My Special Gift To You Today

How are you feeling today?

Post weekend blues?

Feeling great and refreshed and ready to take on the week?

I feel great. I had a great time catching up with family on the weekend, had an early night last night and when the 'opportunity clock' woke me up at 4:40am this morning I was feeling ready to roll.

I love it when I can get up at that time and not feel like all I'd rather do is sleep in. It makes me much more productive.

If you keep on reading right to the end, I will promise I'll make it worth your while, so enjoy my thoughts for the day and I hope you like my little present for you.

Now that the Olympics has wrapped up for another 4 years, I'd like to share with you my 2 favourite moments.

1 of them a gold medal moment and 1 a close second.

1 of them involves an Aussie, the other a bloke from another country that I've never even heard of - in fact to this day I can't even tell you his name.

Everyone has been talking and writing about the exploits of Phelps and Bolt and co. Now while I think Phelps is a legend and a freak, and Bolt, well call me suspicious on that one but that is a story for another day.

So I decided to share my 2 favourite Olympic moments that most mainstream people may have missed.

My first special memory and favourite moment I didn't even see live unfortunately.

You may have seen it yourself but unfortunately I just saw the highlights.

It involved a German weightlifter. A massive unit of a guy.

The sort of guy who could more than likely out eat any other athlete in the village -even Michael Phelps and his reputed 12,000 calories a day on his heavy training days.

The sort of guy who could probably clean and jerk a bus.

This bloke if you missed it won gold despite losing his wife of 3 years in a car crash just last year.

Can you imagine how that would throw your Olympic preparation into disarray?

Can you imagine how it would throw your life totally upside down, let alone just your Olympic preparation?

The big fella's name is Mattias Steiner - I just googled his name.

There he was standing on the medal dias collecting his medal with tears streaming down his face and clutching a photo of his wife.

The second one, as I said, involved an Aussie. She didn't win gold, but that is besides the point.

In January of this year cyclist Ana Mears was 2mm away - yes 2mm! - from severing her spinal cord in her neck.

That more than likely would've left Ana as a quadriplegic.

Ana broke her neck as well as suffering a handful of other injuries that I don't need to go into here.

Needless to say, this should have ended her Olympic dream.

But people forgot about Ana's fighting spirit.

They forgot that the Athens gold medalist wasn't going down without a fight.

She busted her butt in rehab.

She busted her butt in the gym.

She busted her butt on the track.

She made it to the games and most people could probably forgive her if she just put her feet up and cruised through thinking "I made it. That'll do me".

Not Ana.

She rode awesome and collected a silver medal for us, only going down to an English girl in the final.

There are two touching moments that stood out for me.

That is what sport is about my friends.

That is what life is about.

Cherishing every moment you have and appreciating all that you have.

Never giving up, no matter what the odds are that are stacked in front of you.

Now, for my special gift to you that I teased you with earlier.

I was lucky enough to score an interview with the World's Busiest Dad - Chris Lopez, the author of the Super Fit Dad Program for busy dads.

Chris is going to share with me some great secrets of his including:

* His # 1 fat loss tip

* His # 1 exercise to burn body fat every time

* A great lunch tip that everyone should know

plus many more great secrets.

It is roughly 40 minutes of no-holds barred information.

Download it to your Ipod or burn it to CD and listen to it on your way to work tomorrow.

Even if you are one of my female readers, this is still essential tips that you can get for yourself or even for your man.

You can find the interview with Chris Lopez
here

You can find out more about Chris by checking out http://www.superfitdad.com

Happy listening!

What's your excuse?
Fire UP!

Is Today The Day For You?

Saturday night reminded me of the necessity of spending quality time with those closest to you. Sometime life and other social engagements get in the way and I remembered how good it is just to go out and enjoy a quiet meal with someone special.

That's my first tip for the day - make sure you're not letting that part of your game slip - go out and enjoy a great meal with your partner - just the 2 of you.

Yes, I even dragged myself away from the Olympics on TV!

Now onto today's words of motivation. These are quite possibly some of the most powerful that have ever appeared on these pages.

I encourage you to read right through, although it is a little bit lengthy but these powerful words from Renowned Author and Speaker Brian Tracy pack a mighty punch:


"Every day is the day that turns somebodies life around forever. Is TODAY that day for YOU? By the end of this email, you'll know the answer.

Think about the successes you've experienced so far in life, and I'll bet you can point to a particular moment in time when each one began, just like the heroine of this brief but powerful story:

One evening, not many years ago, a young housewife realized she didn't have enough cash on hand to buy some of the groceries she needed for the rest of the week.

As a stay-at-home mother and wife, she was entirely dependent upon her husband for income. So, when he arrived home from work that evening, she asked him for an extra 10 dollars.

Hearing the question, he turned to her with visible irritation. He heaved a sigh, rolled his eyes, and asked, "What for?"

She was stung by the contempt in his voice, and by the humiliation she felt at having to grovel for a measly 10 dollars. And in that instant, she made a decision:

She would never ask another person for money, ever again.

Today, this same young woman is the vice president of a prestigious company, pulling down a hefty six-figure salary, with a string of promotions behind her and many more sure to come.

Indeed, she has never asked anyone else for money since that fateful day. And she never will.

In hindsight, it's easy to recognize just where, when, and how a success story started.

But what about the successes you haven't yet accomplished — the unrealized goals, dreams, and wishes you're harboring right now?

We're all looking for a transformation in some area of our lives. It could be something as simple as a new wardrobe. Or as significant as finding a whole new career path.

No matter how big or small your current dreams may be, if they're ever going to become a reality, it will be because of one critical day in your life's journey.
The day when you hear the idea, experience the episode, or are hit with the realization that somehow, mysteriously, makes all the difference in the world.

The day when you finally get that elusive "missing piece" you've been waiting for — the thing that suddenly empowers you to actually do the thing you've only dreamed of doing up until now.

The day when you take a seemingly insignificant step that winds up setting you on a completely new path ... and ultimately leads you to your goal.

Just one day. That's all it takes to turn any "what if?" — what if I were richer, happier, thinner, healthier, more successful, more organized — into what IS.

The question is, When will that day arrive?

Leave it to chance, and it could come next week, or never at all. Worse, it could come and go without your ever picking up on the signs or seizing the opportunity that it brings your way.

But here's the good news: You don't have to wait for it to show up!"

I love it!

The Olympians competing at the moment are living these words. I loved Grant Hackett's swim yesterday. The bloke came second but he swam the third fastest 1500m that he's ever swum and had absolutely nothing left in the tank when he touched the wall.

Even on the dias for the medal ceremony some 15 plus minutes after the race he still looked spent.

Great effort champ. If anybody bags him for not winning they don't deserve to be an Australian.

My other inspirations from the weekend came from the men's rowers - absolutely leaving everyone in their wake and the same with the girls in the medley relay yesterday.

Even that man Michael Phelps, is he even human? He is an absolute freak!

I must admit even though he beat our blokes in the relay yesterday you have to hand it to him. You would have to be a hard judge not to give him the credit for what he has achieved.

Maybe in London we can handicap him by 2 seconds to give the rest of the field a fighting chance?

Not likely but I am just enjoying him swimming either way.

What's your excuse?

Fire UP!