About This Site. This site is the website of motivational speaker Craig
Harper. A constantly updated, one-stop
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station. Unlike many similar sites, it is a totally
free resource for anyone who is serious about moving
from mediocre to amazing in any area of their
personal or professional life. With hundreds of
articles covering a wide range of subject matter,
great interviews with cool people and inspirational
video posts, there's more than enough brain-food to
keep you busy for hours. Okay, days!!
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Life Coach
Melbourne - Craig Harper
If
you are interested in maximizing your potential,
stepping out of that 'holding pattern' and being
privately coached by Craig click here.
Business Coach Melbourne -
Craig Harper
If you're a personal trainer, gym owner or studio owner
who is interested in growing your business and/or your
career, then mentoring with Craig could be a valuable
part of your overall success strategy and professional
development journey.
Biological Age Testing
- Craig Harper
In a recent test, Jan Frazer, who has a chronological age (the
number of years she's been on the planet) of 67 did a biological
age test which showed she has the body of a 37 year old female.
Pretty Impressive! How old is your body! Find out here.
Nutrition Melbourne -
Craig Harper
Many nutritional
experts are confusing people with jargon and pseudo-science.
Craig's HPN Service provides remote access to Craig's Director
of Nutrition to cut through the dietary confusion and
contradiction.
Public Speaking Melbourne - Craig Harper If you've ever
thought about becoming a professional speaker or
improving your public speaking then you can be privately
coached here.
Fattitude
- Craig Harper
While many books focus on food,
Craig Harper teaches that creating life-long change is more about the
dieter, than the actual diet. This book is perfect for people who have a
history of 'almost' getting in shape.
DVD
or CD - Renovate Your Body - Craig Harper In this entertaining presentation, Craig discusses the
notion of Renovating Your Body - once and for all. Many of us have a curious
ability to be able to get in shape for events (weddings, parties, reunions
and birthdays), if only we'd get in shape for life.
Craig Harper is a leading
motivational speaker
and educator. He is a highly
sought-after corporate coach and is considered to be
a leader and pioneer in the areas of personal and
professional development. Working with hundreds of
teams, companies and a wide variety of organisations
on numerous continents over the last twenty years
has given Craig a unique insight into, and
understanding of, human performance and all its
variables. Craig has an ability to educate, inspire,
challenge and make people laugh all at the same
time!
It seems we have a not-so-new, but rarely discussed scourge on the Personal Development landscape.
We've all met Mr and Mrs fit-in-at-all-costs; the Social Zombie (what would you like me to do, be, say?). But over the last decade or three we have seen the rise of the Personal Development Zombie. The Self-Help Automaton. The person who hasn't had an independent thought or opinion since the eighties.
Now before I get on my cyber-soapbox, let's take a look at a couple of definitions:
Zombie - a person whose behaviour or responses are wooden, listless, or seemingly rote; automaton (ring any bells?).
Automaton - a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence (know a few of these).
Cult - Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion by a group of people to, or veneration for, a person, principle, or thing.(Hmm... any Personal Development Programs, Books, DVD's or Gurus spring to mind?)
Personal Development Zombie - a person seemingly incapable of independent thought. Takes on the beliefs, philosophies, ideologies and identity of other higher profile and allegedly(?) more enlightened individuals. Believes what he or she is told without question and typically memorises and quotes their guru ad infinitum. Doesn't really understand or practice what he or she preaches but sounds very convincing. Alright, a bit convincing. Okay, really annoying.
The first three definitions are from respectable sources, the fourth is from the not-so-respectable HarperDictionary (a little-known Australian resource).
Like many of you, I cut my teeth on a mountain of self-help.... stuff. I read, I listened, I studied and I observed. I questioned, I disagreed, I made mistakes, I got into arguments (no!).
And while I learned plenty from some great teachers and found much of what I explored to be insightful, educational, inspiring and incredibly valuable, I also realised that the results I would produce and the reality I would create in all areas of my life... was still all about me.
I could memorise and quote Tony Robbins, Steven Covey and Deepak all day but that wouldn't make me... thebest me I can be; it would make me a pathetic, wanna-be clone of someone else. I still had to do, be, cope, manage, react to and learn from life... and all it's unpredictable variables.
When it comes to learning from the Personal Development Gurus (and they are numerous)... listen to them, consider their philosophy... but be YOU. Think, explore, question and discover your own truth. Not someone else's.
I've had people say to me... "I don't know any more... you tell me what to think." I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true. And sad.
Personal Development books, CD's, DVD's, programs and sites such as this one are not answers to problems.
They are resources.
They are information and inspiration. Nothing more.
How valuable they (those resources) will be for you (personally) will depend entirely on what you do with the information. My observation is that most people go to workshops (or read books), get educated, get informed, get motivated (for a minute), leave the auditorium (or book) and then go straight back to their destructive habits, bad attitudes and unfulfilled lives. Straight back to where they don't really wanna be (literally or figuratively).
They do nothing. They create no (genuine) change.
Don't believe what I write merely because you (may) respect me or connect with my communication style. NO, consider what I write, think about it, test it and see (prove) if it's true for you. Then come to some independent realisations about what is right (appropriate, real, meaningful, relevant) for you.
Have your own revelation. And then do something with it.
Spend time becoming your own guru. It's all there... you just need to develop it.
Genuine personal growth (life-long, forever change) doesn't come through courses, books or motivational workshops. They might be a catalyst for change... but the real growth comes through our experiences. Our practical life lessons. What we do.
We have to experience... to learn and grow.
And as long as our personal growth journey is limited to books, CD's, DVD's, workshops, web-sites, etc. (verses getting off our ass and doing life practically; learning by doing)... we run the very real risk of becoming a Personal Development Zombie.
Life ain't a theory or a philosophy.
It's an experience.
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DVD
- Renovate Your Body - Craig Harper
In this entertaining presentation, Craig discusses the
notion of Renovating Your Body - once and for all. (Also
available on CD).
Fattitude
- Craig Harper
While many books focus on food,
Craig Harper teaches that creating life long change is more about the
dieter than the actual diet.
Food for thought
- Craig Harper
In this book, Craig Harper
walks the reader through his 21 rules to Permanent Weight Loss.
So you've decided you want to get in shape (again)
- Craig Harper
Imagine a pocket-sized fitness book that takes just twenty minutes to
read. Craig Harper addresses the REAL getting-in-shape issues.
