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2016 Foreword INDIES Gold Award Winner
2016 Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner
2017 Silver Independent Publisher Book Award Winner
2017 Silver IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Winner
Award-winning author and celebrated neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton combines his understanding of the human brain with nearly 30 years' experience training horses to offer wisdom on such universal themes as leadership, motivation, ambition, and humility. The results are showcased in more than 100 thoughtful essays that treat working with horses as a metaphor for personal, professional, and spiritual growth. Whether you're searching for greater spiritual depth or simply want to better understand your four-legged partner, this wise and important collection has something for you. In more than 100 short essays, neuroscientist and long-time horse trainer Allan J. Hamilton, MD, draws on his distinctive knowledge and experience to explore how horses have helped him achieve clarity, peace, and mindfulness, along with spiritual insights into the fullness of life.
Allan J. Hamilton, MD, is a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, a renowned horse trainer, a developer of equine-assisted learning programs, and the author of Lead with Your Heart and Zen Mind, Zen Horse (Gold Nautilus Award winner). He is a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and a medical script consultant for the hit television series Grey's Anatomy. He raises Lipizzan horses on a small ranch on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.
The Wisdom of Horses
Working with horses can be a transformative experience. Their soft eyes, wild spirit, and shy honesty offer a glimpse of how entirely different the horse's mind is from our own. Allan J. Hamilton, a neurosurgeon and a pioneer in equine-assisted therapy, distills in 112 short essays what horses have taught him about forgiveness, true leadership, courage, and love. Introduction: Walking between Worlds
Teaching and Learning
Find the right place to start
The horse is a mirror
Teaching is one phase; training is three
Bring a new question every day
Reward abundantly
The benefit of the doubt is a chance for success
Let mistakes happen
Correct, then caress
Back up for respect
The feather is mightier than the whip
Patience is compassion
Cultivate a beginner's mind
Are we having fun yet?
Finish better than you started
Look for the breakthrough and seize it
Provide a way out
Make the right way the easy way
Know when to let go
It all begins at the gate
Escalate out of the comfort zone
Agendas hurt the relationship
Nagging is the handmaiden of failure
Ask, request, demand, and promise
The better the trainer, the less the training
Training trumps bloodlines
Find the way to celebrate
Horse whispering means being clearly heard
Doctrines don't fail; methods do
Patience creates time; time creates success
Stutter steps build memory
Hesitation precedes understanding
A tired horse will eagerly stand still
Balance fear and curiosity
A windy day can make any horse stupid
Learn the ABCs of teaching
Wait for the lightbulb moment
Back up to perfection
Black and white are fine; shades of gray confuse
The faster you go, the worse it gets
Mindfulness: Attention and Inattention
Never take a day for granted
Every moment has meaning
Intention focuses energy to effect change
Behold the eye
Elegance is economy
Make it a habit
Know how to be silent
Timing must be impeccable
Cultivate an eye for detail
The mind shapes intention, but the body delivers it
Clear your mind
Drop the reins
The horse's reward is peace
Horses don't lie; people do
Thinking knows; seeing believes
A goal is a trap
For horse
2016 Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner
2017 Silver Independent Publisher Book Award Winner
2017 Silver IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Winner
Award-winning author and celebrated neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton combines his understanding of the human brain with nearly 30 years' experience training horses to offer wisdom on such universal themes as leadership, motivation, ambition, and humility. The results are showcased in more than 100 thoughtful essays that treat working with horses as a metaphor for personal, professional, and spiritual growth. Whether you're searching for greater spiritual depth or simply want to better understand your four-legged partner, this wise and important collection has something for you. In more than 100 short essays, neuroscientist and long-time horse trainer Allan J. Hamilton, MD, draws on his distinctive knowledge and experience to explore how horses have helped him achieve clarity, peace, and mindfulness, along with spiritual insights into the fullness of life.
Allan J. Hamilton, MD, is a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, a renowned horse trainer, a developer of equine-assisted learning programs, and the author of Lead with Your Heart and Zen Mind, Zen Horse (Gold Nautilus Award winner). He is a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and a medical script consultant for the hit television series Grey's Anatomy. He raises Lipizzan horses on a small ranch on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.
The Wisdom of Horses
Working with horses can be a transformative experience. Their soft eyes, wild spirit, and shy honesty offer a glimpse of how entirely different the horse's mind is from our own. Allan J. Hamilton, a neurosurgeon and a pioneer in equine-assisted therapy, distills in 112 short essays what horses have taught him about forgiveness, true leadership, courage, and love. Introduction: Walking between Worlds
Teaching and Learning
Find the right place to start
The horse is a mirror
Teaching is one phase; training is three
Bring a new question every day
Reward abundantly
The benefit of the doubt is a chance for success
Let mistakes happen
Correct, then caress
Back up for respect
The feather is mightier than the whip
Patience is compassion
Cultivate a beginner's mind
Are we having fun yet?
Finish better than you started
Look for the breakthrough and seize it
Provide a way out
Make the right way the easy way
Know when to let go
It all begins at the gate
Escalate out of the comfort zone
Agendas hurt the relationship
Nagging is the handmaiden of failure
Ask, request, demand, and promise
The better the trainer, the less the training
Training trumps bloodlines
Find the way to celebrate
Horse whispering means being clearly heard
Doctrines don't fail; methods do
Patience creates time; time creates success
Stutter steps build memory
Hesitation precedes understanding
A tired horse will eagerly stand still
Balance fear and curiosity
A windy day can make any horse stupid
Learn the ABCs of teaching
Wait for the lightbulb moment
Back up to perfection
Black and white are fine; shades of gray confuse
The faster you go, the worse it gets
Mindfulness: Attention and Inattention
Never take a day for granted
Every moment has meaning
Intention focuses energy to effect change
Behold the eye
Elegance is economy
Make it a habit
Know how to be silent
Timing must be impeccable
Cultivate an eye for detail
The mind shapes intention, but the body delivers it
Clear your mind
Drop the reins
The horse's reward is peace
Horses don't lie; people do
Thinking knows; seeing believes
A goal is a trap
For horse