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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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Welcome to Craig's site.

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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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Craig the Dog-Sitter
If you've come expecting a life-changing personal development lesson or some thought-provoking philosophy and psychology today, then you best come back tomorrow. Today won't be that day. If you're easily offended or a little precious, you'll definitely wanna come back tomorrow.

Okay, I know I'm always dispensing advice... but today I may need some help. From you. Who said I can't ask for help? What ego?

The Hairy Daughter

So my business partner Mikey has hit the road for two weeks of R and R with his good lady Holly and their gorgeous daughter Jessie. Being a big family trip with infant in tow, there was plenty to pack and a bunch of holiday stuff to squeeze in the cases, but the one thing he didn't take was his other daughter; the hairy one. The one with four legs and mildly offensive breath. The one that chases balls and sticks. The one they left at my house! Her name is Marly, she's a Golden Retriever, she's three and she craps her own body-weight every day. That's gotta be some kind of international canine shitting record right? Let's just say that I won't be lying on my front lawn anytime soon.

Instant Hair

Yep, yesterday Craig the blogger became Craig the dog-sitter. My friends don't think I'll cope. They may be right. They think I'm a little too focused, busy and obsessive about my clean house to manage the mobile hair-shedding machine for a fortnight. You know those hairy rugs that our parents had in the seventies? She's like one of those. A malting version. With feet. When I take a look around my house right now I'd swear she's lost half of her hair since yesterday morning but then when I look at her, she's hairier than ever. Where does it all come from? She should be frickin' bald by now. So should I clean it all up each day, or wait till she goes home and then vacuum and fumigate the whole joint? What's the protocol with this stuff?

Dog Poo Central

In the last thirty six hours Marly and I have taken three trips to the special off-lead dog park. A.K.A. Dog Poo Central. It's a frickin' fecal mine field. Walk at your own peril. Lucky I can levitate and teleport. Those workshops have been handy after all. Yes, pet ownership is indeed a time and energy consuming commitment. And periodically stinky. I have also just learned that dogs can get depressed. I didn't know that. Well perhaps I hadn't really considered it. Yesterday morning her big hairy bottom lip was hanging out. She knew that her nasty human parents had left her behind. I didn't know that dogs could actually look so sad. Neither did I realise how much a dog could reduce my productivity and creative output. How could I possibly blog while she stares at me with those gigantic brown sad eyes, her stupid stick in her mouth and that 'please give me some love' look on her annoyingly cute face? I hate it how she does that. I guess the next two weeks will be a steep learning curve for me.

The snapshot so far...

1. I now smell like a dog.

2.
At 4:05 this morning Marly came into my bedroom and put her head on my face. Apparently, dog-speak for "I need a wee".

3.
At 4:06 this morning we shared a group wee on the garden bed. I think we bonded. She out-lasted me. For a moment I felt like I was in the mountains. Only for a moment. Too much info?

4. Every time I get in the car, she comes with me. Is that bad?

5. She follows me everywhere. This morning we showered. Well, I showered she watched. Poor thing.

6. I may be falling in love. Who said I have commitment issues?

7. Sometimes she lies on my foot while I'm working. I like it. I'm pathetic aren't I?

And my questions for you dog people (so to speak)...

1. How do I get over the guilt thing when she looks at me like that (when I'm working)? I told her I'm writing about her, she wasn't impressed. She doesn't care. She just wants me to throw her stupid stick or lie on the floor with her. Apparently the blogosphere doesn't rate highly with Golden Retrievers.

2. Do all dogs spread water for a hundred metre radius when they drink?

3. How can they (dogs) go from flat out (running like a maniac) to sleeping in sixty seconds? That's quite the skill.

4. Is there a special breed of non-shitting dog that I don't know about? Why can't dogs be more like cats; discreet, a little private, borderline snobby even? Just with the toilet business anyway.

5.
Any dog hair removal tips?

To be honest, any advice will be most welcome. Wish me luck.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Er, our progress.

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