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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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Recently, 67 year old Jan Frazer completed one of our biological age tests only to discover she has the body of a 37 year old (in terms of fitness, strength and function). How old is your body? Find out here.

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Body Composition Analysis
Craig's team of experts can provide you with a complete Body Composition Analysis in just 30 minutes.

High Performance Nutrition Services

Online Nutrition
Many nutritional experts confuse people with their jargon and pseudo-science. Let Craig's Director of Nutrition cut through the dietary confusion and contradiction for you.

Craig Harper - Fattitude.

Fattitude - Craig Harper
While many books focus on food, Craig teaches that creating life-long change is more about the dieter, than the actual diet. This book is perfect for people who have a history of 'almost' getting in shape.

DVD or CD - Renovate Your Body
In this entertaining presentation, Craig discusses the notion of Renovating Your Body - once and for all. Many of us have a curious ability to be able to get in shape for events (weddings, parties, reunions and birthdays), if only we'd get in shape for life.

Craig Harper - Food, Exercise, and Lifestyle Diary

Food, Exercise and Lifestyle Diary - Craig Harper
If you're serious about your training, nutrition and lifestyle - Craig Harper's training diary is an invaluable tool


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Bodybuilding & Shaping Event Preparation

Pregnancy Training (pre and post)

Sport Training (specific)

Boxing Training

Martial Arts Training

Fitness Test & Sports Specific Testing

Group Training & Team Training

Remedial Massage

Injury Rehabilitation (Pre & Post Surgery)


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Motivation: Craig Harper

Now that you know where you want to go, you need to figure out how you'll get there. You won't accidentally succeed.

Commitment, determination and positive attitude are important, but if you don't have a map, you'll never arrive at your desired destination.

Many people fail simply because they are dis-organised and haven't planned appropriately.

Passion is valuable but it needs to be wrapped around an intelligent practical plan to create real change.

Following is a library of Craig's articles and videos to help you create life-long positive change:

Motivation - Craig's Most Popular Articles

The Over-Thinker

Six Hundred Articles Later...

A Report From the Tropics

Bullies and Dickheads

A Shove with Love - A Kickstart to Change

Accountability Partners are Us!

How to Lose Weight Watching TV

Eight Steps to Getting out of that Rut

The Sixty One Year-Old Skater Dude

Low Fat Meals that Aren't

Smells Like Team Spirit

The Value of Criticism

Single? What's WRONG with Him?

Celebrate the Weirdo

Weight-Loss Bullshit

The Thief of Time

Living in Fat City

The Pursuit of Happiness

Sure, girls are cool.. but I so don't wanna be one

Ho, Ho, Ho into those Christmas Calories.

A Dog's Life

Dealing with Energy Vampires

Sitting at Life's Train Station.

Craig Meets Lance Armstrong

When Less is More

The Meaning of Life

Pringles for Breakfast

Gill's Story

Restful Sleep - You Need a Sleep Strategy

Toughness

 

Motivation & Personal Development Articles

Instinctive Intelligence - Knowing Without Thinkin...
An Interview with a Freak. A Nice Freak.
Moving Towards Consciousness and Calm - the last b...
Moving Towards Consciousness and Calm; the Next Bi...
Moving Towards Consciousness and Calm
Using Music to Escape the Cerebral Chaos
Twenty Three Things You Ladies (Probably) Won't He...
A letter to the Parent Blamers of the World
Five Ways to Create Momentum
The Two Minute Workout
Hanging out with Eckhart Tolle
Improving Exercise Productivity
Listening
Why is Oprah still Over Weight?
Another Reader Question; Dealing with Grief.
A Little Criticism For CHDC...
We Play How We Train
More Reader Questions
Your Questions
My Life Changing Questions
Problem People
Weight-Loss; The Abbreviated Guide
Shit Happens
How to Operate a Bloke
The Weight-Loss Version of Groundhog Day
He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins (part two)
He Who Dies With The Most Toys Wins (part one)
Trapped in the Past
How to Find a Good Personal Trainer
Treading Water in a Sea of Dumbbells
My Secret Ambition
The Carob Life; Looks Like Chocolate but Isn't
The Two Us's (Part Two)
The Two Us's (part one)
Growing Old Disgracefully
Recommended Daily Intakes
Twelve People to Avoid
The Deal of a Lifetime...
Craig's Principles for Living (Principles 9 - 11)
Craig's Principles for Living (Principles 7 and 8)
Craig's Principles for Living (Principle 6)
Craig's Principles for Living (Principle 5)
Craig's Principles for Living (4)
Craig's Principles for Living (1-3)
The Great Label Fable
Merry Christmas from Craig...
Mind Your Mind at Christmas
The World's Worst Christmas Shopper
Making Resolutions Stick
The Fat Man Cometh...
The Easily Offended
Back To Earth
Your Turn to Motivate Me...
A Brief Message from Craig about RYL
Sunday Morning in the Electrical Appliances Section
More on Commitment
The Commitment Wall
The WHY behind the WHAT
Stumbling Towards the 2008 Finish Line
Two Day RYL Program, 2009
A Day in the Life of Craig Harper - the second bit
A Day in the Life of Craig Harper
First Impressions

