Motivational Speaker - Craig Harper » Motivation & Inspiration

Why Motivation is Like a Fart

Craig — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:28:34 +0000

Was That You or the Dog?

Motivation is kind of like flatulence. It comes and goes. Some of us have it often. Some of us don’t. Some of us do but pretend we don’t. And some of us blame the dog. For the flatulence, that is. But I digress.

As is my way.

So, what role does motivation play in the change-my-life-forever process? Is it a prerequisite? Can we succeed without it? Well, the key word in that first question is “forever”. Sure, most of us have created some short-term change (on a pretty regular basis) off the back of some temporary motivation but many of us also have a history of undoing that good work somewhere down the track.

Any bells ringing?

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Be Inspired by Dewey Bozella

Craig — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:37:22 +0000

As you know, I don’t post many videos here at me-dot-com. The following clip is one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time, so I’m making an exception. In internet terms, it’s epic (a whopping eleven and a half minutes) but it’s well worth the time investment (IMHO). It’s about an amazing man who spent more than three decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit and in the middle of catastrophe, injustice and corruption, he found a way to not only survive but thrive.

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15 Reasons Why We Don’t Succeed

Craig — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:17:54 +0000

Okay, I couldn’t stay away.

Success: It’s Personal

Naturally, success means different things to different people but for today’s discussion we’ll consider success to be the achieving (and maintaining over the long term) of our goals. It seems that most of us understand the theory of transformation (we should, we’ve all read enough and heard enough) but having an intellectual understanding of how to do something and making that thing real (and permanent) in our world, is not the same.

That’s because life ain’t a theory.

There is an abundance of variables, factors and ingredients which influence the kind of results we produce (and don’t produce) in our world but sometimes we find a way to complicate the simple, make easy hard and invest our energy poorly. Sure we’re great at analysing human behaviour inside-out and becoming pseudo-psychologists in our spare time. And sure, we’re skilled at immersing ourselves in mountains of personal-development resources but, more often than not, success or failure comes down to the basics.

See if any of the following resonate for you.

So, Why Don’t We Succeed?

1. We don’t finish what we start (for a range of reasons).
2. We don’t get uncomfortable enough for long enough (we like easy).
3. We want instant (or rapid) results.
4. We lose motivation (and therefore don’t do what success requires).
5. We are not totally committed to the change process (commitment trumps motivation every time).
6. Our internal reality (thinking, standards, beliefs, fears, decisions) gets in the way of our potential.
7. We lack clarity and certainty about what success is for us (and it’s hard to create what we can’t define).
8. We have no accountability system (accountability means pressure and we don’t like pressure).
9. We spend our lives waiting for the right time (then we die of old age).
10. We hope things will magically work out (sad).
11. We are too-easily controlled, influenced and managed by others (also sad).
12. We like the idea of change but not the practical, messy reality of it.
13. We always need a cheer squad (sometimes it’s just you, Baby).
14. We self-sabotage (in a range of not-so-clever ways).
15. We are not adaptable (living in an ever-changing world, this is something of a problem).

Any bells?

Just asking.

Don’t forget, we have our Stop F*cking Around Workshop in Melbourne this Sunday. Love to see (some of) you there.

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Motivation (Audio – 90 secs)

John — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:17:18 +0000

Busy Boy

Hi Guys. I apologise for being scarce this week. Once again, I am up to my eyeballs in grown-up-business-type-things. Which is not nearly as much fun as hanging out here at me-dot-com but slightly better paying. As most of you know, I do a lot of radio work in Melbourne and while most of it is not really suitable for uploading to this site (it’s a lotta sport stuff), sometimes there’s something brief and kinda relevant. Today, I thought I’d share a very brief audio instalment about motivation. I’ll let you know in advance that the audio quality is not fantastic because I’m talking to the hosts by phone. I’ll also let you know that, for most of you long-time readers, the content will be more revision than it will revelation. I’ll be back on deck (as normal) next week.

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What Would You Fight For?

