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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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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!

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Lame-ass Superheroes.
* Let's take our serious "what's the meaning of life" hats off today... and have some fun.
Just because we can.
Sometimes the deep and meaningful gets a little emotionally cumbersome, even for moi.
Today's the day for some silliness.
A chuckle perhaps.


So, what is it with Spiderman?
And Batman?
As Superheroes go, surely they are the lamest ever?
I totally don't get their popularity.

At least Spiderman has that stupid web-shooting thing going on (clearly the dumbest super power of all time).. but what about the bloke in the plastic bat suit with the moulded fake abs?
He should be embarrassed to leave his stupid cave in his stupid fibreglass car.

And he doesn't even have super powers!
None!
He's a super impostor.
Not super at all!
He's just a rich weirdo who likes dressing up.
How on earth did he get his own TV show?

And don't even talk to me about his impotent side-kick Robin; an absolute blight on the Superhero landscape.
He's the star attraction in the Superhero hall of shame.
They only put him on the show because they hoped his lame-ness (yep, a word) would make Bat-head look half decent and almost credible.
It didn't.

And waddabout Wonder Woman?
Kinda hot and her invisible plane is pretty cool but overall, a super-dud.
Lame-arama.
How's a ninety pound Superhero with a fifteen-inch waist and two inches of make-up gonna save me from any bad guys?
She ain't!!
How can I respect a Superhero who has arms like my mum (mom)?
I can't.
For me, a Superhero has gotta be built like a Superhero.
Even the chicks.

The Hulk is kinda cool and I dig his arms and delts but he ain't really a hero.
More a mutant.
And I guess it's hard to find an appropriate outfit when you have a ninety inch chest and you're green.

Speaking of mutants, those turtles sure got some good press in the eighties didn't they?
And while I find the concept of a super-baby (Kal-El) being placed in an escape rocket by his father (Jor-El) and sent to Earth from the planet Krypton, where he grew up to become my favourite Superhero completely reasonable... I can't get my head around the concept of one (or four) of the world's slowest reptiles being ass-kicking, athletic, karate experts... who can speak!
But that's just me.

Let's be honest, all boys want super powers.
And some girls.
I'm told.
Growing up, most kids dream of having some of those special ass-kicking, bar-bending, freakazoid... abilities.
I was no different.
Er.. am no different.
I so wanna be able to fly.

Only child; possibly too much time on my hands.

But back to my personal fave Superdude.
The Man of Steel.
Can't go past the big guy with the chiseled jaw and the 'S' on his chest.
He has always been the epitome of an Uberhero for me.

Catches bad guys, can fly (so cool... and very handy), is super strong, has super hearing, can see through stuff (so wanted that ability when I was fourteen), can push meteors off their deadly trajectory, is buffed and has a hot (albeit easily fooled) girl.

Admittedly I'm not a massive fan of the cape or the body suit but the 'S' is cool and I guess he woulda looked somewhat less than 'super' patrolling the globe in jeans and a T shirt.
Or some sensible slacks and a cardigan perhaps.
Okay, we'll stick with the cape.

I just asked one of my (young) trainers who his favourite Super Hero is and he said 'Wolverine'.
What the the heck is a 'Wolverine'?
Sounds like a fruit to me.

"I'll have four bananas and a pound of Wolverines thanks."

Clearly, I'm a little out of touch and I have some Superhero researching to do.

Tell me who your fave (and least fave) Superheroes and why.
(And don't be disrespecting my homie Superman either!)

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