You read the title to this blog and you already thought I was talking about you, huh? Ugh. It felt ugly just typing that title into the box. I guess it felt extra ugly and familiar because I've spoken those words to myself . There's a good chance someone else has even said them about …
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Who is it exactly that determines what an advantage or disadvantage is? Who decides that one person has the upper hand? Who sits back and looks at the circumstances of a person's life and decides for them whether they have a chance or not? You do. Let that sink in for a minute. YOU are …
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When striving to reach a new goal or compete at a new level, it is so easy to get nervous or intimidated. To second guess everything you have done to prepare, to wonder if you are out of your league, to back down from the pressure or safety up. Competing at the BFA World Finals …
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Failure is such an uncomfortable word. I don't like it. I don't want to identify with it. But what if accepting failure is just the thing that would propel my next growth spurt? I have experienced this first hand more times than I can count. I have learned more lessons from failure than I could …
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Competition is something humans have thrived on for thousands of years. Kids are the best at finding ways to turn everything into a competition. "How fast can you run to the barn and back?", "I bet I can catch more frogs than you!", "Race ya to the swing set!". I can remember as a kid …
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I have never really considered myself a "barrel horse trainer". In fact when people would ask what kind of training I do I would respond with, "Mostly colt starting.". Partly because I haven't had a chance to prove myself as a barrel horse trainer, and partly because I would rather be labeled as a horsewoman …
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If I graduated high school and decided I wanted to be a neurosurgeon, wouldn't it be a little strange if I told you I didn't plan to go to college? I don't need to go to school and study. I'll just practice brain surgery on people until I gain enough experience. It's kind of morbid …
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Emily Gernaat Performance Horses 