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!
Doing what I do, I've heard just about every excuse (explanation, rationalization, justification) in the book. Of course there are legitimate barriers and hurdles that we need to overcome in our quest to create our best life, body, career, business, relationships, health, etc. but what really stands between most people and their goals is usually quite different to what's on their official list of well-used excuses.
Alleged Barriers to Success.
Here's some of the pseudo-reasons why so many people don't achieve their goals. 1. Lack of time. In a country where the average person watches twenty plus hours of TV each week, I don't think time is actually what holds us back. It's an issue... but it's not the reason.
2. Lack of ability. Success is rarely about how much talent we have and mostly about what we do with what we've been given (how we use that ability).
3. Genetics. See point two. Can't change our genetics but we can change what we do with them. Obesity is not about genetics, it's about poor genetic management.
4. Lack of opportunities. While many people are waiting for an opportunity to fall on their head from a great height, successful people are out there creating their own opportunities.
5. Other people. The only person who's gonna stand between where you are now and where you wanna be, is you. Sure some people will get in your way periodically, but they don't ultimately determine success or failure in your world, you do.
6. Bad luck, destiny, fate. Santa, the Easter Bunny, Spiderman.
7. The government. If the government are the reason you're failing, then why are others succeeding? Big, nasty government. They don't always make it easy for you, but they ain't what's stopping you.
8. Fast food companies. They produce it. You choose it. Or not.
9. Lack of motivation. If success was dependent on being permanently motivated, everybody would fail because we all go through peaks and troughs of motivation. People who reach their goals do what they need to do, even when the 'feeling' of motivation ain't there. Motivation is a temporary emotional state.
10. Ignorance. Of course education is an important ingredient in the success recipe, but most of us have enough knowledge, awareness, understanding and intelligence to succeed. We mostly know what to do, but we don't always do what we know. The morbidly obese person doesn't eat cake because of ignorance, he/she eats it because they lack discipline and self-control. And because their biggest driver is short-term pleasure. The instant reward system.
So we know what 'allegedly' holds us back, but what really stands between us and our goals?
1. Poor attitude. For most of us, attitude is the biggest determinant of the kind of results we produce in our world. Our attitude determines what we do, which determines what we create. Many people sabotage their ability with their stinky attitude and their toxic self-talk.
2. Apathy and laziness. Some people just don't wanna do what it takes. Sadly, we are the short-cut society and the quick-fix generation. Results without effort; that's what we want. Good luck with that. 3. Fear. A certain level of fear is normal. Healthy even. Being controlled by fear, not so good. At all.
4. Procrastination. Always about to start something amazing. Sure. For too many of us it's always soon, never now. Your life is not a dress-rehearsal for the real thing.
5. Poor planning. Knowing where you wanna go is one thing. Strategic planning and implementation of that plan is another thing. All the discipline, self-control and motivation won't produce optimal results unless they are attached to a practical plan.
6. Over-thinking. Analysis paralysis. I've spoken about it many times before. If the term 'over-thinker' elicits some kind of an emotional response in you, then... you know.
7. Lack of discipline and self control. Back in the old days these attributes proved to be quite effective. Apparently they still work.
8. We don't finish stuff. Sure I could be more technical, but do I really need to be?
9. We invest our emotional energy in the wrong place; jealousy, resentment, anger, greed, bitterness, etc. We waste what we've got. We hold on to crap and make ourselves ugly and unproductive.
10. Poor communication. Too many of us don't master (or even work at) life's most important skill. If you can't create connection, rapport and mutual understanding with the people in your world, you better learn. Quickly.
11. We lack clarity. We know we want success... we just don't know what that is! If you can't define it, you can't have it. When we get clarity we create excitement and momentum and we start to produce better results in our world.
12. Self doubt. If there's a way to shoot ourselves in the foot with a really big self-doubt gun, we'll find it. Perhaps we should stop that?
Perhaps you'd like to share some of the exciting and creative ways, you've discovered to waste your time, talent and opportunities. And then maybe you could tell us how you overcame that! Or you could just share a thought or comment.
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