"Frédéric Pignon is a gifted horseman, artist and the original visionary behind the world-renowned equine spectacular Cavalia. I recently had the good fortune of learning from him during a clinic here in New Mexico. In poignant serendipity, his US tour was a last-minute solution to the French government’s continued cancellation of large events (including his) in response to terror attacks.
If you watch Frédéric on stage, you’ll see him amidst many fiery horses, freely expressing themselves alongside him in expertly choreographed musical unison—a breathtaking improvisational display of love, passion, reciprocity and trust in action. It is said that most men weep when beholding Frédéric and his equine team. To the audience eye, one might say these horses are masterfully trained.
But if you were to watch him as I did, in a more modest setting— peering through the bars of a dusty round-pen in a Northern New Mexico Indian reservation on an icy cold and windy November day—you would discover something more powerful:
He does not train horses. He inspires them.
Riveted to the edge of my seat for hours, I watched as Frédéric engaged in quiet communion with one humble backyard horse after another. There in the micro-moment between a horse’s ‘no’ and a true ‘yes’, my world gently and miraculously unraveled."
Here are the first three (of 21) lessons that Kelly learned and shares with us...
"1. Do not dominate, but guide and inspire – loyalty, trust and co-creation can only truly come from a true ‘yes’ from the other. The key is to inspire the other to want to be their best selves, and to enjoy what you are inviting them into.
2. Remove fear and obligation from your lexicon – neither lead with it, nor be lead by it. Dignity for all parties is the only way to live.
3. Improvise rather than choreograph – think about your time with the other as a blank canvas on which you will both paint. Rather than plow ahead with your plans and agenda, be acutely present to the influences of the other, and co-create."
21 Lessons in Leadership from an Uncommon Master — by Kelly Wendorf
http://equussantafe.com/blog/2017/12/7/ ... mon-master
21 Lessons in Leadership from an Uncommon Master — by Kelly Wendorf
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Re: 21 Lessons in Leadership from an Uncommon Master — by Kelly Wendorf
Thank you Welles...
The writing contains so much wisdom...more then one quick reading reading can contain. There's so much to build on as each of the 21 lessons are a meditation in themselves.
love,
Sandy
The writing contains so much wisdom...more then one quick reading reading can contain. There's so much to build on as each of the 21 lessons are a meditation in themselves.
love,
Sandy
“We measure and evaluate your Spiritual Progress on the Wall of Eternity." – Guardian of Destiny, Alverana.