Hi Team!
As some of you already know, I have signed on for an incredible challenge called the Ultimate Black Belt Test. It's not for everyone, nor is it a definitive assessment of who's the biggest, baddest Black Belt in the world.
Simply stated, the UBBT is the first-ever visceral reminder to accomplished Black Belts that we can be a lot more, do a lot more, and LEARN a lot more, irrespective of where we are today.
Here's what my Coach, Tom Callos, has to say about the challenge:
Hello Team,
“You stop being average the day you decide to become a champion, because the average person won’t make that decision.” – Tom Hopkins
There are four spaces left in The Ultimate Black Belt Test. Visit www.ultimateblackbelttest.com and see an idea whose time has come. The business of martial arts--and of being a martial arts Master--is not the “Ben Franklin Close” or the way the “Master’s Club” is sold; it is seeking personal mastery. Evolve as a martial artist and a human being –and your karate will come with you.
Train yourself, then train your staff (if you have them), and then train your students. Lift them as you lift yourself. The Ultimate Black Belt Test is a return to The Way. Let’s do something absolutely extraordinary. Let’s make the black belt mean something again. Let’s create a new standard.
I believe in your potential, come join us in this adventure.
Tom Callos
I hope a few of you will join me in this journey!
OSU!
Gary
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More motivation from Tom Callos in my "Inbox" this morning:
Good Morning Team,
In 5 days April 1st will role around and the Ultimate Black Belt Test will be officially underway. However, for everyone receiving this letter, the test has already started. In the month or so since the first person enrolled (Mike Valentine), your life, and mine, has “clicked” into a new track. Your thinking has been altered. Your internal dialogue has changed and your sense of purpose is taking the shape of a mission.
Tell me if that isn’t so.
Our goal is to make this year count. This year we will stretch our potential to a new place. We will shape our bodies to reflect our life’s work. We will get a new kind of control over our minds and emotions –to a degree that we’ve always alluded to, but didn’t manifest. This year we renew our commitment. This year we evolve in a direction of our own choosing. In fact, this is the beginning of a habit of making every year count.
Your real mission isn’t just to improve who you are, it is to lift, inspire and motivate everyone around you. Your real purpose isn’t to enhance your own world, but to have a positive impact on The World. If your goals aren’t big, then your life is limited by the size of the fish bowl your thinking creates.
While I’ve set out the framework for the UBBT, I don’t think the test, your test, is fully defined yet. I think it will evolve and become clearer as you progress. Something, some opportunity, is going to come your way…some challenge is going to become clear and this, whatever it is, will define your test.
For now, get in shape, Open your mind to new ideas. Simplify. Focus. Work hard and play really, really hard.
Tom
Who WOULDN'T want to be a part of this?!
Gary
Good Morning Team,
In 5 days April 1st will role around and the Ultimate Black Belt Test will be officially underway. However, for everyone receiving this letter, the test has already started. In the month or so since the first person enrolled (Mike Valentine), your life, and mine, has “clicked” into a new track. Your thinking has been altered. Your internal dialogue has changed and your sense of purpose is taking the shape of a mission.
Tell me if that isn’t so.
Our goal is to make this year count. This year we will stretch our potential to a new place. We will shape our bodies to reflect our life’s work. We will get a new kind of control over our minds and emotions –to a degree that we’ve always alluded to, but didn’t manifest. This year we renew our commitment. This year we evolve in a direction of our own choosing. In fact, this is the beginning of a habit of making every year count.
Your real mission isn’t just to improve who you are, it is to lift, inspire and motivate everyone around you. Your real purpose isn’t to enhance your own world, but to have a positive impact on The World. If your goals aren’t big, then your life is limited by the size of the fish bowl your thinking creates.
While I’ve set out the framework for the UBBT, I don’t think the test, your test, is fully defined yet. I think it will evolve and become clearer as you progress. Something, some opportunity, is going to come your way…some challenge is going to become clear and this, whatever it is, will define your test.
For now, get in shape, Open your mind to new ideas. Simplify. Focus. Work hard and play really, really hard.
Tom
Who WOULDN'T want to be a part of this?!
Gary
