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- The One Thing You Need To Remember When You’re Having A Bad Day - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Craig HarperIssy I’m currently doing some work in the gym with a twelve year-old named Issy. Together we’re working to improve her overall strength, fitness and function. This morning she arrived at the gym with a five-hundred page book – apparently, some light reading while she waited for her ...
Views: 670 - The Personal Development Zombie - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Craig HarperIt 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 ...
Views: 937 - The REAL SECRET of Success. - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2007 from Craig HarperPart of my job as an educator, motivator, coach (etc.) is to sell stuff. Kind of. Not physical stuff (toasters, convertibles, cross-bows... although that'd be fun) but more the emotional and psychological stuff like... ideas, concepts, philosophies, strategies. In order to get people to take ...
Views: 893 - The Secret of Adaptation - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2007 from Craig HarperThere's a school of thought which suggests that those who adapt most effectively (to their situation, environment, circumstance, challenge) are the ones who ultimately survive, or at the very least, do the best; succeed when others don't. We see this play out, not only in nature but in business, ...
Views: 691 - The Ship Without a Rudder - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Craig HarperLately I have spent a great deal of time with rudder-less ships. People who get up each morning and do exactly what they did yesterday. Not that they particularly want to... it's just what they do. They do the same. Day in, day out. Year in, year out. They expend a huge amount of energy sailing ...
Views: 1062 - The Social Sheep - by Submitted on May 17, 2007 from Craig HarperGrowing up in Australia means growing up with sheep. Well, kind of. Not that we have them sleeping in our lounge room or running around our front yard or anything, but Australia, amongst other things, is a farming nation and at some stage, most Aussie kids (although less these days) have spent ...
Views: 1264 - Three Steps To Finding Your Ideal You - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2011 from Craig HarperWhat Success Demands I’m of the not-very-popular opinion that the majority of people who say they want to change their lives – or part thereof – in a significant way are simply not prepared to do what’s required; you know – the hard stuff. As a consequence, they will never begin to explore ...
Views: 668 - Weight-Loss Bullshit - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2007 from Craig HarperSo I'm wearing my Exercise Scientist hat today. And my Psychologist cardigan. And my steel-capped, ass-kicking boots. I may be blunt. Okay, I will be. But honest. Possibly... politically incorrect. Okay, probably. Will possibly say what you don't want to hear. Feel free to look away... ...
Views: 1189 - What Can An Amateur Nudist Teach Us About Taking Risks - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Craig HarperToday, I received the following letter from one of my friends. Turns out she’s recently become an amateur nudist. The Letter Today, I did something that I’ve never done before. Something fun, that is – I’ve never changed the oil on my car before but that’s not exactly on my ...
Views: 1882 - What Can Oprah Teach Us About Using What We’ve Been Given - by Submitted on May 30, 2011 from Craig HarperWhat Matters? A close friend of mine has an elderly father who is on the home stretch of his time down here on the big blue ball. And while I don’t know him well, he’s been on my mind lately. I worry about him and his family. For the last few days, I’ve wondered what a person thinks about ...
Views: 832 - What Can Santa Teach Us About Challenging Our Beliefs - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Craig HarperWhat Can Santa Teach Us About Challenging Our Beliefs Evidence of Santa For seven years of my life, I knew Santa was real. After all, he came to my house every Christmas night so I had no reason to believe anything else. All of my experiences until that point in my young life had ...
Views: 695 - What if Today's the Day? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2007 from Craig HarperMy job means that I spend much of my life working with people who want to change something about their reality. People who would like to be fitter, healthier, leaner, lighter, happier, wealthier, less stressed, more fulfilled.... people who want to create some kind of positive change. I always ...
Views: 685 - What’s The One Thing You Won’t Hear In A Society Obsessed With Avoiding Responsibility? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2011 from Craig HarperAm Not, You Are Is it just my cynical perspective and observation or have we actually become a society obsessed with avoiding all responsibility for our own bad behaviours? Kind of like five-year-olds denying we ate the chocolate cake when the remnants are plastered all over our chubby little ...
Views: 709 - Why Do You Do Exactly What You Did Yesterday, Even Though Yesterday Was Crap - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2011 from Craig HarperSo, How’s Your Life? Just asking. Do your best to answer that question honestly and courageously. If you can, avoid the flippant, generic (“great thanks Craig”) response. Think carefully for a minute and give your authentic answer; the truth behind the ‘you show’. If you are great then ...
Views: 945 - Why Is My Life So Hard - Fifty Questions You Need To Ask - by Submitted on May 02, 2011 from Craig HarperReality-Shaping Questions If we’re serious about changing our reality then we must be serious about asking the best reality-shaping questions. Better questions produce a better mindset, decisions, actions, reactions and overall, better results. Asking ourselves intelligent, relevant and ...
Views: 725 - You're Not the Boss of Me. - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2007 from Craig HarperThere's a lot of great things about being a kid. You don't have to pay for stuff. You get to lick the cake-mix bowl (a personal highlight for me). You can actually tell people what you think. You can build cool stuff from junk and grown-ups tell you it's great. Old people spoil you. You can use ...
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