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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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Monday, October 20, 2008
How Will I Find You?
Hi Groovers. Very busy over the last few days. Just got back from Brisbane a few hours ago (writing this Sunday night) and had a bunch of RYL fun this afternoon with a fantastic group of people at one of the coolest venues I've ever spoken at; The Brisbane Power House. A consequence of my busy-ness is that part two of the 'Beliefs' post is a day (or two) away. It will definitely be up this week, so keep an eye out (another weird saying) for it. In the mean time, here's a little thought provoking article to kick off your week. Enjoy your Monday.

Where Do You Live?

Do you live in a town? A house? A body? Or perhaps you live in your identity? Maybe 'Physical You' isn't who you are, but merely where you live at the moment. Perhaps your physical experience is just a brief part of a much bigger journey. Or maybe not. I don't know. Just thinking out loud. As I do. Maybe where you really live is in your thoughts, your emotions, your beliefs, your values, your experiences, your hopes, your dreams? Or perhaps your fears?

Real You

Are you a body? An emotional being? A mind? A spirit? Or are you the sum of your many amazing parts? What if I want to get to know you? Real you. Not the public version of you. Not the 'You Show'; the one you turn on and off for the world. No, how can I encounter the you that nobody sees? That's who I want to connect with. Where will I find that person? What would it take for me to meet that version of you? Invisibility perhaps? Who would I meet if I could inhabit your mind for a day? If I could share your thoughts or if I could feel what you feel? Who would I discover and what would I learn if I could look at the world through your eyes? What if I could walk in your shoes? Share your experiences? What could you teach me if I truly knew you? Understood you? Connected with you?

The 'You Show'

Some people think they have known you for years, but in truth, they don't know you at all. They've never really met you. Have they? They've had many conversations with the 'You Show' but they've never actually talked with you; the real you that hides behind the actor. You've been playing a role for so long that sometimes it's hard to find your way back to your authentic self. You've spent so much time pleasing others (trying anyway) that in the process you've made yourself miserable.

You won't let people meet 'Real You' because it seems like a high-risk exercise and you don't like risk. You like safety, predictability, certainty and acceptance, so you do (act, perform) what you need to, to tick all the boxes and fit in. In the past, fitting in has been important to you. Too important. And the cost of all that fitting in (no matter what), has been losing you. The real danger being that one day you will wake up and you won't remember what the real you looks, sounds, behaves or feels like. Maybe that day has come already.

Looks Like You but Isn't

You don't want to be rejected, judged or hurt. So you continue to play that role; the 'You' role. You give others what you think they want, need and expect from you. The thought of complete honesty and transparency scares you. You hate confrontation, so you compromise. The peace-maker. The people-pleaser. The compromiser. Transparency makes you feel vulnerable. On some level you fear people won't accept, like, understand or love the real you, so you continue to manufacture the public version. Looks just like you, but isn't.

What You're Not

And it's only when we peel back everything that isn't you - your career, your business, your title, your qualifications, your reputation, your responsibilities, your property, your physical beauty, your body, your achievements - that we actually get to meet you; Real You. That's who I want to meet.

And that's who you want to be.

Isn't it?

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