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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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Friday, March 20, 2009
Using Music to Escape the Cerebral Chaos
Hello Grasshoppers.

So it seems that
yesterday I opened Pandora's box. No jokes you Aussie girls. Apparently I provided a forum for the frustrated and angry women of the world to vent and didn't you all give it a red hot crack! It's a good thing that: (1) we blokes aren't precious (2) we typically have a low E.Q. so we actually think you girls are joking and (3) most of us don't read Craig's blog so we don't know that we should be offended. One day next week I'll be offering up the 23 things that blokes probably won't hear from their girls. I may need some help. I'll letcha know.
I'll announce the winner of the T-shirt on Monday (re yesterday's post)... so feel free to keep venting!

A Monday Prequel

On Monday I'll be sharing a message about escaping the chaos that is our thoughts, and opening the door on the topic of moving towards consciousness. It's an area of great interest to me and I know that most of you will find it relevant, meaningful and helpful. I also know that some of you will find it confronting and challenging. And a few will think it's completely weird! On the practical matter of getting out of our thoughts, I am regularly asked how I do it. Over the next few weeks, I will be exploring some simple, yet effective techniques, for moving beyond the chaos of the cerebral and into the calm of consciousness. And while there is no one 'best' universal method, for me, one thing that works every time, is music. Providing of course, it's music that I connect with.

Lost in the Music

Music has always been an escape for me. A refuge; a place to get away from my thoughts for a while and just be. I have played guitar since I was about eight and there's always one close at hand. I work from two offices, one at the gym and one at home, and there's a guitar at each. While there are many effective techniques for moving beyond our thoughts, I find that music can take me from chaos to calm in a matter of seconds if I allow it to. Today I just wanted to share with you one of my 'meditations' from a musician named Andy McKee. You may hate or love his music depending on your personal taste. He is an incredible guitarist who I came across here on the net and I have been listening to him for a while. His style is indeed unique but the sound that he and his instrument create is beautiful. For me anyway. Three minutes of Andy is like a mini holiday for me. If you really want to see someone who is totally out of his thoughts, take a look at Andy play; it's like he and his guitar have morphed into one big expression of creative genius. I hope you enjoy one of my fave escapes.

Take a listen by clicking on the play thingy below.



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1. What you think of Andy's music
2. Your fave getting-out-of-your-thoughts music
3. Your most effective getting-out-of-your-thoughts technique
4. Anything that's on topic

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