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“I want to cycle for Team GB in The 2012 Olympics” – Naked Leader Week![]()
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A while back now, and still so, so relevant today![]()
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The Event: Early 2012 – A pre-dinner with the leaders of Ford Retail – Now ‘Trust Ford’ – I had just shared the Naked Leader message – unchanged since 1998:![]()
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“No matter what your age, your background or your present position, everything that you need, to achieve anything that you want, you already have within you.”![]()
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I am often challenged on this, and at this event it came straight away, 3 minutes in!![]()
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A Ford leader put up his hand and said to me:![]()
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“So, David you are basically suggesting that anyone can achieve anything”![]()
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“yes” I replied – appearing as calm as I could, while inwardly scared that our cornerstone was about to be disproved!![]()
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“OK” he said “I would like to cycle for Team GB in this summer’s Olympics”![]()
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I paused, jumped off the stage – ouch – and walked over to his table![]()
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“Thank you for that” I said, in a friendly way – conscious that the audience is always right – “Just to clarify – you really want to cycle in The London Olympics in just six months from now?”![]()
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“Yes” was the response![]()
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“WOW” I said, “how exciting, so you are registered with The British Cycling Federation?”![]()
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He paused – then came over to me and, surprisingly, shook my hand![]()
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“No,” he said “I was just trying to disprove your theory”![]()
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I thanked him for his honesty and we went on to partner with Ford Retail for several wonderful years.![]()
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So, is it true that you can achieve anything you really want to?![]()
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Yes, absolutely – its not how good you are, that is a given, its how good you choose to be.![]()
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My challenge is always this – please prove me wrong![]()
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Share with me your organisation’s biggest issue, problem or opportunity – in confidence -and I will come back to you![]()
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Linked In (David Taylor Naked Leader) linkedin.com/in/david-taylor-9b13b315![]()
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Or davidultra@nakedleader.com![]()
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With my love and best wishes![]()
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David![]()
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