Thailand - 'Where the smiles are as warm as the sunset'

 

                           

                     Good to see an old friend on arrival. 

           

So this looks like it's going to be my weekly 'Football Fix' 

Great the meet up with my old boss Chris from those legendary Kellogg's Camps, who introduced me to Pickleball 

Singer songwriter and 96FM Radio DJ Barry Upton in the house 

Who said you should never meet your hero's, Brian Jacks

Big thank you the Rotary Club of Pattaya and to those in attendance

             Living the Dream! … although not quite just yet.

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It's time to stop waiting for things to happen, and become the happening thing

So this time two years ago I was boarding the overnight ferry from Rotterdam to Hull. What I have learned in the last two years is how quickly you can go from somebody to nobody real quick. 

Well it's time to stop waiting for things to happen and become the happening thing. 

This country has nothing for me. Within four or five days of arriving in the U.K LinkedIn had me as a perfect match to deliver training to Border Force officers, only to fall at the last hurdle because I had not been a resident in the UK for the last 5 years. FFS I WAS BORN HERE. 

We move on and LinkedIn again have me as a perfect match in the as a Security, Violence Prevention and Reduction Manager, at Manchester University within the Oxford Road Campus for the NHS. Guess what!

Not being a resident in the UK for the last 5 years makes me unqualified for the role. 

So maybe for now I should lower my sights a little and find something that doesn't require me having 5 years residency. 

Three part time jobs later and enough is enough. With the upmost respect to Admiral Casino, Coral Bookmakers & Group 4 Security I have much more to offer you than you were prepared to offer me.

I did look at maybe setting up private lessons in personal protection however, the public liability insurance premiums is this county is just plain crazy. (If there's a blame there a claim culture) So I wrote a book about it instead. 

I think two years is a good period of time to find your feet and establish a role in the community. It just hasn't happened for me and things don't look like it's worth waiting around. 

So taking some good out advice from arguably the best motivational speaker who ever lived, I am going to take my chances and my skills back into the ex pat world once again. 

                                                   DESTINATION > THAILAND 

Turning 65 isn’t entirely pleasant, and I am not complaining about growing old because it is a privilege I have seen denied to many. I still have a passion for sharing 'The Power of One. Coaching & Teaching others. Passing on good knowledge is what life is really all about. And I intend to do it in a country where people appreciate learning. I recently became qualified to teach Boxercise. Now that's going to be a challenge in a country that is steeped in the tradition of it's very own Muay Thai, but then again my life has been defined by people telling me things are impossible, then me doing them anyhow. 

There is much to learn from that in knowing & understanding that your mindset is a more powerful force in shaping your life than your biology. Coincidences are nothing more than your reticular activating system identifying what’s important to you and then giving your conscious mind more opportunities to notice them out in the world. You’re more in control here than you think.

Whoa! I almost went off on one then. Anyway if your reading this I am glad your here and you may want to check out my Facebook page called Peak Performance Coaching you will find lots of great stuff with much more coming! 

O.K. That's a wrap. Got to go pack my T-shirt & toothbrush. 

Stephen Drake - Author Master Trainer, Coach, Consultant & Mentor. 

From the desk of Steve Drake – Wednesday 14th June 2023

Due to the government’s response to the covid 19 pandemic in 2020 several training dates that had been planned to coincide with the official launch of my first published book 'Blueprints 4 Success' never got off the ground. However, we are going for a relaunch in the summer of 2023. 🚀 This time I am leaning towards the e book route to cut out the extortionate delivery costs. There is a new chapter that is not in the original book and the 'Power of One seminars are right back on the agenda. Exciting times ahead 📅 

You know I don't hide behind a fake email address or any address, and I DO return phone calls (as time permits). And I answer my emails. 

I am currently in the U.K. (Manchester) but plans are in the advanced preparation stage to move out to Thailand. The wait is almost over. I have put together a totally unique package of low tech and high impact team building events incorporating education and entertainment. 

Let me give you a heads up. You have heard me say many times that our brain is the most powerful bio-computer ever created, but unfortunately, it does not come with an operator’s manual.

Let me explain what I mean.

