FEATURE
Ready, set, goal! Are there strategies that can help you to turn your dreams into reality? There are, and AMANDA MAC and SONIA CAEIRO ALVAREZ have been exploring some options.
W
elcome to 2021! After
in the face of circumstances beyond
is self-empowering, wandering off-
2020’s roller coaster ride,
our control. But flexible is not another
course altogether is definitely not!
hopefully this year will
word for failure. Flexibility means that
Getting down to basics
be a vast improvement on the past 12 months. The pandemic has had a profound effect on us all, inspiring a reassessment of what we want from our lives, and consequently, what our goals are and how we might achieve them.
we have the ability to shift our thinking and refocus as circumstances change. So never be afraid to re-examine your goals. Remember, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
What’s your dream? At the end of three months, six months, a year, five years, what would you be absolutely overthe-moon happy to achieve? No matter whether you’re shooting for the World
and over again and expecting a different
Equestrian Games, want to move up a
Among other lessons, COVID has taught
result. However, while making small
grade in dressage, learn how to trick
us the importance of remaining flexible
corrections to our plans when necessary
ride, find your dream horse, build a tack
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