How We React (part two)

How We React (part one)

The Therapeutic Benefits of Talking Shit

Treating the Person not the Body

Bits n Pieces

The Over-Thinker

The 'F' Word

A Need to be Right

Alone

Six Hundred Articles Later...

Creating a new NORMAL

A Report From the Tropics

FOCUS

Adaptation and Survival

A Simple Strategy for Optimal Health

RYL Sydney - a sneak peek

From Fat to Fit at Sixty Four

How to Get Fat

A Little News...

Thoughts About Thought (part two)

D.I.Y. Motivation; It's Your Turn

Thoughts About Thought (part one)

The 'Normal' Myth

A Personal Cheer Squad

The Progress Check

Talking vs. Communicating

All That Exercise but No Results

We're not Worthy, We're not Worthy

Hard Work Works

Joe Average

Focus

Good Grief.... a Week with Me

Fifteen Things You Won't Find on My CV

Perseverance

The Same but Different

Seven Self-Help Pitfalls

Genius Below the Dojo

Feedback (part 2) - Giving

Feedback (part 1)

NEWS FLASH: Life's Not Fair.... or is it?

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs (part 2)

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs (part 1)

Melbourne RYL

Don't Always Believe the Science

2008... and a Half

A Solution to Global Obesity... YOU!

Where are the Blokes?

Where Happiness Lives

The Sit-down Generation

Knowing what to ask

Rules

The King of Bling

The Night Walker

The Shrinking Family

Emotional Quicksand

How to Smoke Fifty Cigarettes a Day and be Healthy

The Change Myth

The Impossible Conversation

Revelation from a Gossip Mag

The Parable of the Chocaholic

Functional Intelligence

What do you think I should think?

Emotional Investment

Why We Stay Fat

I Don't Like You

Your Creative Self

Comfort Junkies

Exploring Intelligence, Creativity and Learning

Tell me wotcha want, wotcha really, really want...

In search of the twenty five hour day

The Non-Optional Stuff

Your Fave Book Ever

What works for your life?

What works for your body?

What's Your Brand?

OUR NEW FORUM (not that we had an old one)

The Pity Party; Slow-Dancing with Misery

Who's Your Handler?

Inspiration without the words

A Lesson about Learning

Craig Renovates a Family

Biology isn't Destiny

Why is it so Hard to Change?

So Educated, but so Stupid

Your Relationship with Money

Life Ain't a Theory

Synopsis of an Annoyer

Potential for Greatness.

You Can't Handle the Truth!!

Why we don't get the job done

Dear Craig, why do I still look the same?

The Fifty Success Habits

It's a Question of asking the right Question

Motivational Speaking 101

Mind of a Teacher, Heart of a Student

The Communication Situation

To adapt or not to adapt, that is the question

Toxic Dumping

A Brief Report from the U.S.

Mr Two Left Feet Goes Skiing

Just Another Life

Success - Four Weeks at a Time

Fear

Big Blokes in Skirts

The Important Stuff

20 Tips for Staying Positive and Productive

Teachability

The People Pleaser

Too Many Balls in the Air

Book Review 1

Teaching the Old Dog New Tricks

The Suburban Yeti

Turn Your Cap Backwards and Let Your Butt-Crack Show a Little

An Unpaid Job - How Attractive!

The Unwelcome Evangelist

Your Favorite Book

Moving Beyond Instant Gratification

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah... but do you want it ENOUGH?