You can't get wet from the word water! The downfall with many Team Building presentations is that people can get inspired by the achievements of others and even feed off the presenter's enthusiasm. However, this enthusiasm often wears off.

The key to having a highly motivated workforce is employees learning how to motivate themselves regardless of the situation or circumstances. If you have been taught through the usual tried old patterns of explanation, demonstration, and drill, then the most important and useful part of your ability to learn has been left out. 

My events are performance targeted and light years away from the standard ‘chalk and talk’ style still so beloved by traditional trainers, This isn't about business theory, and I am really looking forward to sharing the secrets of self motivation in 'The Power of One'. 

If you would like to get a head start on proceeding or more information on personal coaching please email: bp4strainingacademy@gmail.com

Did someone mention retirement?

I have been very lucky to have been trained & educated by some of the very best in Martial Arts & Personal Protection. Mel Parry was my first real instructor who showed me what I could do and not what he could do. I went on to train under Ticky Donovan, and Dominique Valera. 

My work led me to Sifu Martin Sterling. Sifu Joey Perico, Sensei Damain Ross, Pete Barry and Ed Kane and more recently Russel Stutely and James Loach. I think my only regret is not finding Sifu Tommy Carruthers when I was in Glasgow all those years ago. I would have loved to have trained under him. 

Maybe there is one last seminar in me before I turn 65 next year. Maybe. 

Watch this space.   🏰🇹🇭🏰🕌🗿

It's been a while!

The It's actually been a year.

It was good to get away from the social media circus 

The Governments response to the so-called pandemic changed a lot of things for lots of people. It certainly changed my life. I just don't trust people anymore, and I am not ashamed to tell you that because of it I have become a bit of a hermit or recluse. 

I recently read an article published by Bloomberg, saying the Government is trying to block essential information from being passed to the covid Inquiry. Scandalous but not suprising. Remember when I said the pandamic was hyped for both political & financial gain. Well I guess the people who spent £37bn on public money on track and trace and wasted £4bn on unusable PPE won't fancy people knocking on there door. Maybe the police will just send them a questionaire.

We all deserve to know the full truth about the Government's Covid-19 response.

On the subject of Police, I have moved back to the U.K and so far have never, not once seen a policemam. Not sure it has anything to do will my abolity to evade the law 😂 

Hope you guys are healthy & wealthy. I have got myself a little nondescript 17 hours a week job and I also I trade tennis matches on Betfair when I am not at work. I'm no expert, but I am doing alright. Wish I had learned this stuff 20 years ago. 

Anyway just short and sweet, no words of wisdom to share ... Oh maybe this one then. 

Violence is never the answer, Unless the question is “What is never the answer?” Then violence is indeed the answer. 

Until the next time! 

Time to unplug myself from the Matrix

The time has come to disconnect from technology and reconnect with myself for a while (maybe for good). Some of you think you're listening to "science" when you actually listening to paid promotional adverts by billion pound industries that make up their own science... and the majority of that science benefits them, not you. 

When a government questions it's citizens for suspicions of crime it called an investigation. But when the citizens question their government it's called a Conspiracy Theory. And when the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you, you know you are living in dangerous times.

Maybe I dug too deep! 

But I learned they diffident just changed your behaviour, they changed your minds. Over a short time you began distrusting your fellow man and began trusting your government... to keep you safe... to keep you informed... to trade your liberties for the false sense of security. You allowed your loved ones to die alone in a hospital under the mandate of 'the greater good' You allowed businesses to shut down and people to give up there income as they huddled in their homes under the mandate of 'the greater good'

There surely is no greater good than freedom, but they used fear to separate you... to isolate you. 

YOU BELIEVED IT... YOU ALLOWED IT. 

I think the one thing that I find strange about all this is that there is no media coverage about the people who have lost their job, businesses or in some cases homes, all the focus and attention is on those who are making the decisions. Those people are thriving in it and that's why it won't stop anything soon.

 You know the older i get the more I understand the character Michael Douglas played in the film Falling Down and I have had enough of this fake pseudo science and amurst propaganda. I will no longer let it push my buttons or irritate me. Time to take a deep breath and switch off, read some books and like I suggest in my own book 'grab' the remote control of my life back. 

