Think Like a Horse Quotes

“People are like horses in this regard: you can’t force them to trust you, or corner them and expect that they’ll open up. All you can do is create an environment in which they feel safe, be patient and consistent, and give them the freedom to choose. Trust is the essential foundation of any relationship, whether with a human or an animal. And it doesn’t come easily to most of us. That can be hard when you care about someone. “Why”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“People are like horses in this regard: you can't force them to trust you, or corner them and expect that they'll open up.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“Sometimes a horse knows us even better than we know ourselves.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“I've learned that the horses have an extraordinary ability to reveal people to themselves. In doing so, they become a powerful catalyst for personal growth and leadership development.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“Experiences like this have taught me (...) the power of simply being authentic. A pedestal is not a safe place to be -- when you're balanced up there trying to save face, it's easy to take a tumble. You're much better off with your boots on the solid ground of honesty and transparency.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“Under pressure, we learn who we are. Pressure peels back the layers (...) taking us back to the basics of what it means to be human and what it means to be ourselves.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“It's in the journey itself that purpose is found.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“We all make mistakes. Failures are part of life, and they're essential to learning and growth. Failure just means you figured out what doesn't work.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“Be slow to take and quick to give. Honor the slightest try and the smallest change.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“People make choices for all kinds of reasons (...) But we can always strive to see the good in people, to call out their highest potential. It's important to see not only who they are now, but who they could be (...) you can do so in a way that honors their potential to change and brings out the good, rather than reinforcing the bad.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“People, like horses, don't generally respond well to constant pressure. Leading with feel involves a dance of pressure and release. If you don't release, you don't allow space for learning and response.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy

“Feel is a combination of sensitivity, intuition, and empathy. It's one of the most important things to learn when working with horses or with people. (...) feel can't really be taught; it can only be learned. You have to develop it through tuning in, observing, paying attention, experimenting, listening, and trying to put yourself inside the experience of another.”
― Grant Golliher, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy