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July 2010 
Welcome to this month's edition of the be the best you can be newsletter. We're into the middle of the year now and I trust that you are getting closer and closer to achieving the goals you set at the start of 2010. And if you need some extra inspiration, I've got an exciting story for you! No doubt you're like me and you get a stack of email in your InBox. But it's not every day you get a message you want to share with the world! I'm just so inspired and thankful that Brian Wood, Director of KPMG Forensic, has allowed me to share his amazing story with you.
This is the email Brian sent me:
Wow, wow and wow! Brian has bought to life some of the key ingredients we talk about at blackbelt in excellence - and look at the results! He has achieved his goal because he has shown focus, discipline and commitment. He has put them all into action, along with the one-percenters, and ultimately obtained a black belt in martial arts. Brian, you are an inspiration.
But please don't think this is a story that's just about martial arts! Brian's blackbelt in excellence was literally a black belt, but yours can be anything you really desire: learn a language, play a musical instrument, climb a mountain, be a better parent, be a better leader. But I've got to say that desire alone, although it is so important, will not get the job done. You have to act. You have to take the first step. Do that one-percenter that will put you on the road to achieving your goal. For Brian, it was to enrol in that first class. He might have hated it! But he put himself in danger of actually achieving his goal. He didn't leave his warm and fuzzy feelings in the conference room three years ago. He picked them up, took them on board and put them into action. One little step - and now, three years later, he's achieved his black belt. What's your black belt? And what's stopping you from following through and making it a reality? 
I am convinced that Brian will now be a better husband, a better father and a better leader. And the reason is he is fitter than he has ever been and he knows what can be achieved when he puts his desires into action - he is now an inspiration to those around him. He has thanked me for inspiring him, but it's miniscule compared to how he has inspired me - and now his message, I really hope, is inspiring you. Brian is a busy man. If he wants, he has plenty of excuses not to do things. He was - and is - a company executive. With a young family. But he found a way to take his desires from just a bunch of nice thoughts and turned them into a reality - by following through and being focussed on continual improvement, those one-percenters every day. I thank him so much for sharing his story with us. And I ask you: will you just let this be another warm, fuzzy story? Or are you going to take action like Brian did?
I can't wait to hear over the next few months how your good intentions have become inspiring actions. Your feedback is never taken for granted and is always greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. Please feel free to email me at comments@blackbeltinexcellence.com.au Thanks for joining me again this month. Keep well. And keep going.
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To your success. be the best you can be. Best wishes, Peter Thurin 61 407 568 416 www.blackbeltinexcellence.com.au P.S. Don't forget to visit my new blog "be the best you can be" |
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