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Think Like a Horse
Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy
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Grant Golliher is what some would call a “horse whisperer,” able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider without the use of force. Through training thousands of horses, many traumatized or abused, Golliher was able to learn essential lessons about communication, boundaries, fairness, trust, and respect—lessons that apply not just to horses but to humans as well. It’s why celebrities, Fortune 500 executives, professional coaches, supreme court justices, and even ordinary families from around the world flock to his Wyoming ranch every year to take part in what one CEO called “the most transformational experience I have ever encountered.”
Horse whispering may sound like magic, but as Grant explains in Think Like a Horse, it’s not really all that mysterious. The lessons he shares are as fundamental and ageless as the relationship between horses, the people who ride them, and the beauty of the West. In fact, it’s an approach that anyone can learn, and should learn, in order to better understand our common humanity, overcome trauma, foster more fulfilled relationships, and unlock untapped potential in virtually every aspect of our lives. All you have to do is think like a horse.
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Release date
May 31, 2022 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780593331934
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780593331934
- File size: 14223 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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April 1, 2022
Many of us turn to animals for companionship or reassurance, but Golliher's self-help philosophy is based on the inverse: he proposes that the act of befriending and comforting horses (specifically horses that have suffered abuse) can teach us essential lessons about communication, boundaries, fairness, trust, and respect. Writing in wise, grandfatherly, folksy style (one imagines cowboys around a camp fire), the horseman, ranch proprietor, and executive coach recounts his experiences training wild horses and traumatized horses at his Wyoming ranch and enumerates the lessons he's learned from the skittish animals. As the book's subtitle suggests, these lessons apply to interpersonal relationships as well as personal and career advancement; beyond that, Golliher paints a beautiful picture of the internal peace that good behavior and kindness can bring, describes the importance of boundaries in teacher-learner relationships, and brings to life an image of the individual strength that trusting relationships can confer. VERDICT Written in non-preachy, folksy, authentic manner, Golliher's self-help book has the potential to inspire and transform anyone who reads it.--Steve Dixon
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