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From the blog:

I’ve had a tremendous amount of feedback on last week’s blog posting about students using education to level the playing field in the financially disparate horse industry – feedback for which I thank you, readers. In a rare move for me, I also chose to share the post on my personal Facebook page in addition to my business page, where close personal friends and professional colleagues (including many of my fellow educational consultants) provided valuable feedback and commentary.

What was most interesting were the notes and comments I received from the non-horse people in my life. Read More

"Vicki’s blessed with a great work ethic and questing, creative mind. During those horseless years, early in her career, she earned her master’s degree in business administration from Wharton, focusing on marketing and finance. After three years with a consulting firm, she signed on with Proctor & Gambler (1992–2000) where it took her five years to leap up the levels from assistant brand manager to director of marketing for Cover Girl Cosmetics. But business success wasn’t enough."

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"It was 2008, and I was one of those kids that entered school with high aspirations of six figure jobs and Doctor in front of my name.  I had gone to a fantastic, albit extremely expensive liberal arts school – one that cost more for four years of education than what many American’s make in a decade.

And in May of 2008, as I tossed my cap into the air and hugged my fellow graduates, I thought to myself “Yes.  This is when I set off into the wide unknown and MAKE IT.”

And then the stock market crashed.

And then I didn’t get into vet school. 

And then my father passed away. 

And then I moved to Lexington, Kentucky with $1,000 to my name and a cat." Read More

St. Andrews University coach Carla Wennberg talks about the power of getting in the zone. Click for more.

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