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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!
Today's article could have been one of those hand-holding, feel-good "I can tell you what you want to hear" posts, or it could have been an "I can tell you what you need to hear" instalment. Of course I've gone for option two, so if you're feeling a little fragile and precious then you might want to (1) take your 'Suck It Up Princess' T-shirt out of the cupboard or (2) head back to bed. As we continue to deal with the practical and often uncomfortable issues and challenges of creating the positive change we want to see in our world (our best life), it's crucial that we take strategic pit-stops along the way; designated times when we stop what we're doing and consciously step back from our day-to-day reality to take an objective, honest and un-emotional look at how we're tracking and progressing. That is, a brutal self-assessment where we take an objective look at our decisions, reactions, relationships, behaviours, habits (good and bad) and most importantly, the type of results we're currently producing in our world. Have we followed through on the initial commitments we made? Have we done what we said we would? Are our day-to-day behaviours and decisions consistent with, and reflective of, our core values and goals? If not, why not? Are we still self-sabotaging? Still making excuses? Are we walking the talk? Asking the right questions? Finding the solution, rather than inhabiting the problem? Being the change we want to see in our world? Persevering, when most are giving up?
Or are we doing what we did last year?
2009 x 24.4% = Today!
So if my calculations are right, as of today, we're eighty nine days into 2009. Yep, our year is officially 24.4% done and if January intentions mean anything, then our 'best life' should be bearing down on us at a rapid rate; the one we vowed to create eighty nine days ago. Wait.... is that it I can see on the horizon? Nope, it's a tree. Isn't it great that this year has been so different to our last ten years - you know, all those years when we didn't get the job done. The years when we let ourselves down. Again. The ones when we kept making excuses and rationalising why we didn't do what we said we would. Yes indeedy, it's so great that we've all followed through on those New Year's resolutions, maintained our focus and stayed true to our commitment to turn our lives around, deal with those destructive behaviours and get the job done once and for all. No matter what. Finally. Phew. And of course it's also fantastic that those of us who wanted (needed) to drop some lard are so much leaner, lighter, healthier and in control of everything. Isn't it?
Hello?
Testing, testing... (tap, tap, tap).. is this thing turned on?
But You Don't Understand.. MY LIFE...
Is that the sound of wheels falling off wagons I can hear? Or perhaps it's the sound of arms being crossed in the defensive you-don't-understand-my-situation-you-big-tool... pose? Or could it be the sound of readers walking away from sarcasm-is-me-dot-com? Possibly all three?
Yes, it is my objective to push a few buttons today, so if you are in the minority who has actually followed through, done what you promised to do and are fulfilling your potential, then (1) good for you and (2) come back tomorrow - this article ain't for you. If you are in the majority who needs a quarterly reality check, a mild kick in the butt and a little perspective and honest self-assessment on your 2009 performance and results thus far, then you may wanna stick around for another minute or two.
The Key to Lasting Change: Perseverance.
For the majority of us, what typically stands between us and success over the long term is not the talent thing, not the gettingstarted thing and not the knowing what to do thing, it's the finishing what we have started thing. Far too many of us have spent our entire adult life (to this point) not finishing (most) things. We have become professional starters. Only to find ourselves five, ten or even twenty years down the track still talking (talking, talking), still making countless resolutions but never actually delivering on all those promises. And still getting mad at people like me who speak the truth about such issues without trying to water it down. I know I'll never win the PC blogger of the year award but I don't care. After watching far too many people go around in circles with the same issues for years, I decided long ago that it was necessary to bypass the feel-good (and ultimately pointless) bullshit and address real-life issues in a practical and authentic way. A little thing I call... honesty. Novel, I know.
Putting Our Life on the Hoist
While it's important that we set goals, have a plan and get those wheels turning on our dreams, it's also crucial that every now and then (today for example) we pull our life into the garage, turn off the engine, put it up onto the hoist, step out of our busy-ness for a moment, get some perspective and see if our life is 'driving' the way we intended it to when we pulled away from the start line on January 1 this year. Sure, we're all pretty good at starting stuff... it's just the 'keeping going' bit that seems to be something of a hurdle for us. Professional starters, that's what we are; a nation of people who start things we don't finish - that's why I can safely predict that Australia will have more obesity at the end of 2009 than it did at the beginning, despite that fact that on January 1, four million of us (1/5 of the population) went on a diet, vowing to lose weight. How do I know this? Because it's what we do every year. Obesity is not an education or resources issue, it's a perseverance, discipline and attitude issue. And until we choose to persevere, no mater what, we will continue to inhabit that world of frustration, regret and futile repetition. Creating life-long change is not about finding the right day to start (Jan. 1 for instance), it's about finding the right mindset.
Some Interesting Things I've Learned as a Coach:
1. Most people make excuses. Often. 2. Most people lie and/or exaggerate about behaviours and performance. Regularly. Some people do it incessantly. Being completely honest and transparent about our behaviours means being completely responsible for our situation - and who wants that! 3. Most people get in their own way. 4. Getting angry or getting educated is a choice. 5. Being precious, reactive and easily offended won't help you lose weight. In fact, it won't help you achieve anything except misery. 6. Your potential is fixed. How much of that potential you use, is completely optional. 7. Their is no perfect time, only a perfect attitude. 8. Strategically stepping back from our life and taking stock of the practical reality of our situation is an under-rated and neglected component of the success journey.
2009.25... 2009.5... 2009.75.... 2010!
In a 'minute', it will be 2010 and this moment you're inhabiting right now, will exist no more. If you are serious about change, serious about exploring your potential and serious about creating amazing results in your world, then my advice to you is to get over your fear, your excuses, your explanations and your procrastination, and do what you know you should have done long ago. Stop screwing around today. Stop finding creative ways to be offended today. Stop with the self-pity today. And stop wasting your precious ability, creativity, talent and time today.
By the way, hurdles, challenges and problems are not reasons.
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