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!! Enjoy.
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Fattitude
- Craig Harper
While many books focus on food,
Craig 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.
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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 Australia's leading
motivational speaker
and educator (according to Google Australia). 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!
Most of us live in a culture and society which is totally obsessed with perfection.
An obsession which invariably leads to pain. Emotional, psychological, physical, social and financial pain.
The perfection obsession is rampant.
It's completely ridiculous. It's unhealthy. It's unrealistic. And it's potentially very dangerous.
I have personally seen it lead to anxiety, depression, social dysfunction, eating disorders, emotional problems, unrealistic expectations, ruined relationships, massive financial debt, destructive habits and unfortunately, the occasional suicide.
We try and convince ourselves that we're all about the deep and meaningful, but when we take an honest, realistic look at how we live as a collective of people... the overwhelming message (perhaps not from you and I personally) is to aim for perfection.
And in order to have (the appearance of) perfection, we (we, the society) will do almost anything.
We have ten credit cards and spend money we don't have. We obsess about labels and brands.
We obsess about how others see us and what they think of us. We mutilate our healthy bodies with elective surgery and make rich surgeons richer. We preen, pluck, suck and tuck ourselves within an inch of our lives (literally sometimes). We starve ourselves. We self-diagnose and self-medicate. We lie to ourselves and others. We spend our lives acting out our perfect marriage, career, existence.
We compromise our values.
If only we could all see the beauty of our flaws. The beauty of normal.
If only we couldn't understand the (potential) happiness in normal.
I love my life, my relationships, my career, my body and my existence on the big blue ball despite my big nose... my slightly chubby tummy...my fifty-seven bad habits, my numerous issues... and my atrocious singing voice.
I'm happy in my imperfection.
When we live in a paradigm that says "I will be happy when XYZ is perfect", then we are destined for a life of misery.
When we learn to be happy with (rejoice in, even) our imperfect selves, our imperfect lives, our imperfect relationships and our imperfect bodies, then we're on the road the real personal growth.
Aiming for better is admirable, possibly even noble... but striving for perfection is stupid.
The moment we stop chasing perfection and start aiming for enlightenment (self-awareness, self-realisation, a different way of thinking andbeing) is the moment we start to move towards genuine happiness.
Where we sit on the (world famous) Craig HarperHappiness Continuum (made that term up but I like it... you can use it!) is inversely proportional to our desire for perfection.
That is, the less we are... all about perfection, the happier we will be.
So... the take home message you crazy kids?
(1) Perfection is a myth.
(2) It's perfectly normal to be imperfect.
(3) Stop trying to be some perfect, weird-ass version of you... and be you.
I know professional personal development writers aren't meant to use terms like weird-ass, so... I'd like to apologise for my inappropriate, imperfect communication style.
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