(Originally Posted Friday 12-21-18)
I thought this was a cool picture when I first saw it. The question was how can I use this though?
If you look far in the background you can see a white fence, which made me think what if there’s a ranch?
Maybe she owns it and has a bunch of horses, not just the one.
What if she sells horses, trains them for clients, and or teaches people how to ride horses.
Here’s the twist though, while she’ll probably have the normal type clients on the surface, her real money comes from clients she doesn’t discuss.
Clients such as Special Forces and mercs looking to increase their skill set. Horses were pretty handy in Afghanistan and she helps train Special Forces in riding before they go off to deployment. Nothing fancy just the basics and such.
Some guys come back for more lessons because they liked it (or her).
Most of the mercs she trains are most likely former Special Forces as well and see the lessons as an investment to their career, helping them get the edge over other mercs.
She’s based out of the South, maybe Georgia or around there.
Her business has really picked up in the past year though as she’s gotten a lot of requests for trained horses and riding lessons from members of militias and preppers who have their own ranches and want to have horses of their own.
She’s since hired a much bigger staff and has other family members (sister or father?) deal with the business/money aspect of it so she can focus on the horses.
She’s really friendly and easy-going on the surface but at the same time guarded, like she’s hiding something about herself.
Maybe it has to do with why she keeps most of her clients a secret.
But what sort of secret would make her do that?
Something to think about maybe.
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