One thing is for sure, life is too short not to have some fun with yourself and the people around you. When you take your horsemanship so seriously that you can’t laugh at yourself for making a mistake or you can’t laugh at a situation, life can get pretty darn boring.
My family has a great sense of humor. We love to tell jokes about ourselves, other people and our horses. I think that sometime people forget that when they meet me. When some people meet me, I think they’re a little shocked and possibly, offended about some of the stuff I say. They have to understand that that’s how I like somebody. If I make fun of your horse that means that I really like you. I really want you to make fun of my horse a little bit too. Or, if you make fun of the “face” I’m making, that’s just good humor.
The problem with the world right now is that we live in such a politically correct time that it honestly make me want to puke. Everybody is so hyper sensitive. Give me a break! Everybody needs to get off of their high horse and learn to take a good look in the mirror and laugh at themselves. Believe me, I may tell a joke about another country, your dog, your spouse, what you do for fun, but I’d love you to make fun of me, because that’s just the way I am.
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What is experience? Experience means more than just having read about it, heard about it, or even seen it. Experience means that you can not only talk the talk, but you can actually walk the walk. You can actually do it.
Nothing beats hands-on horse training experience. I know people who can write five books about training horses. They know the theory, they understand it, they can talk it – they can even teach it! But if you were to ask them to actually do those things with a horse, they couldn’t. They’re not very coordinated and struggle to perform the exercises. Basically, they don’t have any hands-on experience. But if you ask them to explain it to you, oh my goodness they know what to do then!
“Asking financial advice from a broke person is like having a shop teacher with missing fingers.”
I’m very selective myself on who I take advice from. I try my best to seek out those who I would like to emulate, learn what they do best, and forget the rest. Everyone you encounter can teach you something (even what not to do). The more you read, the more you study, the more horsemanship clinics you go to, the more aggressive you are about learning The Mundt Method, and the more you practice with your horse, the more experience you will get.
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