Craig — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:24:15 +0000

Issy

I’m currently doing some work in the gym with a twelve year-old named Issy. Together we’re working to improve her overall strength, fitness and function. This morning she arrived at the gym with a five-hundred page book – apparently, some light reading while she waited for her appointment with me. She tried to explain to me what it was about but sadly, it was over my head. She also arrived with a good attitude, her mum and her wheelchair. Yep, her wheelchair.

Issy is a paraplegic.

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Fifteen Things You Need to Know about You

Craig — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:04:16 +0000

Not that I intend to become the ‘list guy’ but recent feedback and reaction suggests that brevity and directness resonate with many. I guess that might save both of us some time. So, here (in less than 300 words) are a few things you might want to know about you:

1. You are not your body and your body is not you but you best look after each other anyway. You might be together for a while.

2. You’ll never have more potential than you do right now, so find a way to use more of what you’ve got.

3. You think too much.

4. It’s not a time issue. It’s a how-you-manage-your-time issue.

5. You’ll never be perfect, so aim for better.

6. You’ll never live in the future or the past, so find a way to be happy in the now.

7. Your beliefs, standards and rules will change over time so don’t get too self-righteous about your current ones.

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Overcoming Adversity

Craig — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:25:47 +0000

Hi Guys. I’m breaking my own rule twice in one week. I have another video to share with you. Clearly, I’m a rebel. Panic not, things will be back to normal (written articles) next week. In February last year, Australian clearance diver Paul Degelder was attacked by a shark in Sydney Harbour. Here’s an extract from a Sydney Morning Herald article:

Feb. 11, 2009. A navy diver fought off a shark as it attacked him during an anti-terrorism training exercise in Sydney Harbour, the navy says. Able Seaman Paul Degelder, 31, of the clearance diving team based at HMAS Penguin at Balmoral, is in a serious but stable condition following the attack at Woolloomooloo Bay, in Sydney’s inner east, just before 7am today. A NSW ambulance spokesman said he suffered severe injuries to his right hand and leg and is serious but stable in St Vincents Hospital. Able Seaman Degelder was taking part in the Kondari Trial, a test of new technologies to protect ports and ships from terrorist attack, which began on Monday.A spokesman for the Defence Science and Technology Organisation said it was likely the trial would be cancelled today. A defence spokesman said it was the first recorded attack on a navy clearance diver. He said no shark repellent equipment was used as the equipment was only used in water deemed to be a high risk of shark attack. Sydney Harbour had been assessed as being low risk, he said. There was also no sonar equipment being used.

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Inspiration

Craig — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:39:31 +0000

As a rule, I don’t post inspirational (type) videos on this site. There are enough people who do that already. Having said that, today I’m being a rebel and breaking my own rule. I know twelve minutes (and forty eight seconds) is an eternity in the blogosphere but trust me when I tell you that it might be the best investment you make today. You’re welcome.

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How to Make Change Stick

Craig — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:17:40 +0000

Getting Results Vs Maintaining Results

Put up your hand if you’ve lost weight and then regained it. Improved your fitness and then lost it? Saved money and then blown it? Given up (insert your vice of choice) and then taken it up again?

It’s not hard to do is it?

Okay, you can put your hand down now.

Panic not Grasshoppers, this doesn’t mean you’re weak but, rather, human. It’s what most of us tend to do: change stuff and then un-change stuff. So to speak. I’ve done it myself. Several times. We don’t want to (un-change). We don’t intend to. We don’t need to. But we do it nonetheless.

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Your Accountability System

Craig — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:58:35 +0000

Getting the Job Done
If you’re like the majority of us, then over the course of your lifetime you’ve started a crap-load of things that you’ve never finished. Or maintained. As I’ve said many times before on this site, most of us are world-champion starters and world-worst completers. At times, anyway. Words, intentions and plans don’t create lasting change; consistent action does and the truth is that many of us simply don’t finish what we start.
An accountability system is something which keeps you and me doing the stuff we need to do, to create the results we want to create (in our world), even when we can’t really be bothered (doing the aforementioned stuff). If I’m getting too technical at any stage, let me know and I’ll back it off a little.
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