Why talk to a guru? When you can whisper to a horse. The Art of Natural Leadership [Paperback]

Paul Hunting (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 4, 2006

"This book is profound. It deserves a second reading. This is more than about horses. It's about you." Terry Tillman, World Renowned Leadership Coach, Trainer and Best-Selling Author Natural leadership liberates your right and destiny to have a joy-filled, healthy, abundant life. 'Guru?' offers you practical keys to unlock the spiritual intelligence that enables this. It shows how skilled coaching alongside horses will help you harness your natural potential to create a sustainable future and lead the life you are meant to. This not about horses - nor about coaching, business, psychology, philosophy, physics or theology. Inspired by one man's evolving relationship with horses - and through them to the spirit in all things - it challenges all these disciplines to raise their game. It is an extraordinary work: sometimes subtle, sometimes passionate, always provocative. 'Why talk to a guru? When you can whisper to a horse' With this intriguing question, Paul Hunting challenges our assumptions and paradigms that conceal the truth of who we are. He reveals phenomenal insights into the nature of man and the universe. It will enrage those with 'sacred cows' to keep and liberate those who are truly looking for greater meaning, purpose, and joy. With his horses he both honours and cancels out the animal in us. We are left holding our true spiritual nature in the palm of our hand. While primarily intended to unleash authentic, natural leadership in sustainable businesses, he is spotlighting the cause of issues unconsciously affecting us all. 'Guru?' is a practical antidote to the primordial superstitions of religious dogma, New Age 'psychism' and the nihilistic reductionism of modern science - all equally demeaning to the true nature of the human spirit. This work is essential reading for those who really do care about a sustainable future and are willing to pick up the gauntlet to become part of the solution

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: PERFECT PUBLISHERS LTD (June 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905399146
• ISBN-13: 978-1905399147
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,690,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating "thinking out loud" and sharing, April 27, 2009

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This review is from: Why talk to a guru? When you can whisper to a horse. The Art of Natural Leadership (Paperback)

The first two-thirds of this book contain a somewhat rambling, often personal, sometimes humorous philosophical stream of consciousness about truth with a capital T, horses as teachers and mirrors, the Bible as metaphor, and other provocative ideas about who we are as souls and beings. Despite the rambling, this is valuable "thinking out loud" triggered by the idea that "For thousands of years, excellence in horsemanship was such a natural ingredient in the development of leadership it would hardly have been noticed--and only rarely noted." In the last third of this book, Hunting does an exceptional job of laying out his method of "Transformational Horsemanship." His willingness to be candid and explicit about how he works with his horses to help clients become more authentically present and self aware in their leadership roles results in a very useful, informative, and thought-provoking discussion.

I'd recommend, however, that in any book suggesting methods of working with horses, the safety of the person and of the horse get more attention. The need for knowledge, awareness, and prudence when close to horses cannot be overstated.
Devony, Homer, Alaska