Comments on: Avoiding the Cheese

By: Jenni Ryan

Jenni Ryan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:04:04 +0000

Craig

I am so loving your articles!! i have been on a tweet fest tonight tweeting them everywhere… getting some comments to on my facebook account.

I love your writing style.. its just so refreshing and down to earth.

Ps. I love Tony Robbins. I used to think his voice was annoying too. but when I actually listened to his message… I was hooked. His new show ‘breakthrough to success’ is just amazing.

Jenni

By: WiseMrLove

WiseMrLove — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:13:49 +0000

As a blog and website owner as well as a speaker myself, I totally understand the heart of this post, when you stand up to address an audience a lot of them are thinking to themselves “what makes this guy think he is better than me or that he can fix my problems or even tell me what to do” and it can be difficult to break that resistance as you said.

One of the things I try to do that my readers and people that have attended my talks have given me feedback on is that I try to be honest and real with people and not be cheesy, people like honesty and they like to know that you too are facing or have at some point faced the same things they are going through, they want to be able to connect with you and know that you understand where they are coming from and the way to do that is by showing that you are a real and normal person who faces challenges as well, and that the only difference between you and them is that you have strategies that you apply to overcome those challenges and all you are trying to do is share those strategies with them so that they can get results also.

well thats my approach anywayz

By: Sharm

Sharm — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:29:36 +0000

People who don’t pretend. That’s what I want more of. People who can sit in their own truth comfortably, even if it makes others feel uncomfortable. I like to consider other points of view, perhaps agree. Perhaps not. Just make it authentic and real so there is no need to filter ‘cheese’ please!

By: Gary in the States

Gary in the States — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:16:36 +0000

Hold the cheese! I agree w/tbe fellow in the cafe. I can get all the cheese I need at at Macker’s. Your selling point – saving grace is your authenticity. Straight out. You talk to me as if there’s nobody else listening, just us.
I subscribe to several ‘self help’ sites and I open them all, but the moment I smell ‘cheese’ I find the delete switch. By contrast, when Craig Harper stops by, if I don’t have time to read it, it goes into the MOTIVATIONAL AUSSIE file.

By: Dan in the USA

Dan in the USA — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:05:17 +0000

As one who’s conducted a variety of presentations, I found that when I finally let go of trying to be the highly professional, button-down sales type and “know it all”, and instead just focused on being myself and presenting in a style that is my own, I received much better evaluations. So this means that I strive to understand where my audience is coming from, put myself in their shoes, have some fun, and at times let my natural tendency to be a smartass add some additional flavor to my presentations. The best advice I ever received was “if you don’t know the answer, say you don’t, but that you will find out and follow-up. Then, make sure you follow-up!”

I want to people to keep coming back to my seminars, and they only way they will do it is if they feel like I’m honest and trying to help them out. I’ve been to some other seminars where the speaker was really polished, but I would not go back because, while the seminar was great (while I was there), I felt like I took away nothing. Maybe there’s a food and eating tie in here? I ate that 2nd (or third) donut that tasted great at the time, but end regretting it later.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:03:31 +0000

Er, two different Kate posts from two different Kate’s (I’m the expat post).

By: Maxwell

Maxwell — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:38:44 +0000

Hi Craig,

just come across your article and blog…..very good reading. I agree with you Patricia, many (not all) ‘spiritual people’ seem to have big egos ie they have missed the consciousness/awareness thing completely.

Anyway keep up the good work and hope to bump into you post 2012…lol

By: Jacqui

Jacqui — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:17:17 +0000

For me you work because you are daggy Craig (in a good way). You are who you are. You don’t pretend to have it all together and give us some spiel. I love your no bullshit way of talking. Your articles are informative and funny, they engage you from start to finish and definately give us food for thought.

Thanks for a fantastic site.
Jacqui

By: Anon N

Anon N — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:09:22 +0000

(referring to the last paragraph of the article)

Clichés are communication-killers. The hardest part of your work, Craig, (I think) is finding new ways to say the same thing again and again…without boring your audience to death.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:57:46 +0000

Minties get stuck in my teeth!