Confidence in your actions

It was an honest challenge to try and convince a horse to cross the spaceblanket today. Thinking through how to convince anyone to do something that they are truely scared of was an interesting aspect of the exercise. Techniquesthat we generally use for getting someone to do something include bribing them or trying to coerce them. It takes a specific kind of patience and dedication to get someone to agree to do something that they are initially uncomfortable with. I also realized that when I'm stressed, I am less clear with my leadership. Though I would generally say I can give clear direction, I found in several exercises today, I backed off when I was unclear about what I was supposed to do or not sure that I was doing it correctly. This made the horses (and me!) nervous. It is good to know that your manner and confidence can be so clearly mirrored in your patient. I'm hoping that these next two weeks will give me some more good insights into pitfalls for doctors in training.

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