Stay Safe

2020 : Thank You for the Lessons - 2021: Hell Yeah Bring it On.

As the sun sets on 2020, I just want to take a moment to wish a Happy New Year to my family and friends all around the world, I know for some of you the new year has already begun. Enjoy it in what ever way you can or should I say allowed. Sadly in 2020 I wrote RIP way too many times after losing lots great people who influenced peoples lives (well mine anyway) Disappointed also once again not to be in the New Year Honours List, what the hell is it with that women. Here is a new year thought: Dont be so worried about what you ate between Christmas and the New Year, look at the bigger picture, you really should be worried about what you eat between now and next Christmas. Change your thinking, change your reality. Enjoy the evening, what ever you get up too. And in these strange new times may the odds be forever in your favour.

“There are three kinds of people, innocent victims, collaborators and the resistance”

We have come along way since three weeks to flatten the curve

For those of you that saying ‘lockdowns makes no sense’ , it makes perfect sense if your agenda is to implement a ‘Great Reset’ of the economy, increase govt control over our lives and promote Digital Health Passports & a rushed-through vaccine and implement universal credit throughout society. Surley by now you have realised that it is no coincidence that every single decision about Covid which destroys jobs and businesses is being made by politicians and health advisors in the public sector, whose jobs and pensions face no threat from lockdowns and other general policies?

The UK govt is not ‘incompetent’. It is following a very clear & very destructive agenda under the guise of ‘fighting a virus’. 'It's just a mask. It’s just voluntary social distancing. It's just two weeks. It’s just temporary. Its just to 'flatten the curve'. It's just to keep from overwhelming the health care system. We’re all in this together. It's just 'non-essential' businesses. It's just until more cases go down. Its just to keep others from being scared. It’s just a sign of caring. It's just two more weeks. It’s just six feet. It's just communion or singing. You can still meet on videochat. It’s the new normal. It's just until October. It’s just until there are no more new cases. It's just until we get a vaccine. It’s just until the virus is no longer an issue. It's just the deletion of a YouTube video. It's just the deletion of an email account. It's just to protect others from misinformation. It's just a few people. It’s just a nasal swab. It just hurts for a few seconds. It’s just for everyone’s safety. We only need to test you about once or twice a week. You ideally should wear goggles or an eye mask for “more perfect” protection. It’s recommended that you wear a mask while you are at home with family members. It’s advised that you maintain social distance while you are at home with family members. It’s should be over by the end of 2021. It's just to let others know you're safe to be around. It's just an app. It's just to let us know who you've been in contact with. It's just a few places that don't accept cash. It’s only a temporary coin shortage. It’s just a no-cash policy. It's just a credit card company. It’s only a card that tracks all your transactions. It’s just a temporary bank closure. It’s just a bank holiday. It’s just a ban on cash. It’s just a new digital currency. It’s only facial recognition. It's just an ankle bracelet. It’s just to let us know that you are complying with isolation. It’s just a little prick. It’s just a quantum-dot tattoo embedded into your skin. It’s so we can keep track of your immunization status. It's just a temporary side effect. It’s just a coincidence – it has nothing to do with the vaccine. If you feel sick at any time or for any reason, it just means it’s the virus is causing it. If you get sick, then you just have to start again with more isolation and injections. It’s just until the viruses is no longer a threat. It’s just a new type of mask with a built-in temperature and virus sensors that you need to wear all day. It's just a little chip. It's just for medical information and paying for things. It’s just an immunization passport. It's just so you can travel. It's just so you can be allowed to drive on the roads. It's just so you can be allowed to vote. It’s just so you are allowed to keep your job. It’s just so you can allowed inside stores. It’s only required if you want to leave your house. It’s only required if you don’t want to be arrested and go to jail. It’s just a one-time stimulus check. It’s just a temporary job loss. It’s just a temporary unemployment check. It’s was just a temporary moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. It’s just an eviction notice. It’s just a foreclosure notice. It’s only needed in order for you to be allowed government assistance. It’s just a ban on singing in public. It’s now just a ban on speaking in public. It’s just another year. It’s just until we completely eradicate the virus. It looks like the virus will always be with us. It’s the onset of a brand new pandemic. It’s called “Pandemic Two.” It’s just a remote quarantine camp. You are being sent there for your own good. It’s just a mask. "The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it". - Joseph Mengele.' You are being bullied and you will continue to be bullied while ever you sit and allow it to continue.

