this idea of expectations, what percentage of the time do you expect things to go perfectly?

And for a baseball batter, it's not very high percentage.

And for a scientist, it's even better in the sense that the failures often lead to the successes.

Like you get an idea from something.

Yeah. Hey there, fellow training nerds. You're listening to drinking from the toilet.

If you like to geek out about combining the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life, you've come to the right place.

And I'm your host, Hannah Brandigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book,

Awesome Obedience, and its companion, awesome obedience, the field guide, which are both available

from clickertraining.com for whenever your next internet purchasing impulse strikes. I also want to

remind you that my online mentorship program, zero to CD, opens for enrollment again in April,

which is getting closer every day. And since the last time that I opened enrollment and filled

completely in just a few hours, I want to make sure to give you a heads up in plenty of time

to put it on your calendar and make sure that you're on the email list if you want to get notified

when the cart opens. So your to CD is a comprehensive program that I designed to give you

everything you need to earn your first obedience title. But even more than that, it's really about

accomplishing your training goals through

practicing good positive reinforcement techniques and strategies and applying concepts like

training with loops and strategic reinforcement and building fluency and building confidence.

And also a lot about planning and structuring your training, both in the short term and then

also in the long term so that you

really feel like you're making progress towards a goal and making sure that you have the support

you need around you to actually get the training done, which is sometimes the hardest part.

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