PETE CLARK
When the student is ready the teacher will appear is one of my favourite quotes. Numerous teachers have appeared over the years, but it’s taken me a while to be ready.
I was 10 when I lost my father in a tragic car accident - the worst thing that's ever happened to me.
I was supposed to be with him at the time but mum wouldn’t let me go - the best thing that's ever happened to me.
It's only years later that I'm able to reconcile the worst thing and the best thing in the same sentence.
I had to find a way to bounce back and recover from the worst thing that's ever happened to me and on many occasions I struggled.
Only in hindsight have I been able to understand how that struggle has actually helped me bounce forward.
My first whisper was a book I received called Jonathan Livingstone Seagull – a personal development classic and something I continue to refer to today.
The whisper I heard when I was ready? It inspired me to see beyond myself, to imagine a better me that I couldn’t quite articulate at the time.
Since then I've made it my life's purpose to explore everything to do with human performance and potential.
I do my best to live my purpose alongside my wife, 3 kids and 2 dogs. They’ve been exposed to many trials and errors over the years. I hope they forgive me.
A quote that has stopped me in my tracks is a definition of hell – on your last day of life the person you became meets the person you could have become.
Now is the time to become who you could be.
Don’t wait.
Back yourself now.
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