appearsfingers. It's called muscle memory. After I've practiced it
the horse is naturally gifted at what he's doing.so many times, I can literally have a conversation with
However, most horsey people will know that that's notsomeone while I play it because my fingers simply do it
how it actually is. The formula that any good horsewithout me having to think about it. Likewise, horses
trainer follows to produce a successful horse ishave to practice to get good. Basically experts agree
patience, time and consistency. There are other partsthat for a horse to learn a new cue takes
to the formula as well, but these are definitelyapproximately 300 - 400 repetitions, and in order to
enormously important.become an expert can take up to 3000 repetitions.
Now strange enough, it's not just horses that profitSo when teaching a horse new cues, be patient and
from that formula, business people also do. Take thetake the time it takes for him to understand what you
famous billionaire Donald Trump for example, heare asking and then practice the new skill over and
became rich using he same formula. He used timetoover until it is ingrained into his repertoire. Remember it
his advantage and was consistent in what he did totakes time to introduce something new. It's not much
get where he is.different for us humans either. I can tell you from a
Musicians use the formula. I'm a guitarist myself. Beenmusician's perspective, to learn a new song or a lick
one for over thirty years, and I generally play everyfrom a song takes a while, and to get really good at it
other day for some period of time. When I wish totakes a lot of practice and repetition.
learn a new tune or rift I will play it over and over