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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, November 11, 2008
Creating a new NORMAL
What's Your Normal?

As some of you know, I've never been drunk. Or nearly drunk. Never been a drinker of alcohol. At all. Never had a can of beer or a glass of wine. Or a glass of any alcohol for that matter. Living in a country and a culture where your beer-drinking ability almost defines you as a man, being a non-drinker can raise a few eyebrows and generate anything from questions and curiosity, to criticism. When I was about fifteen I went away with some of my buddies and of course there was alcohol involved. Most of my friends were already drinking (occasionally) but I had never really tried it. On the recommendation of my buddies (thanks Vin) I tasted (sipped) a few alcoholic options. To me they all tasted like crap. The boys told me to persevere with the beer. I persevered for about a third of a can; it still tasted like crap. That was my drinking career over. Okay I didn't give it much of a chance but to be honest I didn't see the point. I didn't want to give it a chance. Some things are worth persevering with, for me alcohol wasn't one of them. For me, an alcohol-free life has always been my normal.

By the Way, it's not About Alcohol; it's About Standards.

Am I judging drinkers? Nope. I'm talking about me, nobody else. My rules, my standards, my behaviour, my normal. Am I against alcohol? Nope. Am I against excessive drinking? Of course; I'm against excessive anything. In fact this article is not about alcohol or my sobriety; it's about behaviours, standards, choices and outcomes. It's about what we choose to do with what we've got; how we manage US. Or don't manage us, as the case may be. The beauty of being rational, logical, educated adults is that you and I have the opportunity to create our own standards and rules; what is normal for you and me. We have the freedom and ability to create a productive, constructive and healthy version of normal, or we can do the opposite (consciously or not) and create an unhealthy, destructive version. Every single day we have the opportunity to change our standards (the way we think, choose, react, behave, produce, live) and to create a 'new and improved' normal for ourselves. Some of us have been living an unhealthy version of normal for far too long and it's time for us to create a new, more effective and drastically different normal (that is, standard) if we are serious about creating better outcomes in our world over the long term (our lifespan). A normal that will enable us to live a more balanced, more fulfilled, happier, productive and healthier life. Or perhaps a normal that will allow us to... live. Full stop.

A Normal that Will Lift You Up

If, like me, you're a person who wants to maximise your potential, live your dreams, overcome your fears, break those destructive habits and behaviours, lose the stinking thinking and create amazing and exceptional outcomes on a consistent basis, then it could be time for you to create a new normal; a normal that will stretch you physically, creatively, professionally, academically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. A normal that will lift you up, not drag you down. A normal that will take you out of the group mentality, the pack thinking, the mediocre mindset and the undesirable outcomes. A normal that will enable you to become a better version of you.

If you want to be like the majority then do what they do; procrastinate, embrace destructive habits, talk shit, waste time, waste talent, make excuses, get angry, blame others and throw yourself a regular pity party. If you want to create exceptional results then do exceptional things; do what most won't. Do different to produce different.

Create a new normal.

Ciao x

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