What they didn't teach me at 'Personal Trainer School'

The Difference Between Talking and Communicating

Creating Your Own Performance Diary

Meet Captain Dumb-Ass

How to Operate a Human

Tuesdays with Morrie and Craig

Why New Years Resolutions are Stupid

Your Best Body in the Least Time

Beyond the Adrenalin Rush; the Self-Help Danger Zone

A Tough-Love Lesson from Mr Nasty Pants.

Twenty Five Rules for Life.

Donald Trump: The One From The Fishing Store.

The Broccoli Principle.

Single? What's WRONG with Him?

Mr Misery Guts.

Ho, Ho, Ho into those Christmas Calories.

Great Body. Pity About the Rest

The Thief of Time

A Dog's Life

Strength Training Without a Gym

Personal Development - Back to Basics.

Personal Development Lies.

Opinion-itis: What do YOU think I should think?

Boring Old Farts

Craig Meets Lance Armstrong

The Importance of Doing Nothing

Be the Change

Have Yourself COMMITTED.

Managing Our Emotional Energy

The Choices we Make When we Choose Nothing.

The Conversation I've Never Had....

Developing our Opportunity Consciousness.

The GYST - one month on.

Pringles for Breakfast.

How to Have an Amazing Day.

The Mythical 'Slim Zone'

Dear Danny, Please Don't Kill Yourself...

Quick-Fix Delusion

The Meaning of Life

Rethinking our Stinking Thinking

G'day from Johnnie

The Computer Junkie's Guide to Fitness

The Fat Blogger

The Power of an Idea

The old 'Prized Possession in the Shoe' trick

Exploring Life's Most Important Skill

The Labels we Wear

The Alpha-Male goes to the Doctor

Excuse-ology; the Science of Excuse Making.

You can't get to the fridge if you don't get off the couch...

Lame-ass Superheroes.

Exploring HAPPINESS.

Fifty things you don't need to know about me...

The ancient art of COMPLICATION

Freak University (part two)

Freak University (part one).

WASTING TIME at the GYM.

Celebrate the Weirdo.

Making Change a FOREVER thing

The GYST Challenge Countdown...

Mr Glass-Half-Empty 2007; and the winner is...

Sure, girls are cool.. but I so don't wanna be one

The Inaugural Get-Yer-Shit-Together Challenge

The Attraction of Action

The Parable of the Fat Kid

Living the Dream... or Nightmare

Beware the Dream Squasher

Sitting at Life's Train Station

Time Efficient Personal Development

Goal Setting Tips for Dummies

Head-in-the-sand-itis; the new epidemic.

The Master of the Pointless Conversation

Get Inspired by Some Freaky Talent

My Life.... Five Years From Now

Welcome to Craig's Crazy-ass Cult.

Like a Kid in a Candy Store.

Fakes and Frauds; Shopping for Integrity and Honesty

Exploring Support Systems

Simulated Learning; Looks like Learning, but Isn't

A Needle of Negativity in a Haystack of Hope.

Life Beyond the Physical... Exploring the Oogabooga (part one)

Fat by Choice - The Choice is Yours

A Practical Guide to Overcoming Procrastination

The Blogger and the Surfer.

Welcome to Planet Possibility

The Name-less Post... (if Prince can do it).

Why I Hate the (mainstream) Concept of Destiny

That's it; I'm DEFINITELY CHANGING (some time soon)

The Law of Distraction

Stop Interrupting me with Your Logic; I'm Having a Breakdown.

A Tune and Service for craigharper.com

The Ship Without a Rudder

I'll Just Sneak out the Back Door... Nobody will Notice

The Choice is Yours

Craig Chats with Tonya Roberts on ABC Radio

Bench Press for Your Brain

The REAL SECRET of Success

The Self-Appointed, Self-Help Messiah

Adaptation = Happiness... or does it?

Paris in the Big House... so NOT FAIR

Living in the Age of Information Overload

Still Not Sure What I'll be When I Grow Up

So, You Want to be a Writer?

The Personal Development Zombie

Creating Something (spectacular) from Nothing

My Body is Not Who I am... It's Just Where I Iive

Personal Development... from 2,500 years ago.

Happily Imperfect

From Whinger to Winner (Attitude Renovation 101)

The Social Sheep

Maybe the Beatles Were Right.

Excuse Me While I Sing Into My Hairbrush

Gill's Story.

