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I'm passionate about

Horse Expeditions -Cultures-Learning-Designing
Art-Photography

An idea worth spreading

The Importance of Education and Interaction with nature,
the influence of Horses ,the perfect role model for a child growing up, learning the values of respect, self confidence, passion, comunication skills, freedom, loyalty.

La vida es un proyecto que tengo a largo plazo.
Jorge E Contreras S
Horseman

Talk to me about

Expeditions
Thinking Big
Global comunities

People don't know that I'm good at

About my exelent cooking skills
my Art
and that I am a Veteran Pamplona Bull runner also
Ex Rugby Player
Survival skills

My TED Story

I will Speak on TED.
Drive is my blood and I know everything is posible
Dreams of a childhood following a blueprint making dreams come true on the Journey of a lifetime.
A child from Ecuador traveling to enrich his life to places he could only dream by reading books at school ...Long days planing with his Dad the vision of what he will do and become in Life.
Hard years away from home, having allways the most spiritual and pure company .."the horse" horses he trained on his way
the price to chase the dreams are worth paying when you watch them come true.
Yet the bigest dream still to be discovered.. A Horseback ride Across Europe from Spain to Sweden in 2012

I want to show the vision and determination of a dreamer with big heart and knowledge.

"Horses run like blood run trough my veins"

Jorge E Contreras
Horseman

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• TEDCred score: +1.80 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

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  A comment on Conversation: If you could give your twenty-year-old self one piece of advice, what would it be? Why?

  May 18 2013: Love your self, if by the age of twenty you have discovered or unveil your talents then you are in great shape, feel confident to follow your passion and get real on your expending, be kind and when things do not go well don't blame it on your kindness, it is good to be independent but is better in life to be generous. Travel, travel. travel,
  like I say .. "We have to take life like a long term project!
  Don't do drugs, period!!!!

• A comment on Conversation: Would you like the idea of equestrian centers being part of school programs??

  May 17 2013: A friend share this link with me today..from early this month.. the law of attraction works so well.
  http://www.today.com/health/open-say-neigh-horses-help-teach-med-students-6C9790792 take a look at this wonderful doctor teaching with the use of horses. HA!!!!!!!
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  A reply on Conversation: Would you like the idea of equestrian centers being part of school programs??

  May 17 2013: Buenos dias Frank,
  I hear what you are saying.
  The Idea is founded with the experience I have training horse and few people during the years .
  Horses work miracles, please let me share this thought with you;
  "Equitation is intimately linked to the art of living, many of their basic rules also serve us in the day bye day, It help us find physical and especially moral balance in the building of our character.
  The horse allow men the power to enter the thoughts and feelings of another being this help Us to acquire a more sensitive conduct and improve our personality" having spend time with horses your self.You must known the positive impact on human beings. The Idea is to work together schools and equestrian centers under the same civil regulations as they have been functioning until now. The youth of today barely understand about animals and plants... lets get back to our planet roots, lets teach children to love, if they learn to love nature perhaps is a big chance they will take care of it for the years to come. (I become panic when I see beautiful young man playing these destructive video games, all they learn is the" know how" to kill) I think it is very possible for schools to develop this equestrian program. for the benefit of the community.

• A reply on Conversation: Would you like the idea of equestrian centers being part of school programs??

  May 15 2013: Well then ..my Idea can work, were other areas want to get rid of horses one way or another, it would be a great project to introduce horses in your area.
  The Idea is to let children and adults interact with horses and learn from them.

• A reply on Conversation: Would you like the idea of equestrian centers being part of school programs??

  May 15 2013: I hear you loud and clear Fritzie, my idea is to allow people in the city with hectic lifestyles spend time learning using a partner program on the equestrian centers.
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  A reply on Conversation: Would you like the idea of equestrian centers being part of school programs??

  May 15 2013: I know a few University's involved with several equestrian sports like rodeos and polo, dont you think it will be great if a equestrian time will be include during a scholarship activity in other areas of the country?

• A reply on Conversation: Would you like the idea of equestrian centers being part of school programs??

  May 15 2013: Zx Style, thanks for your opinion, I see you raising some interesting points, Horses can educate, these animals don't see colours of skin or sexual orientations.
  I think just spending time with these animals, humans can confront fears, and fear is a powerful enemy during learning.

• A comment on Conversation: What are some optimal professions for introverts?

  May 24 2012: Very good question, Im sure you know the feeling of been surrounded by people but yet alone? I feel like many artistic minds have the power to share their best skills doing what they do best for example at playing guitar player, flamenco dancing, horse training, visual artists can be in total concentration and inner conection these people are able to express so much, with their artistic talents they brake the regular forms of comunication.
  we are energy and if we voluntary choose for retreat we must understand that solitude is the worse punishment for a human been.

• A comment on Conversation: If green roofs were mandatory in cities would there be less development and building?

  May 24 2012: I will start the "Highrise Landscape bussines" this can give 1000000000´s of work !! and other meaning of urban farming !!
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  A comment on Conversation: What should I really do with my youth? I'm 18, and I want to really learn. Advice from any adults out there?

  May 24 2012: If you have a passion..get informed and study about the subject, watch documentary films about it get inspired and visualice your self in 5 years time -10 years time and dream about how your life should be when you get to see your grandkids grow up.
  Right now enjoy what you already and have try to stay out of truble be inteligent, learn to do right from wrong, be tolerant but set your limites.
  Honor your life with your day by day actions.
  work and exercise nothing feels better for the body (apart from sex ) than a good day at work or a great work out, learn to give - give everything you can feel generous, You have 60 years to go, trust me whats goes around comes around, when you reach 60 all drugs will be legal so dont rush right now!!
  Salud from Spain