If you're still going along with all of this, you are really beyond help. 2020 is the code for perfect vision. I hope it will also be the year we finally opened our eyes and see what is really going on.

The Covid Confusion Continues

Well here we are on the longest day of 2020 (The Official One) there have already been many long days this year but let us hope the start of the summer brings a little more happiness and joy to those of you struggling with the new normal. I must admit once you see the bigger picture of Covidity the easier it becomes to deal with. I said in my last blog post that this new coronavirus is a real disease that sickens some, proves fatal to others, mostly the elderly — and does nothing to the vast majority.

That’s it.

That, in a nutshell, is it.

The response to the coronavirus is hyped. And in time, this hype will be revealed as politically hoaxed.

However, we all need to fully understand why so many things have not made sense to so many of us and to put it in simple terms the agenda the mainstream media has been feeding us is not the real agenda. The light bulb moment for me was listening to Boris Johnson who on several occasions said he was proud of the apparent success, he even said in prime ministers question time that he is “proud” of his record on Coronavirus. It was at that point that I started to strongly consider he may have a completely different agenda from the one we all think he has, and then BAM! it hit me. The intention here is not about saving lives from the coronavirus, the intention here is about making profits from this coronavirus. This isn't a pandemic, this is business

I went back to look at the website of the Behavioural Insights Team: They are the government’s own applied psychology group who works ‘in partnership with the Cabinet Office’ they advise on which applied psychology to use to get the public to conform with government instructions and it would appear that It wants to use CoronaVirus threat for future projects.

Words like Lockdown, Contact Tracing, and the New Normal used in the Coronavirus downing street daily briefings are all old hat now and it is obvious to me that they are using language not to describe reality but to create reality.

And here are some new words coming to a TV screen near you, Reset. Health Passport, Universal Basic Income. all these words lead you towards what they are calling...

'THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION'

What is it, when is it going to happen, where did the idea comes from, how is it going to be implemented & who is the driving force behind it?

The answers to all those questions can be found on one readerly available easy to access website, and it is called THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.

This is not a conspiracy. It is hard facts right from the website of the people who have it well planned and in plain sight! But most people don't know it is there. I only stumbled upon it because I was looking for answers to the many major inconsistencies that have been coming out about COVID, especially since my last blog post, issues like tainted tests, falsified numbers, manipulated stats, doctors & scientists speaking out, lockdowns that don't make sense, predicted numbers TOTALLY WRONG.....we are all aware. It is also questionable how the virus originated.

Now imagine for a moment that everything we have been told about C-19 WAS NOT TRUE. Imagine if we have been deceived, and the media (and government) wants you to think and feel in a certain way......well take a look at this.

On the surface, the website looks amazing. Stunning! The full WOW factor! All the words and mission statements you want to hear!! I know many of you will say it's good for the world. I mean it is certainly created under the guise of helping eradicate the world's problems, particularly climate change.

I have already shown this website to several people who all agree it looks beautiful and fantastic and one person said other than the bit he read about emission levels he said it looks nothing to worry about. Well, I have given it a bit more than a once over and this site is like something I have never seen before. When you click on one of those links, there are numerous tentacles for each and every topic. When you go deeper there are hundreds of links PER tentacle. It just keeps going and going! never-ending, And everything is connected!! Why? Because it is an entire, comprehensive, meticulous plan for changing our ENTIRE world! "The Fourth Industrial Revolution" has been planned out for a very very long time, if you go through this site very carefully you can see it all for yourself. I am not making anything up, everything is there for you to see for yourself.

So when you go take a look and when I say a look you have to dig down a little to find the stuff like The Great Reset, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Governance, Cashless Society, dig a little further and you will find software and smart machines that don't require food, health benefits or require a minimum wage.

Welcome to the NEW ABNORMAL



Like I said earlier once you see the bigger picture of Covidity the easier it becomes to deal with and what I mean by that is use this opportunity to get a head start in this new fourth industrial revolution age, in my book 'Blueprints 4 Success published in November 2019 I mentioned that knowledge is only potential power and it is what you do with the knowledge that makes it powerful. The World Economic Forum is stacked with knowledge about what is intended in the future and now is the time to start asking yourself some questions as to how will you benefit from these changes?

