There is a secret to changing into a superior rider without having to go thru hours of lessons: you can make yourself a far better rider by devoting some part of the time spent on lessons to train yourself mentally. I used this secret to fulfill my ambition of riding in International Events.

I did it this way. I came across a copy of the book Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. It is a book that pretty much changed my life. I learned from Maltz’s book about the way in which the human subconscious can help in achievement. Maltz made it clear that not withstanding widely held belief, the conscious part of the mind doesn’t permanently influence the quality or effectiveness of human actions. There isn’t any question that exercise of strong will power and unswerving determination can achieve short term success , but for wining to become a habit, it’s the subconscious that must definitely be allowed to rule.

This is basically due to the way the subconscious works toward goal awareness. The subconscious isn’t judgmental; it isn’t concerned with positive or negative aspects. It is concerned with achieving goals, and it waits for you to point it at the next one. When you do that, your subconscious starts its relentless work: edging you closer to realisation.

You need to handle your subconscious with total care, as it picks up on cues you didn’t intend it to. As an example, if you keep talking to friends and relatives about how much of a scared wreck you become at events, your subconscious takes that for a goal. The ultimate result, you mess up every time.

You must exploit the proven fact that the subconscious can’t differentiate between fact and fiction. Whether or not it is untrue, by telling buddies and relatives that you love events and the challenge they pose, your subconscious locks in on that and makes it a goal. You will soon begin to love events. It is inevitable because you have programmed a particularly strong subconscious that won’t be denied.

What are the best methods to purposely use your subconscious mind to raise yourself up, there are 2 methods: visualization and self-talk.

Visualization

Visualization (seeing things as mental images) works best when it is clear. You can make it vivid by making a deliberate effort to fill in as many details as practical and by getting all of your senses, including emotion, involved.

– Open your ears to the rhythm made by the footfalls of your horse.

– Open your nose to the smell of clean air after it rains in summer.

– Reinforce your touch perception so you can better feel the way that the reins in your hands weigh.

– Open your eyes to your horse’s markings, as well as to your own clothes.

– Open your mouth a little and get a taste of the salt in the sweat that drips down from your brows.

– Open your heart and invoke your feelings. Feel your own quietness and poise while entering the ring.

SELF-TALK

One effective way to programme the subconscious is to take care about the words emanating from your mouth.

Positively claim your goals,

Assert your goals in order that it appears that you’re already in possession of the qualities you have got a desire to attain.

Keep telling yourself ‘I love events’, even if you’re not being quite honest, your subconscious mind will be unable to distinguish. Simply fudge it and you will certainly make it, something that I successfully did myself.

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