Short Cuts

Every day I fight the urge to take short cuts with my horses. But I get it. I totally get why it happens. Success is more than a business model, it’s an addiction. We’re no different from any other artist in that regard. And we are artists. Like singers or actors or writers, we just want to stay relevant. Relevance is what keeps the clients coming in. Relevance is what pays the bills.

You have this one horse and he does great things and then it’s just expected that all your horses will achieve great things. But it doesn’t work like that. They all develop in their own ways in their own time. And not all of them have greatness in them. Not in the show ring at any rate. 

Amateurs talk about pressure and I know they feel it, but pros feel it on another level. Ammys can joke about all the money they spend for a fifty cent ribbon and they’re not wrong. A blue ribbon and eight bucks will buy you a cappuccino. But for pros? That blue ribbon means you’ve still got what it takes to get to the top. And maybe help others do the same.