Guiding Principles

Kirsten Kuhnert as a motivational speaker

Since her book was first published in 2000, Kirsten Kuhnert was oftenly invited to conferences and company meetings. When she speaks, she is able to motivate people through her determination and the outstanding message.

read a sample from her book:

Success arises from the head AND the heart

No matter how far you go and how much you learn, there is always more to experience and more to learn. If you feel one day: ‘That’s it, I have got it’, you can almost be sure, the next lesson is arround the corner and it will be another challenge. When I realized that many people got positive inputs from my story and were looking for practical advice and help for their every day lives, I had to think about it for a while as it was ‘all normal’ for me. I grew up in a family where we experienced a lot of love, although I had to ‘use my elbows’ and learned not to accept NO for an answer. On the other hand, during my time owning the sponsoring agency I always had people around me who were used to being successful, be it on the side of the company sponsors, or on the side of the sportsmen, who only got sponsorships if they were successful. In trying to write down what actually helped me, I realised that by simply modelling those people during my difficult moments, I ‘intuitively’ did the right things which helped me to see it through. Not all of us are so lucky to have direct contact to extremely successful people and I was asked several times during TV, Radio and Press-Interviews to share ‘my secrets’. Well, there are no secrets. There are only things you do and things you don’t do. And here is what I did. Here are my personal guiding principles. They are a mix made out of values, experience and practical tips. And the best thing about them is that they are free. I received them from many other people and I am happy to share them with you. Have a close look at them and if there is something you like, something that expresses a feeling in one sentence, a feeling you are carrying with you for a long time, feel free to use it. That reminds me of an old Chinese fairytale, where a young man receives help from an old man and wants to return the favour of receiving help. He asks the old man what he could do for him. The old man says: ‘Son, do not try to repay me. But I have one wish. Would you
fulfill it?’ ‘Yes of course’, says the young man, ‘what is it’. ‘Help 10 other people and ask them to do the same’, said the old man. This is what makes our world a better place and also enriches our individual lives.

My Guiding Principles:

1. You can see properly only with the heart, the essential things are invisible for the eyes.
2. Love can conquer all!
3. Only the one who continues dreaming can stand the reality.
4. Humour and courage are your strongest allies.
5. Who strives for the impossible has little competition.
6. From the stones which lie in your path, you can build bridges.
7. Those who lose courage are conquered. Winners fight on!
8. There is no situation you can change by simply accepting it.
9. Everybody has got the right to turn his own decisions upside down.

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Kirsten Kuhnert is a beacon, a bright light clearly showing the direction towards courage, hope, love, success and persistence.