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# Tip/Quote of the Day # 3926
- URL: https://www.myvirtualeventingcoach.com/eventing-tip-quote-3926-2/
- Published: 2024-04-21T00:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-21T00:47:55.000Z
- Author: Lesley Stevenson
- Tags: Get your FREE daily tip here!, #Import 2026-02-10 03:43

You can't straighten a crooked stick just by bending it until it's straight. You have to bend it in the *opposite direction* to truly straighten it. The same is true with horses. Moments of exaggerating the bend in the direction your horse doesn't like to bend will cause him to become straighter.