Maybe a starting place is to look at what you are doing now and look to see how that business or job is likely to change in the future, my research has led me to strongly think that some of the businesses that are currently closed will never open again and it looks like this move was very intentional and out friend C-19 was in the right place at the right time for it to happen. The World Economic Forum does not really hide anything and the agenda is much more important than our dead-end jobs.

Now with our new-found knowledge & vision let's create your new Blueprint 4 Success

Get a pen and paper ready ...

The purpose of the next ten questions is to provide you with some very revealing insights into how you do business and to get you fired up to implement some of the ideas you are about to discover.

When reading over each question and reflecting on your answer, think very carefully about the information and be very specific with your answers. This will deliver a clear understanding of your way the proceed.

Answer all ten questions before moving on. This will not only be revealing but could be your finest hour!

... Let's Go.



1 Describe how the clients or customers benefit from doing business with you instead of your competitors?

2 What is your vision for your business for the next ... six weeks ... six months ... six years?

3 What is your biggest opportunity to achieve this vision?

4 What is your greatest strength? Is it consistent with this opportunity?

5 What is your greatest problem, or weakness in achieving this vision and how could you overcome it?

6 What is the lifetime value of your typical customer? (i.e. how much revenue will they generate for you over the entire period in which they do business with you)?

7 What is the biggest customer complaint and how do you address this problem?

8 What is your target market and how did you arrive at it?

9 What do your customers really want? Be specific, not just quality, product, service...how do you know?

10 Who are your biggest competitors and what do they offer that you don’t?

CONGRATULATIONS!

Just by completing these questions, you have placed yourself ahead of 95% of your competition - those who never take the time to think deeply about their business.

These individuals, many of whom are your competitors, spend so much time working in their business that they never find the time to work on their business and as far as knowing anything about the Fourth Industrial Revolution ... Well as you can see they are still on the beach enjoying their summer holiday.



BP4S2020 > KNOWLEDGE > ATTITUDE > ACTION > RESULTS > LIFESTYLE.

Strange Times, or just the New Normal?

Every day we hope to hear the news that we can get out of this lockdown and get our lives back to normal, back to the ones we love and have missed, back to our friends, back to the gym, back to our jobs, back to just doing the simple things in life like just getting your haircut.
The problem is hope, followed by hope to hear. These days it would be very difficult to find any statement by any politician or public figure that is not using Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

The ability to influence behavior is central to many of the Government's key policy challenges in areas such as Lockdown, Contact Tracing, and the New Normal. The Coronavirus downing street daily briefing is riddled with NLP. (as a certified NLP master practitioner) I hear exactly what they are doing.

The whole use of the Noun Covid and the ensuing presuppose that it exists and the same with the presupposed symptoms, as long as we all debate them then the psychological effects take place ...it's not about true or false it's about the response behavior.

The first rule of hypnosis is Repetition Repetition Repetition, then create a yes set, you understand (yes) this is important (yes) the third yes is pretty much a given (yes!)

NLP/Hypnosis will not go away. The public needs to be aware of the language with which they have been indoctrinated and who is exerting this pernicious control.

To be fair the government doesn't really make a secret of it, there is a very inserting document online and available to everyone from the cabinet office called Influencing behavior through public policy. It's 96 pages long and goes into great detail of how it all works. This is what we are being subjected on almost a daily basis.

The issue for me is more about what we are not being told, is the lockdown a political or scientific decision? and why are they fudging the numbers & statistics of people who have supposedly died COVID-19?.

Why are the scientists, doctors & even medical professors being silenced for speaking out, World-renowned and respected people like Doctor Kaufman, Professor Ioannidis, Dr. Wittowski, Doctor Rashid Buttar, and Dr.Judy Mikovits have all had their videos removed because they have dared to challenge what the World Health Organization is trying to enforce. I always thought no matter how thin you slice it there will always be two sides ... Apparently not anymore.

