Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast - Inspire. Be Inspired.

Episode #18 In the early 1500's, there was an English horse stable owner named William Hobson. As the story goes, Mr. Hobson had quite a large stable, which housed upwards of forty horses. William rented his horses by the week or month, usually to mail carriers, but the horses could be in whatever capacity they were needed. Many people relied on Hobson and the availability of his horses for the sake of their own welfare. Upon entering the stable, one would expect to have the freedom to evaluate which horse they needed for the job, and evaluate fair pricing from there. However, this is not how Mr. Hobson chose to do things. Here's the catch, if you were to choose a mount within the stables of William Hobson's place of business, you had to choose the horse in the stall closest to the door....essentially giving you no choice at all. This practice was designed to keep people from only renting the best horses, at the risk of having them overworked. So, because of Hobson's style of horse lending, the term "Hobson