YOUR NEXT READ Episode #1: Turning Right by Kay Bretz
Turning Right – Inspire the magic is a book about change. Author Kay Bretz, is an ultramarathon runner, executive coach, and facilitator of transformation. His book is an honest, insightful and inspiring account of how to transform yourself and push the limits of what is possible. If you want to upgrade your mindset, Turning Right should be your next read.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
How to transform who you think you are to reach your highest aspirations
A compelling, un-put-downable account of recreational marathon runner Kay Bretz's transformation into one of the best ultra runners in the world.
The reader follows the author during his physical, mental, and professional challenges and celebrates his hard-fought wins as he discovers the motivation to succeed, leaving behind his former motivation to avoid failure.
Brilliantly interweaving his amazing running journey, with the challenges in his professional and personal life, Bretz leaves behind the reasonable and logical to find the magic. His book will inspire the magic in you too.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kay Bretz improved the race record of Big Red Run, a 250-kilometre, multi-stage, running event in the Australian outback, by more than five hours. He followed up this amazing achievement with a series of podium finishes in events up to 350 kilometres. After a third place at the Australian ultra-trail championships in 2018, Kay was selected for the 24-hour world championships in Albi, France, in 2019, where he was awarded the Australian Ultra Performance of the Year Award. Even before his amazing success as an ultra-runner, Kay Bretz was a high achiever.
He was awarded a doctorate in European law in record time and travelled the world as a top management consultant for McKinsey. He excelled in each role he took on. But it was through his crazy running adventures that Kay Bretz embarked on the compelling journey recounted in Turning Right -- Inspire the magic that finally brought him real success.
Over this journey, the author learns how to leave behind the limitations he placed on himself which prevented him from reaching his dreams. His entire perspective on what he was capable of shifted when he transformed from a recreational marathon runner into one of the best ultra-marathon athletes in the world.
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