How to Lead People and Influence Horses: The Masterclass

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Start Here
- Film: The Wisest Teacher
- How this masterclass works
Part I · 1. The Read
- Film: The Read
- Field guide: The Read
- Practice: The Read
- Checkpoint: The Read 10 xp
  - Quiz
2. Leave Your Ego at the Gate
- Film: Leave Your Ego at the Gate
- Field guide: Leave Your Ego at the Gate
- Practice: Leave Your Ego at the Gate
- Checkpoint: Leave Your Ego at the Gate 10 xp
  - Quiz
3. The Lead Mare and the Boss Horse
- Film: The Lead Mare and the Boss Horse
- Field guide: The Lead Mare and the Boss Horse
- Practice: The Lead Mare and the Boss Horse
- Checkpoint: The Lead Mare and the Boss Horse 10 xp
  - Quiz
4. Your Breath Is the First Cue
- Film: Your Breath Is the First Cue
- Field guide: Your Breath Is the First Cue
- Practice: Your Breath Is the First Cue
- Checkpoint: Your Breath Is the First Cue 10 xp
  - Quiz
5. Peace That Has Structure
- Film: Peace That Has Structure
- Field guide: Peace That Has Structure
- Practice: Peace That Has Structure
- Checkpoint: Peace That Has Structure 10 xp
  - Quiz
Part II · 6. The Release Is the Lesson
- Film: The Release Is the Lesson
- Field guide: The Release Is the Lesson
- Practice: The Release Is the Lesson
- Checkpoint: The Release Is the Lesson 10 xp
  - Quiz
7. The Four Phases
- Film: The Four Phases
- Field guide: The Four Phases
- Practice: The Four Phases
- Checkpoint: The Four Phases 10 xp
  - Quiz
8. Diagnose First, Respond Second
- Film: Diagnose First, Respond Second
- Field guide: Diagnose First, Respond Second
- Practice: Diagnose First, Respond Second
- Checkpoint: Diagnose First, Respond Second 10 xp
  - Quiz
9. Soft Hands, Hard Standards
- Film: Soft Hands, Hard Standards
- Field guide: Soft Hands, Hard Standards
- Practice: Soft Hands, Hard Standards
- Checkpoint: Soft Hands, Hard Standards 10 xp
  - Quiz
10. Make the Wrong Thing Difficult
- Film: Make the Wrong Thing Difficult
- Field guide: Make the Wrong Thing Difficult
- Practice: Make the Wrong Thing Difficult
- Checkpoint: Make the Wrong Thing Difficult 10 xp
  - Quiz
11. When the Horse Won't Try
- Film: When the Horse Won't Try
- Field guide: When the Horse Won't Try
- Practice: When the Horse Won't Try
- Checkpoint: When the Horse Won't Try 10 xp
  - Quiz
Part III · 12. Trust Is Built One Release at a Time
- Film: Trust Is Built One Release at a Time
- Field guide: Trust Is Built One Release at a Time
- Practice: Trust Is Built One Release at a Time
- Checkpoint: Trust Is Built One Release at a Time 10 xp
  - Quiz
13. The Wreck and the Repair
- Film: The Wreck and the Repair
- Field guide: The Wreck and the Repair
- Practice: The Wreck and the Repair
- Checkpoint: The Wreck and the Repair 10 xp
  - Quiz
14. Shutdown Is Not Calm
- Film: Shutdown Is Not Calm
- Field guide: Shutdown Is Not Calm
- Practice: Shutdown Is Not Calm
- Checkpoint: Shutdown Is Not Calm 10 xp
  - Quiz
15. The Lifetime Horse, the Lifetime Team
- Film: The Lifetime Horse, the Lifetime Team
- Field guide: The Lifetime Horse, the Lifetime Team
- Practice: The Lifetime Horse, the Lifetime Team
- Checkpoint: The Lifetime Horse, the Lifetime Team 10 xp
  - Quiz
16. Becoming Someone Worth Following
- Film: Becoming Someone Worth Following
- Field guide: Becoming Someone Worth Following
- Practice: Becoming Someone Worth Following
- Checkpoint: Becoming Someone Worth Following 10 xp
  - Quiz
The Horseman's Agreement
- Film: The Horseman's Agreement
- The Horseman's Agreement, adapted
Resource Library
- Masterclass Field Guide (PDF)
- The lineage: a reading list
- For the reader who doesn't ride: glossary
- Sources and credits
Certification
- Practice exam: no sign-in needed
- Leyden Certified: Leadership Masterclass Exam

Field guide: Peace That Has Structure

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Chapter 5

Field guide: Peace That Has Structure

Every horse and every person asks: who is in charge here, and can I trust them? Predictability answers.

6 minField guideBarn and office

Where you will use it

Onboarding, recurring meetings, handoffs and SOPs
Bedtime, mornings, homework and the other rhythms of a home

Step by step

1

Do the same thing the same way

Same hand, same hole, same pause, same order. On Tuesday what you did on Monday.

2

Pair softness with structure

Softness without structure is mush. Structure without softness is the boss horse.

3

Stop being the weather

Warm Monday and cold Thursday teaches people to brace for weather. Find what only goes right when you are in the room.

4

Write the cinch down

An SOP is a cinch written down: the same hand, the same hole, the same pause, for whoever is on shift.

5

Respect the stages

Snaffle, hackamore, two rein, bridle: about seven years in the vaquero tradition. Nobody skips a stage.

Watch out

Roseabelle took the better part of a year. Structure has to be repeated long enough for a body to risk relaxing into it.

From the book

Test it: step away for a week. Did you build a system or a habit of being needed?

Peace is not the absence of pressure. It is the predictability of release.

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