Horse Business

As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative 20 years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity's greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it.

For generations, we've been stuck with a cookie-cutter mold for success that requires us to be the same as everyone else, only better. This ""standard formula"" works for some people but leaves most of us feeling disengaged and frustrated. As much as we might dislike the standard formula, it...

Grant Golliher is what some would call a “horse whisperer”, able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider in just hours 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 to foster more fulfilled relationships, and in turn, create a richer life.

A 2020 study shows that human beings create bonds quickly with horses, even in as little as 30 minutes. Equine therapy taps into this deep connection, providing human beings with many benefits ranging from stress and anxiety relief to enhanced communication abilities and self-esteem. This guide contains key information, scientific evidence, and fascinating real-life stories that will reveal the diverse applications and outcomes of a therapy embraced by children, adults and seniors alike.

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Are you stuck? Are your current approaches to the safety of work leaving you frustrated and without the “world-class” safety performance they once promised? Safety is seemingly everywhere in our work worlds, but nothing seems to be getting any better. It’s time for a change. 10 Ideas to Make Safety Suck Less focuses on how to practically apply human and organizational performance within your organization, and will help you revolutionize your approaches to the safety of work (and practically everything else).

In Self-Publish & Succeed, trusted best-selling author and entrepreneur Julie Broad shows you that writing a successful nonfiction book starts long before you write your first chapter. To write a book that boosts your brand, generates a profit, and makes you an influencer in your industry, you need the #noboringbooks way.

An unexpected hope for those in need, and for their loved ones. When someone faces an end-of-life diagnosis, he or she may have all hope of a continued existence and enjoyable quality of life taken away by people employed in this country’s traditional medical profession. Discover how you can find hope where none is offered and restore your peace of mind.

Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer's days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva's dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and into harm's way. For five months, Annemarie has struggled to make...

It’s time to take your authorship to the next level. Navigate the intricacies of self-publishing and book marketing using the same methods clients pay her tens of thousands of dollars for. Get Self-Promote and Succeed and let this writer’s guide to promoting, marketing, and selling your nonfiction book be the reason your journey heads toward success.

Doing business in the post-global financial crisis (GFC) is extremely challenging for most. Traditional capital has all but dried up. This has created challenges and opportunities for business decision makers to embrace public-private partnerships in order to determine the best business climate, provide public-backed incentives to close expansion & relocation projects and reduce operating and start-up costs.

Ride the Horses, Feed the Lions is a book for those who want to be, hire, or manage stylistic salespeople. Get to know them personally; they’re the thoroughbreds of your sales team. Don’t rein them in right out of the gate. Let them set their own pace. Be on their team so that they’re on yours.

“This wonderful tale is for all lovers of golf, especially the weekend hackers with embarrassing handicaps (like me). Now we have hope. If we can just find the magic clubs.”—John Grisham A recently laid-off golf reporter. A down-on-his-luck caddie. And a magical set of clubs once owned by...

In Horseshoes vs. Chess, veteran chamber executive and former mayor Dave Adkisson shares the insights he gained from more than 40 years observing chambers of commerce–as a CEO of three very different chambers (a small city chamber, a metro chamber, and a state chamber), as a two-term mayor of his hometown, as a former assistant to a U.S. Senator, and as a chamber leader on the national level.

It Begs the Question is about dramatically improving team and personal performance, exerting less effort than you're investing today, and ensuring the sustainability of the improvements you make. Utilize the power of questions to develop the critical-thinking skills of your team so they are less dependent on you as the manager.

Each year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Millions more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ever, aspiring to work for employers offering an appealing culture, a robust menu of perks, and opportunities for personal fulfillment and advancement. The result is that millions of applications stream to the handful of companies that regularly top listings of the best companies to work for.

Best-selling author and motivational powerhouse Dr. Judith Sills shows how to leap walls and push past boundaries so we can move ahead and live life fully.

Some of us feel like donkeys in a world that celebrates racehorses―the shiny and flashy success stories that make us question our own worth and abilities. But life isn't about competing for gold medals. It’s about understanding your unique strengths and using them to mine all the gold that’s already within you. A delightful blend of short reflections, Rachel Anne Ridge’s The Donkey Principle has a central, timely message: Embracing your inner donkey is the key to overcoming obstacles, creating lasting change, and achieving meaningful success.

You want nothing more than to have more time to pursue your love of horses. But there’s a cost. The horse shows, the competitions, even the cowgirl clothes, they all cost money and time. You no longer want to work longer hours, or ask for a raise, or rely on your spouse just to do what you love. So what do you do? Lifelong cowgirl, entrepreneur, and nurse practitioner Dr. Lynda Flowers has the answer.

When the leaders of the Santa Fe Railway followed the path of least resistance across the “great American desert” they encountered a world like no other. This book will introduce you to the team of "Iron Horses": leading men and women who helped create a vision and an empire.