Horsemanship Mastery & the Pareto Principle

The "Vital Few" Skills that have a Disproportional Impact

This presentation was delivered by Dr Shelley Appleton at Equitana Melbourne in 2024. 

The Pareto Principle suggests that a small portion of actions or inputs (the "vital few") often leads to the majority of results, while the remaining inputs (the "trivial many") contribute far less. For example, in learning, 80% of mastery might be achieved through focusing on 20% of key skills.

In practical terms, mastering a critical subset of skills or focusing on key tasks can often yield a disproportionately large payoff. Therefore, identifying and honing that crucial 20% can lead to significant improvements in performance or results.

In this webinar Dr Shelley Appleton presents a case as to why the foundation training and foundation training skills are the "vital few" skills for both horse and riders.

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  • Free
  • 2 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

Webinar Presenter

Dr Shelley Appleton

Dr. Shelley Appleton is the founder of “Calm Willing Confident Horses”. Shelley teaches people how to train horses by presenting online courses, training lessons and clinics throughout Australia. Shelley helps riders nurture partnerships with their horses whilst building confidence, trust, knowledge and skillsets. Shelley has an uncanny, highly experienced ability to recognise, problem solve and correct issues with horses. Her doctorate in Human Learning proves beneficial to all coaching scenarios allowing a deeper understanding of strategies helping people develop their awareness, thinking and skillsets to be more in tune with their horse. Shelley is a published author of books - Confidence & Trust, Solving the Human & Horse Equation and Buying & Supporting a New Horse, The Essential Guide. She is the co-host of the popular Canter Therapy Podcast and creator of the her program of teaching people to help horses called the Complete Reboot System. You can find out more about Shelley on her website: https://www.calmwillingconfidenthorses.com.au

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