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The theme of this month’s President’s Post is about challenging yourself. I am currently challenging myself - I am writing this note to you while sitting on a bus crossing from Iran to Turkmenistan, a challenging but adventurous holiday! I challenged myself a few weekends ago when I went for a dip at the back beach and almost froze to death, and the biggest challenge I have taken on this year is becoming President of this club with relatively limited experience. This drive for challenge is what makes us grow both personally and professionally. We are fortunate that through lifesaving (and our broader network) we are exposed to challenges and have every opportunity to take them on. You first challenge yourself when you do Nippers, SRC and Bronze; you challenge yourself every time you take a rescue mal out in treacherous back beach conditions; you challenge yourself when you attend one of LSV/SLSA’s great development programs (see below) and most of all you challenge yourself when you give up some of your free time to take on a new role and get involved in a club and drive new initiatives to make our club better. A few weeks ago, we launched a recruitment drive to find members interested in joining our committees and sub-committees. Thank you to those who have already put their hands up. Our members have so many great ideas for us, but a small group of people can’t organise everything. So this season, get involved, take on that challenge and help us to make this club really strong.
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