About This Site. This site is the website of motivational speaker Craig
Harper. A constantly updated, one-stop
information, inspiration, education and motivation
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!
Hi Guys, thanks for your well wishes. I'm getting better and doing my best not to infect the masses with my germs. But as you can imagine, my compulsion to hug Johnny is somewhat overwhelming. It's a constant battle. My throat still feels like hamburger and I'm still sounding like Barry White, but overall my energy level is picking up slowly. I've moved twice today! Anyway, enough sooking from me, enjoy your Tuesday... Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, the Bald Man just put up a video of one of my recent Channel Ten segments in the left side bar. Take a peek if you haven't seen it already. On with today's post... Pigeon Hole Construction 101
Have you ever noticed how we mere mortals have the capacity to pigeon hole ourselves into irrelevance, mediocrity, frustration, under-achievement and even misery? For a range of reasons, some of us arrive at a point (mentally and emotionally) where we build ourselves a boring and frustrating (but safeandfamiliar) pigeon hole to inhabit. And sadly, some of us spend our entire lives in there. Only inches away from greatness without really knowing it, believing it or exploring it. Never daring to put a toe outside our safe but ultimately debilitating and toxic sanctuary. While many are consciously and proactively creating their best lives, for some, life seems to happen to them, around them and in spite of them. They are spectators not players. Missing out on the best game of all.
The Value of Risk
At some point on our life journey, many of us decide who we are, how we are, what we are and what we can and can't do and then we build a box that looks just like that. Then we live in it. Forever. We create a practical existence to conform to our self-limiting beliefs and our fears and eventually our crappy mindset becomes our crappy reality out in the physical world. Our internal reality becomes our external reality. We waste our time, our talent, our potential and numerous opportunities by living in our pigeon hole. We spend a lifetime rationalizing, explaining and justifying what we're not doing with our lives and why we're staying in our respective holes. Sure we want the pot of gold (whatever that means for us personally) but we don't want the risk. The emotional risk. The mental risk. The financial risk. Any risk. We want safety and where the safety is... there ain't no rainbow and there definitely ain't no pot of gold at the end of it.
What Scares Us
There's no fun, joy, excitement or personal growth living in our pigeon hole but at least we know what to expect every day and that predictability and familiarity gives us a level of security and comfort; two things we love. Change, uncertainty and the unfamiliar scare the crap out of us. Interestingly, they are three things which also cause us to grow, learn, adapt and become better people. Pity we avoid them. Rats Up a Drainpipe
"Just ignore me, don't put any pressure on me, don't expect too much from me and whatever you do, don't ask me to get out of my pigeon hole Craig. I feel safe in here." While it's never an exciting place to be, the pigeon hole serves a purpose because when we're in there we don't need to take chances (we hate those), we don't have to make tough decisions (they terrify us) and we don't need to get uncomfortable (we don't do the discomfort thing). And when we do leave our hole on those rare occasions, it's because life (a situation, circumstance or event) has dragged us out of there kicking, protesting and screaming. And as we've always done, the vast majority of us will scamper back to the security of our holes like rats up a drainpipe as soon as possible.
"I could never run a marathon... I'm the chubby one, she's the athlete of the family"
"I could never write a book because I've don't have a creative bone in my body... just ask my mother"
"I could never speak to an audience... I'm the introvert of the family"
"I'm the problem child, the black sheep of the family... failure follows me around"
"I would love to start my own business but I'm too old... that's something a young person should do.."
"I'm too fat, too stupid, too ugly, too shy, too short, too tall, too uneducated, too unskilled, too busy....."
So what's it like in your pigeon hole... will you be moving out any time soon?
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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.
