6/ NOVEMBER 2022 THE RIDER MY SPIN:
non-moveable deadline sets in - like a horse show or a scheduled trail ride with freinds. The horse show committee isn’t going to move the date for you so, What to do - What to do?
There’s new research to ex-
plain this and what to do about it. I think this is very fitting in the horse world. We’re always settings goals and wanting to achieve them.
Scenario: You’re ready for change,
you’ve set a goal, and you get this euphoric feeling of ‘Let’s Do This! Yeah! Let’s go”. You’re excited and motivated.
By Susan Dahl. When setting a goal, a way that
can backfire is to set really large goals and a tight deadline. We’ve all heard this before. We don’t realize the time it takes to train that new horse or get a new skill established before that
It feels so good to start a new goal. You decide to pile on the goal and make it bigger. The goal expands. We want to get lots done. According to Dr. Caroline
Leaf, (
https://drleaf.com) a cogni- tive neuroscientist, that rush of feel- ings is due to a rush of endorphins or feel-good hormones. Not a bad
Motivational Goal Setting Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
not try less classes or go into a be- ginner class instead. Try a 1-day trail ride instead of a camp over. Things like that. The big take-away I’m trying
to say here is to be ready to make some simple yet effective changes to your plan and/or goal when your motivation naturally fizzles out and have a good realistic plan going for- ward. It will carry you to your goal! Good luck. That’s one of the beauties of
the horse world, to learn how to set and meet non-movable dates. A great skill to have!
Dr. Caroline Leaf YouTube:
youtube.com/DrCarolineLeaf
thing. - What’s Next: Naturally, the
Hormone High Doesn’t Last This is where careful planning
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and understanding of the human body comes in. We will not be able to sustain the feel-good feeling in- definitely (at least not by natural means). It’s inevitable. So how do we keep going when the hormone motivation fizzles out - return the tack? lol First, we have to understand that it’s not our plan or goal that has
gone wrong, or that something is wrong with us. It’s simply the way our body works. We don’t want to ever get into the destructive habit of self-doubt, or self- criticism, or worse yet, blame the horse.
Adjust the Plan: One easy and quick thing to
do is to change or adjust the plan and goal. Perhaps by analyzing, you’ve found out that the plan got too grandiose or noticeably too large to complete in the time. Why
Putting My Spin On Goal Setting Reinersue @KISS reiners.
About Susan Dahl Susan Dahl, ORHA/NRHA past multiple champion, writer, blogger, author and clinician, retired certi- fied professional horse trainer. Owner of Foundation Reining Training Centre in Durham, ON. She specializes in effective horse- manship, and reining. For more in- formation on her services: judging, clinics or resale horses, please con- tact her on facebook, her website:
www.reinersuehorseman
ship.com or
reinersue@hotmail.com
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