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Hi everyone, this is Mike Lipkin. I am thrilled to share this message with you at this perfect time of the year. I hope you’re making summer count. This is a time to relax your body, recharge your spirit, reset your goals and reengage your life. It’s called regenesis. That means recreating yourself all over again so you can rise in the fall.

Did you know that summer is not just a time of year. It’s also defined as the period of finest development, perfection, or beauty in one’s life. So that’s what I want to help you achieve between now and September 23, which is the official end of summer according to the Calendar. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to live like a champion

Seriously, I’m going to paraphrase the legendary writer James Michener, when he said ““The champion in the art of living makes little distinction between her work and her play, her labor and her leisure, her mind and her body, her information and her recreation. She hardly knows which is which. She simply pursues her vision of excellence at whatever she does, leaving others to decide whether she is working or playing. To her she's always doing both.”

The secret of success is that there is no secret. It’s hard work. Trust me. I know. I’m a motivational speaker. I have to act happy even when I’m far from happy. My role is to inspire people in difficult situations. Excuses don’t count because they’re irrelevant.

Just like me, you are all motivational speakers. When you speak, you motivate others. You’re a force multiplier. You enable your customer and your colleagues to achieve results that they could not achieve on their own. Everyday, you are the one that they’ve been waiting for to help them win.

Some days are easier than others. but, as my mentor once told me, amateurs wait for inspiration. Professionals just get down to work. So let’s light ourselves up from the inside out.

Welcome to the checklist of champions.
Champions see themselves as Champions. They are the ones they’ve been waiting for. They believe they can and their belief becomes self-fulfilling. They have their own date with destiny and they do whatever it takes to meet it. Champions don’t give in, they dig in.

In my book, there are no ex-Champions. Once a Champion, always a Champion. The fields may change, but the Champions always rise to the top. They have a spark that burns forever. They go from citius, altius, fortius – faster, higher, stronger - to senior sapientior fortior – older, wiser, stronger.
Champions are people who win. Season after season, they prove they are best in class. Their results speak for themselves. They are demonstrably superior to their peers. They consistently outperform their competition.
Champions are inspired by their cause. They are animated by their purpose. Their enthusiasm energizes their actions. There is no such thing as an apathetic champion. Passion is their high octane fuel and they never run on empty.
Champions are born and they are made. They have the gift and they become worthy of their gift. They plan their practice and they practice their plan. They do the right things right and they don’t get the wrong things wrong. They dream but they don’t daydream. They chase the big stuff and they sweat the small stuff.
Champions talk the talk and they walk the walk. Their words inspire action. Every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year, champions do what needs to be done. No alibis allowed, no excuses permitted, no easy ways out. Champions become the standard by holding themselves to a higher standard.
It’s that simple but it’s not that easy.
Like trains have a track, Champions have a checklist. It focuses them while it sets them free. It’s a way of being and doing at the same time.
I study Champions for a living. I live with them. I work with them. I coach them. I brand myself as the Championator. My mission is to literally turn people into champions. I help people play at their best so they become the best. 80% of success in life is not just showing up. It’s learning to play at your best at what you can be the best at. Let me read that sentence again: 80% of success in life is learning to play at your best at what you can be the best at.
So I will play at my best at communication and coaching because I can be the best in the world at those disciplines. That’s the dream that I’m chasing in this book. But I can only catch my dream if you catch yours. So let’s go catch our dreams together with the checklist of champions.
In the December 10, 2007 issue of the New Yorker magazine, Atul Gawande shares the modern origin of the checklist:

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