Don't Wait For the Shark to Bite Your Leg Off.

War of the Mind.

How Would You Like Your Own International Audience?

Bad public speaking 101

Doctor Phil's Got Issues Too...

Are Winners Born or Made?

UN-LEARNING... our way to Success.

Update on Project Cactus

Dealing with Energy Vampires

The Seven(teen) Habits of Highly (In)effective People

Learning to be Proactive not Reactive

Mastering Motivation (lessons in creating forever change)

From Couch Potato to Olympian

Ten Ways to be More Attractive

Stumbling into the Future

Lessons in Pain

Do It Yourself Prison

Adaptation

Righteous Anger

Excess

A Letter from Old Me to Young Me.

A Letter from Young Me to Old Me.

Grooming Our Kids for Failure.

Seventy Five Years Young

A Personal Mission Statement.

A Mildy Amusing Story about Fear.

Beauty... and Then What?

A Letter to all Blokes....

What Really Matters....

Exploring the Concept of True Self

Sand Between my Toes.

Denial: It's not a River in Egypt... It's Just a Bad Habit.

The Art of Connection

The Art of Completion

Different Creates Different

Personal Development Fraud (part two)

Personal Development Fraud (part one)

Chasing our Tails

The Price of Success

The Incredible Relationship between our Mind and our Body.

If I was the Boss of the World.....

Where did the Dreamer go?

Loving the Now

It's not about my Biceps after all.

Beliefs

A Successful Failure

Learning from the Kids

Is it a Gift to be Gifted... or is it a Handicap?

Critical of Critics

A Mathematical Approach to Success (Personal Development for Geeks)

When inspiration walks in.

The Psychology of Weight-Loss

The Science of Success.

Craig goes to Blogger Kindergarten

Already There.....just didn't realise.

The Success Myth.

How Much is a Life Worth?

Tis the Season to be Grumpy

Craig Meets Kylie

Multi-dimensional Health.... (I'm not a body; it's just where I live)

Tough Love

The 2006 International Queen of Procrastination.

Wanna Succeed? .... Get Uncomfortable.

I'm Very Busy doing Not Much and going Nowhere in Particular...

Nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels

LOST: The Real Me....Call 1-800-IDENTITY

Man Love - Every Man Needs a Hug

Four Corn Flakes for Breakfast and a deep-fried Buffalo for Lunch

Rewarding Our Children... with Obesity.

Destiny or Decisions?

What is Real Intelligence?

It's Not About Medicine; it's About Communication

A Better Life in Seven Easy Steps...

Rate yourself on the Harper 'Success-O-Meter'

What the f... are you looking at?

Dumb Enough to Succeed.

I don't really want a Porsche; I just want you to love me.

Politically Correct Crap.

Stop Being a Big Baby and Make a Decision.

GETTING OLDER; a state of mind or a state of body?

What do vegetarians eat that tastes so great?

The Time Excuse

The skinny, medium, and fat wardrobe

Give me patience.... NOW!

If today was tomorrow, would I be in the present or the future?

It's practical, it's sensible.... it's humiliating... it's for sale!

Who would you be if you weren't you?

Don't let life 'happen' to you

Space Invaders with Bad Breath

Food Therapy.... (not the good kind)

Why is Communication Important?

Random things to think about....

Don't ignore that idea.... it might change your life

We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are

Can't I blame you for my fat gut???

The Procrastination Nation

Emotional Eating

Stop waiting for the right time to get in shape; it never comes

Attitude

Thank goodness for those old Buddhist proverbs...

Teach the Teacher Day at R.Y.L.

 

Motivation & Health & Fitness Articles

Weight-Loss Bullshit.

Exercise Adherence (staying on track)

So, You've Decided to Get in Shape... Again (part three)

So, You've Decided to Get in Shape... Again (part two)

So, You've Decided to Get in Shape..... Again (part one)

Too Old, too Fat, too Dumb.

Rewarding Our Children... with Obesity.

Nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels

Stop waiting for the right time to get in shape; it never comes

Four Corn Flakes for Breakfast and a deep-fried Buffalo for Lunch

Losing Weight the National Geographic Way... (why the animals are smarter than us)

Losing Weight the National Geographic Way; (The how-to Guide)

The Skinny, Medium, and Fat Clothing Wardrobe

Network Ten Calorie Guide

Food Therapy.... (not the good kind)

Don't drink yourself fat

Get in shape for life, not an event

Can't I blame you for my fat gut???

