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<\/a>Do you have a good excuse why you didn\u2019t win the last competition, or why you haven\u2019t ridden lately?<\/p>\nThe thing is that everyone HAS a good excuse!<\/strong><\/p>\n No-one wins all the time. But those who win more often and progress to higher levels don\u2019t dwell on their excuses! They work out what went wrong, how they can improve and get on with fixing things.<\/p>\n We are all born into different situations, some brought up in families where they could choose what horse they rode, had the best instructors and started competing in big competitions at an early age.<\/p>\n Then there are others who had to ride their bike for miles just to get to the nearest riding school. They would work all weekend and be rewarded with a short ride if it suited.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t matter where you started, it matters where you are going<\/strong><\/p>\n If you want to improve, be persistent about improving.<\/p>\n Set yourself up with a reflection diary. Within the diary, have a long term plan that includes<\/p>\n Then each day after you ride, do a bit of self reflection<\/p>\n By persistently keeping this diary you will find that you won\u2019t dwell on excuses, you will focus on improvement!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you have a good excuse why you didn\u2019t win the last competition, or why you haven\u2019t ridden lately? The thing is that everyone HAS a good excuse! No-one wins all the time. But those who win more often and progress to higher levels don\u2019t dwell on their excuses! They work out what went wrong, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,71,74],"tags":[103,81,197],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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