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
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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!
Imagine if I published a personal development article which went something like this...
Want to be successful? Then work harder than most.
The End.
By Craig Harper (B.Ex.Sci.)
Another Book Perhaps?
Sometimes I really want to write posts like that but I have a feeling that my readership might drop off a little. After all, what kind of crazy-ass, out-dated concept is that? As if you're gonna sell hard work as a recipe for success in 2008. Don't give me a one line article Craig, give me another five hundred page book please. Because those other fifty self-help books didn't quite hit the spot. I'm still trying to find what will work for me.
"It ain't about what will work for you, it's about what you will work for."
A Dilemma for CH
As an educator and professional development speaker and writer, I have been confronted with the same dilemma many times; do I tell them (my audience) what they want to hear (and be instantly popular), or do I tell them the truth and risk offending them or losing them? Years of doing what I do has taught me that what people want to hear, and what they need to hear (to create amazing outcomes), are rarely the same.
In our quick fix, instant gratification society, what many people want is a secret, a shortcut, an advantage. Something that will allow them to bypass the 'hard work' part of the success journey. After all, who wants to hear that success is primarily about discipline, self-control and hard work? That's not sexy. That's not fun. That's not comfortable.
What Works?
Probably the best question I ever asked myself when I began my personal growth odyssey was... When I study successful people across a broad range of professions and from varied backgrounds, what is the one thing which separates them from those who failed? Most times, the answer is simply that they have worked harder and more consistently than most. Is that an exciting revelation for me to share with the world? No. Is it reality? Yep. When others threw in the towel, they persevered. While many spent years looking for shortcuts, they simply did what needed to be done. While the majority were talking and wasting (more) time, they were quietly getting shit done.
Big Boring Yawn.
Not gonna sell many books or get people to your seminars with that kind of information Mr. Harper. We want something a little sexier than that. A new paradigm. A different approach. Another philosophy. Something exciting and edgy. My grandfather was teaching that 'hard work' crap fifty years ago.
Of course the hardwork philosophy is great. Except for the 'hard' bit. We're absolutely prepared to do whatever it takes. As long as it's quick and painless. And no risk. And free. And easy.
One of the dangers for people working in this field (personal development) is an ever-present propensity to keep trying to re-invent the wheel. To keep coming up with new theories, strategies and terminologies to essentially achieve the same thing; success. Yes we can continue to make it more complicated than it needs to be and yes, we can keep creating new ways to say the same things... or we can stop with all the psycho-babble, the jargon and self-help bullshit and simply do the work.
When all else fails, work works.
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