Healthy foods that make us fat

31 tips to change your life in 28 days

Craig Roadtests 43 Breakfast Cereals

What is My Body Type?

Snack your way to Obesity

Triathlon for Beginners

20 Minute Super Workout

The Lean Machine

The Time Excuse

Why Low Fat Milk Isn't

Why we waste time exercising (and how not to)

A blokes guide to getting bigger

A Story of Exercise Addiction

Pectoral Perfection

The eating we do when we're not eating (incidental eating)

Emotional Eating

The Psychology of Weight-Loss

 
Motivation Articles

Too Much Talk... Not Enough Action.

What if Today's the Day?

HEY! Can't you Shut those Kids up?

The Resolution Revolution

A Better Life in Seven Easy Steps...

Destiny or Decisions?

LOST: The Real Me....Call 1-800-IDENTITY

Who would you be if you weren't you?

Stilettos or Everest?

Interview with a crazy man

If today was tomorrow, would I be in the present or the future?

GETTING OLDER; a state of mind or a state of body?

Politically Correct Crap.

Dumb Enough to Succeed.

Stop Being a Big Baby and Make a Decision.

What the f... are you looking at?

Rate yourself on the Harper 'Success-O-Meter'

I'm Very Busy doing Not Much and going Nowhere in Particular...

Get in shape for life, not an event

World's Oldest Personal Trainer (almost)

Give me patience.... NOW!

Please take your finger out of your nose.

Don't let life 'happen' to you

Don't ignore that idea.... it might change your life

The Procrastination Nation

Nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels

The 2006 International Queen of Procrastination.

 
Motivation - Educational Articles

Don't drink yourself fat

31 tips to change your life in 28 days

Best Breakfast Cereal Roadtest

All humans are not created equal

It's Not About Medicine; it's About Communication

Multiple Intelligence Test

Destiny or Decisions?

Rewarding Our Children... with Obesity.

Four Corn Flakes for Breakfast and a deep-fried Buffalo for Lunch

Johnny's not really angry... He just needs a hug.

Wanna Succeed? .... Get Uncomfortable.

 

Motivation - Business Articles

To enlarge or not, that is the question.

Creating and Growing a Business...(part one)

Creating and Growing a Business (part two)

How to Become an Entrepreneur

Succeeding in Business 101

 

Motivation - Funny Articles

Bloggersauras?... it is SO a word.

The Seven(teen) Habits of Highly (In)effective People

Are You Wearing Cheese... or do You Always Smell Like That?

Keep Your Thin Creepy Lips to Yourself

Creating a Crap Blog in Ten Easy Steps

A lesson in 'Australian' for my international friends...

List of Bad Habits

Please don't sit in the next cubicle

The Healing Power of the Fart

Dinner with Bono

"Ogg, does my bum look big in this bear-skin?"

Melbourne Cup....who cares?

Where's Bride-Zilla?

Should I be funny or should I quote scripture?

Space Invaders with Bad Breath

Why do we make communication so hard?

What do vegetarians eat that tastes so great?

 

Motivation Video Posts

Some More Q and A with CH

Fitness and Weight-Loss Myths

A Strategy for Change - video post.

Another Q and A Video Post...

Fitness Q and A Video-post with Uncle Craig

A Birthday Video-Post

The No Diet, Diet

Looking After Our Kids.

Look Away Now

Personal Development Mirth
 
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Craig's Most Popular Articles

How to Operate a Bloke
The Over-Thinker
Six Hundred Articles Later...
A Report From the Tropics
Bullies and Dickheads
A Shove with Love - A Kickstart to Change
Accountability Partners are Us!
How to Lose Weight Watching TV
The Fifty Success Habits
Toughness
Eight Steps to Getting out of that Rut
The Sixty One Year-Old Skater Dude
Low Fat Meals that Aren't.
A Dog's Life
Craig Meets Lance Armstrong
Smells Like Team Spirit
The Value of Criticism
Single? What's WRONG with Him?
Celebrate the Weirdo
Weight Loss Bullshit
The Muffin-Top Pioneer
The Thief of Time
Living in Fat City
Sure, girls are cool.. but I so don't wanna be one
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