The U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo just said “enormous evidence” shows the novel coronavirus outbreak began in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and that Beijing has refused to give international scientists access to learn what happened. I wonder if Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter will now ban him for saying things contrary to the WHO official line?

Why are people who have not been tested for COVID-19 having it put on their death certificate as the course of death and even more importantly why are doctors and hospital administrators being instructed to do so? Here is another question, who is actually benefiting from this procedure?

There are certainly more questions than answers.

Back in 1994, I was very fortunate to attend a Tony Robbins seminar at the N.E.C in Birmingham. One of the best techniques I learned was about asking questions to get more informed answers.

This has served me well over the years and I may even be guilty of overusing it recently. The technique is really simple and probes for more information than the person or people being questioned want to give. So long story short I have been asking questions and I can tell you things are becoming more and more obvious each day. They say the fruit never falls far from the tree. All these new laws that now being brought into force to take down information from social media like Facebook and youtube because the opinions are not in line with the 'World Health Organization' advice.

THE TRUTH DOES NOT NEED LAWS TO PROTECT IT, BUT LIES DO.

Remember when I said that the ability to influence behavior is central to many of the Government's key challenges in areas such as Lockdown, Contact Tracing, and the New Normal. Here is the next word ... Vaccine. and that is what this is all about.

I truly get that our planet has issues and we can not continue going in the direction like we have, things like global warming, overpopulation, hunger, third world poverty, endless protests, gender issues, and that's just for starters.

Remember the film the Matrix from 1999

Is COVID-19 just propaganda masquerading in science, Could the so-called virus-like the matrix actually be us and that is why Bill Gates wants to so desperately vaccinate every single person on the planet?
Are the numbers of people that have died from COVID-19 being manipulated as so a reason to justify mass vaccinations in the same way weapons of mass destruction was used to justify the Gulf Wars? (none were ever found by the way)

Or is the answer simpler than that? Is it just simply about MONEY? We now know the Gulf War was about Oil and the people driving it got very rich. Many of the people driving this pandemic have vested interests in pharmaceutical companies and I can certainly see the motivation for driving the fear.

When people are frightened they are much easier to control. I have heard figures relating to figures above £30 billion (YES BILLION) just to vaccinate the United Kingdom alone, If you get a chance have a read of the new HC Bill 122 Coronavirus Act 2020 that was recently passed in parliament just in case you are going to try and kid yourself that you won't be having the vaccine.

They will start with the children first, no certificate of vaccination no school, cant have your kid who is not vaccinated as a risk to those children who have.

Next will be you in relation to your employment, without a certificate of vaccination your employer won't be able to get health insurance for you. No certificate of vaccination, no job. Next comes world travel, the country you are wanting to enter won't let you in without a certificate of vaccination, they certainly won't be taking any risks on you.

So in conclusion refusing the vaccine means no school, no job, no holiday abroad. This time next year you will not only want the vaccine you will be begging on your knees to be vaccinated and then this will be the new normal.

Alright, alright I will take the goddam vaccine no problem all this fuss what the hells wrong with having a vaccine anyway?

WHOA! Now, that's a completely different rabbit hole ... I do appreciate we are living in strange times just now, but you seriously need to protect yourself from the brainwashing doing the daily rounds in the mainstream media that led to healthy people being afraid of healthy people. The next step must be to raise questions over who is driving the British Government response to COVID–19. Those who have influenced the lockdown policy have a very clear conflict of interest if you follow the money.

My conclusion is COVID-19 is a real disease that sickens some, proves fatal to others, mostly the elderly — and does nothing to the vast majority. That’s it. The hype is hoaxed for both political & financial gain from what will soon be enforced because of it.

That's my take on the current situation and I fully realize that you might not share my opinion and that's fine, all I am saying is don't sit in front of the mainstream media channel nodding your head because I am 100% certain the danger is not what's in front of you. It's what you're being distracted from. If you take on board just one thing from reading this let it please be that you do your own research. In this age of information, ignorance is a choice ... it's just not a very good one.

Remember I said about asking questions, well start by asking yourself what you think is actually happening and do some research on your answers, then based on what you have learned then ask yourself what is really happening because this release from lockdown is not going to be happening anytime soon and you are going to have plenty of time to discover the truth.