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

I want to share something really special with you today.

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of Coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the Jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes. The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.



"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the Important things---Your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.

The sand is everything else---the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Be forgiving of others. Remember that no one is perfect.

Do not expect perfection of yourself or others. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your loved one out to lunch. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the garden.

Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said, "I'm glad you asked."



The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST DID

From Happy New Year to Happy New You.

What is so inviting about the tried and tested advice within Peak Performance Coaching is that the beneficial results are immediate. You don't have to spend a year in University, two days fasting or an hour chanting. Just stop, take a few deep breaths, read for a moment and think. You can change your life for the better in an instant. You can make an immediate decision to become more aware of how you are living your life and recognize your personal choice to be happy.

Guided by your awareness and focus on Peak Performance, you can act. You can listen more, smile more, be more patient and volunteer more often. You can take the lead and be in control.

You can choose to be a better partner, parent, friend, mother, daughter, employer, employee and citizen.

In short, you have the inner power to choose a life of self-improvement and a commitment to helping yourself and others. And, no one can take this power from you. You can live an active life and be successful, happy and at peace.

The tone of my Peak Performance Coaching is motivational. These coaching tips are for you, a self-reliant take-charge person of action willing to study and work hard for yourself, your family and the larger community.

Peak Performance Coaching is not presented as religious principles but rather as ideas common to all major religions. The coaching advice is not commandments but inspirational guides to reinforce your own value system. The intent is to challenge and stimulate your thinking as you create your own independent success philosophy formalized in your daily action plans, your to-do list.

Give the Peak Performance Coaching the true gift of your attention every morning, commit a few minutes to read and reflect upon each day's focus step. Challenge yourself and challenge others to be their best!

With the habit of reviewing your Peak Performance each day, you will become the beneficiary of both tangible benefits like more money, a better job and improved health and intangible benefits like love, respect, friendship and peace of mind. As you begin to fulfill your own personal and financial goals, you will find that you will have the resources, time and peace of mind to share your good fortune and positive attitude with others. You will have created success to share. Your life will evolve from just making a living to making a difference. Achievement by achievement, better day by better day, with persistence, you will continue to find that your potential is almost unlimited.

No one is choosing you to become successful. You are selecting yourself. Most people will not be able to see the power contained in the simplicity of these words. They will read them with casual interest and move on. You can choose to be different. You can choose to be extraordinary. In this defining moment, you can choose to make Peak Performance your future.


Fasten your seatbelt.

Stephen Drake

P.S.Success and happiness are not accidents that just happen to some people and not others - they are predictable results created by deliberate ways of thinking and acting, let me congratulate you on your recent thinking and action that helped you make a great decision to follow my Peak Performance Coaching Programme.

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