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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Fattitude
- Craig Harper
While many books focus on food,
Craig teaches that creating life-long change is more about the
dieter, than the actual diet. This book is perfect for people who have a
history of 'almost' getting in shape.
DVD
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notion of Renovating Your Body - once and for all. Many of us have a curious
ability to be able to get in shape for events (weddings, parties, reunions
and birthdays), if only we'd get in shape for life.
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!
I arrive home, make a cup of tea, take a Ginger Bread Man (oh yes, that's right) from the pantry and put on some training clothes. I feel more creative when I'm in my slobby clothes. I walk up the stairs to my office and settle in with my GBM and my tea. I mercilessly bite the head off my GBM and I endeavour to focus myself for some productivity; more emails, more comments and more phone calls to return. At about four o'clock I get a call from one of my team. They have a problem. It's not major but it's real. We talk for about five minutes and eventually I ask "so what's the solution?" They tell me what they think we should do and I say "okay, do that." They get off the phone happy and confident. They didn't need me; they already knew the answer. They just wanted re-assurance and approval (the issue was resolved quickly). Just before four thirty my back is aching from sitting in this stupid chair; the one I'm in right now. I get on the floor with my foam roller and do a little self-adjusting and massage. My back is like a piece of wood and the foam roller is agony. And ecstasy. I stretch, but not enough. I have an attitude problem towards it. Don't tell anyone.
4.30 pm
I decide I need some time out, some movement and some fresh air so I put on my headphones and head out the front door. I leave my phone at home. Bliss. I make my way down to the beach (5 minute walk) and stroll along a surprisingly quiet foreshore. Just me, an old couple and a few seagulls. I love the beach; it's therapeutic. I listen to some of my favourite music and do my best not to think. About anything. I endeavour to disconnect from the busy-ness of my day. I'm working on just being in the moment; not an easy task for Mr Busy Brain. I'm certainly no Eckhart Tolle but I'm getting there. My walk is not really about exercise but about space, quiet, balance and calm. It's more about the emotional than it is the physical.
5:20 pm
Fifty minutes later I arrive home, put on the kettle, re-engage my brain, check my phone messages and start to think about my radio gig that night; another hour on SEN with a different host - Mark Fine. The hour is to be more about psychology, personal growth and even philosophy than it is about the straight health/fitness message. I attend to some random bits and pieces and then head up to my gym at six o'clock for a getbig session. Some people meditate, I lift. It relaxes me.
6.00 pm
I walk into Harper's and the place is buzzing; trainers and clients everywhere. Six is peak time. The lovely Celia (our receptionist) hands me some phone messages and asks me to sign three books for a lady. I do a lap of the gym, shake a few hands, share a hug or two, say hello to plenty of people and do my best to acknowledge everyone. When it's your gym you have a certain responsibility to be friendly, aware and professional. Five minutes later I'm hitting the weights as I've done thousands of times before. I've been lifting weights three to six times per week for the last twenty nine years. Do the maths on that! On this day I train my chest, upper back and lower back and work around my numerous injuries (from years of training like a maniac when I was young).
7:10 pm
By ten past seven I'm back home in my stinky singlet and I'm cooking myself a healthy pasta. Twenty minutes later I'm on the couch and eating my dinner in front of my big-ass TV while watching some mindless but mildly amusing comedy; Two and a Half Men. Fifteen minutes later I'm suffering from Charlie Sheen overload (not hard) and my pasta is a memory. I walk out to my front yard, sit under a tree, let my pasta digest and spend thirty minutes or so reading a new book. I'll tell you the name of it when I'm done - I'm not sure if I'm sold on it yet.
8.00 pm
By eight I'm back in my office replying to emails and comments and working on my next post. I spend half an hour attending to various things and then at eight thirty I make my way to the car yet again for my third trip to the city for the day. I am on the phone the whole way; chatting to my folks. They make me laugh. My Mum could talk under water with a mouth full of marbles. Love you Mary! I arrive at SEN just before nine o'clock and say hello to the producer of the show; Spider Lee. Some big sporting news has just come through (regarding a footballer here in Australia) so it appears that my planned segment will have to wait; we will be talking football for an hour or so instead. Mark (the host) and I spend the entire show talking to each other and to the listeners re the Ben Cousins (the player) saga. We also interview ex AFL coach, Grant Thomas. As usual the time flies and before I know it, it's five past ten and I'm in the car heading home. Again.
10:05 pm
I turn on my phone and Baldy has left me a message. I return his call and we chat about the website for fifteen minutes. He works as much as me. He needs help. I return a few more calls (friends this time, not work) and I pull into the drive at about ten thirty. Surprisingly, I'm not tired. I feel great. I make myself another tea and debate whether or not I should have my second GBM for the day. I tell myself they're all protein and I succumb. Still a fat fourteen year-old at heart, I guess. I head upstairs to my office and work on my new book until eleven thirty at which time I figure I'll call it a day. I decide to take a brief stroll before bed. I head out into the dark and still of the night and it's glorious. No cars, no noise, no people, no chaos. Bliss. Just what I need. I climb into bed at five past twelve and Letterman is on TV. Sometimes he's funny but not tonight. Somewhere around twelve thirty I shut off the noise and slide into a coma.
I'm sorry if you found 'A day in the Life of Me' mindlessly boring. Keep in mind that it wasn't my idea! I'll never burden you with that again. Tomorrow I will be announcing the details (where, when, cost) of our two-day RYL program for next year. That's gonna be a blast.
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