Never Buy A Horse Named Houdini: Recognizing the Patterns That Shape, Love, Leadership, and Life

By Brett Harward

I should have known better.That was Brett Harward's first thought after bringing home a beautiful strawberry-roan horse named Houdini. The horse's previous owner had offered a warning disguised as a compliment: "He's smart. He just needs the right person."Houdini soon proved that his name was not accidental. He untied knots, opened gates, slipped through fences, and escaped from places no reasonable horse should have been able to escape. Yet his behavior was not random. It followed a pattern.So do people.In Never Buy a Horse Named Houdini, Brett introduces eight lenses that shape how people interpret love, danger, conflict, worth, and belonging: the Savior, Survivor, Prover, Martyr, Analyst, Endurer, Ghost, and Chameleon. Each lens begins as an understandable strategy for navigating life. Left unexamined, it can become an unconscious force driving repeated conflict, disappointment, and disconnection.Through candid stories, leadership experiences, and practical tools, Brett shows how patterns form, why different lenses collide, and how to recognize the moment an old reaction takes control.Awareness creates a choice: remain in Puppet Mode, repeating the past automatically, or step into Creator Mode and respond with clarity and intention.Sometimes the greatest freedom does not come from changing another person. It comes from finally believing the pattern--and changing how one engages with it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMK4QZ11
• ISBN13: 9798895742990
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 2.0" x 5.5"