Customer Reviews:
 Get Perfect Confidence in Everything You Do! November 15, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Another outstanding book from Kelly Marks. Every horse handler needs Perfect Manners and Perfect Partners is the next step in building that special relationship with your horse. Now Perfect Confidence completes the Perfect trilogy.
This time Kelly excels herself by showing us how to improve our self esteem and capability, whilst enabling us to set and achieve realistic goals. And if that isn't enough, the book does it in a fun, interactive and easily readable way.
As you would expect there are lots of superb photographs of Kelly's former problem pony, American Pie and some rather unexpected, particulary touching contributions from Kelly's mentor, Monty Roberts, as well as from Kelly's major influence, her father, race horse trainer Douglas Marks, who sadly died before the book went to print.
When you've read it, you can look forward to seeing a different world as things change around you, especially if that world involves a horse.
Not confined to horses November 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
.... or to actual problems with confidence, this book is excellent for self awareness and facilitating realistic goal setting in all walks of life. Kelly comes across as a "real" person who is humanitarian as well as having a passion for equines. A common sense approach that less than perfect can still be OK.
Purely Perfect November 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An absolutely fantastic, special piece of literature from a really talented lady.
Definately recommended to everyone - those horsey, those not, those with confidence issuses, those without. Everyone can learn something and enjoy this book.
THE BEST SELF HELP BOOK - SO FAR October 21, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
AFTER HAVING A FALL SOME YEARS AGO, THEN AFTER RETURNING TO RIDING I FOUND MYSELF BEING A VERY NERVOUS RIDER, I WAS READING THIS BOOK AND WAS THINKING I CAN'T DO THAT, BUT I FOUND THAT I COULD, THAT EVERY TIME I HAVE A NEGATIVE THOUGHT ( SUCH AS I AM GOING TO FALL OFF, I AM GOING TO GET HURT ), I CAN REPLACE IT WITH A POSTIVE ONE, I HAVE HAD ONE RIDING LESSON SINCE READING THIS BOOK AND AFTERWARDS TWO PEOPLE TOLD ME I RODE REALLY WELL, ( NOBODY NORMALLY SAYS ANYTHING TO ME AFTER A LESSON ), THIS IS MY THIRD CONFINDENCE SELF HELP BOOK ( ALL BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS ) AND IS SIMPLY THE BEST, IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY YOUR NERVES, BUT NOW I FEEL THAT I CONTROL THEM, NOT THAT THEY CONTROL ME.
 Confidence October 17, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Having a young horse, and getting older it is difficult to be as confident as I once was!! Couple of falls later confidence was at an all time low. Had bought a different book of Kelly's and it was only ok. But this is very good, helpful without being insulting, and good exercises, actually jumped a very small course today on my mare and haven't jumped for months!
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