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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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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
My Secret Ambition
Your Secret

Is there something that you've always wanted to attempt, or perhaps fantasized about doing for a long time, but somehow you've always found a very legitimate 'reason' to not even try? Perhaps it's something which both excites and terrifies you at the same time? Most of us have, or have had, such a desire at some stage of our life journey. Like many of you, I have had a secret ambition for a long time. Well, I guess I had a secret ambition until I chose to write and publish this article. There's something I've dreamt about doing for over twenty years but never really had the guts to even say out loud, let alone step up to the plate and actually do it. And to my very excited mother who right now hopes I'm talking about marriage, I'm not. Sorry Mary.

Feeling the Fear

Other than those creepy hairless cats and the chicken nuggets at McDonald's, there are very few things that scare me. However, the mere thought of doing this particular thing freaks me out. Just picturing myself doing it increases my heart rate and my respiration and makes me feel a little ill. Seriously. Even sharing this aspiration and making it public knowledge makes me feel nervous and a little vulnerable - and I rarely feel either. Part of me didn't want to write this post but I thought that it could be the catalyst I need to deal with my fear. I also hope that it might encourage some of you do similar. I'll have a go if you do. Logical Craig is pretty happy with what's been written so far but emotional Craig thinks that his more cerebral counterpart is a big inconsiderate dickhead who really hasn't thought this whole public purging thing through. Sure it might make for an interesting post but then what Captain Cerebro?

I feel ill.

Why Go Public?

Part of my motivation for going public with my secret is because I figure that I'm far less likely to chicken out down the track if I have more than a hundred thousand accountability partners to make sure I follow through. Even though I do things most days of my life which might render some people paralysed with fear (public speaking, media, running a company, looking at my reflection in the mirror), none of those things even come close to this for me. Today (Wednesday, 10.45am) I will be doing my regular gig on Network Ten and talking to a live national television audience of around 250,000 people; no nerves, no fear, just a little excitement. Yet the very thought of you-know-what snaps my sphincter shut like a vault and sends my large intestine into spasm. If you're a visual person, I apologise for that image. And if you're eating, sorry again.

Okay I know what you're thinking, "shut up Craig and tell us what it is". Alright let me take a breath. One more. Exhale. One last one. Well, not really last. I'm gonna say it very quietly because I don't want to scare myself and I don't want you to make fun of me. Okay, my secret ambition is to do some... stand-up comedy.

Alright, I'll say it a little louder... stand-up comedy.

There, I said it. Shit.

My Theory

Why did I do that? Oh well. It's done now. Now you know. Now everyone knows. I have always been fascinated with truly funny people and consider good comics to be some of the most gifted, insightful, clever and creative people in the world. And no, I'm not talking about the mindless, racist, sexist idiots who wheel out the F word every four seconds. I'm talking about those artists who have an amazing ability to connect with people, read their audience, push emotional buttons, make people laugh at themselves and to be provocative and entertaining without necessarily being offensive. I have a theory that there's an inverse relationship between the level of profanity used and the talent of the artist. That is, typically the more F bombs used, the less the talent. With Billy Connolly and Chris Rock being two f***ing obvious exceptions.

Sorry Mum.

So there you have it; the comedy cat is out of the bag for me. I'm not exactly sure how this will pan out but at this point in time my plan is to get on stage this year. It will be an amateur night somewhere, it will be dark, I will be wearing my Mickey Rourke wig (see the Wrestler), hopefully there will be no more than ten people in the audience (even that scares me) and I may well be horrible, but that's okay. From memory, my first corporate gig wasn't that flash. And no, I won't be telling you when or where my debut will be but I will do it, and I will write a report on it.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Blog

So like anybody would, I have already considered the pros, cons and potential outcomes of my little foray into the world of the funny. What's the best possible result? I'm hilarious, they love me and I want to do it again. Not very likely, but possible. Next possibility? I'm not very funny, but I don't totally suck. Right now, I'd probably be happy with that result. And last? I crash horribly and they hate my guts. A distinct possibility. Could I cope with crashing? I've spent my life crashing. Will I learn something even if I suck? Yep. Am I just as scared now that my secret is out in the open? More.

I'll keep you updated.

Let me know if you think I'm nuts. If you're brave enough to share your own secret ambition with the rest of us, we'd love to hear about it. We'll love you anyway! If you're not sure how to leave a comment, click here.

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