284: The Art of Horse Whispering and Trust-Building with Grant Golliher

“Trust is not just a feeling. It’s also an action, and it’s a process that happens over time. Be slow to take, and quick to give.” These are just some of the gems that Grant Golliher has picked up in three decades of horse whispering, training, and teaching the art of trust-building. Today we’re talking about what horses can teach us about reading people and intuition.

More About Grant: Grant Golliher is a horseman and the proprietor of the historic Diamond Cross Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he teaches corporate executives, coaches, celebrities, and families from all around the world the skills necessary to tame troubled horses and become leaders and better people. Today we’re talking about his new book, Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy.

🌟3 Key Takeaways:

• Honor the smallest try; congratulate the smallest progress.
• We like to work hard for people we respect. We need to lead by example and be the type of leader that people are excited to be loyal to.
• An argument can be made that we’re so afraid of abuse that we’ve stopped disciplining. There is an important place in work and life for firmness and boundaries.

📘Books Mentioned:

• Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business 
• Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
• Grant’s books: Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy, Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership

🔗Resources Mentioned: 

• Grant on the web, Instagram: @grantgolliher, @diamondcrossranch
• Articles: Wyoming Honor Farm: ​Inmate/Wild-Horse Program
• Video: The Superpower in You, How to Train Your Dog to Leave It with No Command  

🎧Related Podcast Episodes: 

• 140: What Horse Whispering and Entrepreneurship Have in Common with Eileen Kenney
• Tim Ferriss interviewing Susan Garrett — Master Dog (and Human) Trainer (#200)
• Susan Garrett’s Shape by Dog Podcast

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