Craig Harper

Why Do You Do Exactly What You Did Yesterday, Even Though Yesterday Was Crap

So, How’s Your Life? Just asking. Do your best to answer that question honestly and courageously. If you can, avoid the flippant, generic (“great thanks Craig") response. Think carefully for a minute and give your authentic answer; the truth behind ... Read >

When Did I Stop Having Fun

The Good Old Days There was a time when you and I didn’t worry about stuff. Any stuff. Remember those days? Me either. Well, we might not remember it but it’s true. We didn’t worry about what people thought of our appearance, our weight, our repu... Read >

Relationships: When To Stay And When To Go

The Relationships We Choose Before I go any further, let me make an important distinction about relationships: some are optional (husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, business partner, friend, associate) and some aren’t (family). Like it or not, your ... Read >

6 Questions To Ask Yourself When You Think Your Life's Unfair

Fairness: What an Interesting Concept In life, sometimes stuff works out and sometimes, it doesn’t. Of course it does. And doesn’t. Sometimes, things go exactly to plan and sometimes, our plan kicks us in the nuts. Sometimes, we manage our situation an... Read >

How To Manage Self Doubt When You Feel Like A Fake

The Pretender Put up your hand if you ever feel like a fraud. A fake? A phoney? A pretender? Me too. Even in the middle of some (relative) success, I have often felt not ‘something’ enough. Not smart enough. Qualified enough. Experienced enough. Lean e... Read >

Why Is My Life So Hard - Fifty Questions You Need To Ask

Reality-Shaping Questions If we’re serious about changing our reality then we must be serious about asking the best reality-shaping questions. Better questions produce a better mindset, decisions, actions, reactions and overall, better results. Asking ... Read >

What To Do When You Experience That “I’m Not Good Enough” Feeling.

What’s the Point? Self-loathing: I don’t really see the point of it. Sure, I understand why we do it from time to time (some of us, all the time) but, for the most part, it serves no positive purpose. It’s a total waste of time and energy. In fact, it... Read >

How To Liberate Yourself By Letting Go Of The Need to Be Right

Not So Smart After All When I was twenty-seven, I thought I knew almost everything. At thirty-seven, it was becoming apparent that I wasn’t nearly as smart as I had originally thought. Now, at forty-seven, I realise I don’t know much at all. In fact, i... Read >

Here’s a Quick Way to Reduce Global Obesity

Take a Seat. Or Maybe Not. It may or may not surprise you to learn that many Australians (and many people from most first-world countries for that matter) spend somewhere in the vicinity of twenty-two to twenty-three hours per day either sitting or lyi... Read >

What’s The One Thing You Won’t Hear In A Society Obsessed With Avoiding Responsibility?

Am Not, You Are Is it just my cynical perspective and observation or have we actually become a society obsessed with avoiding all responsibility for our own bad behaviours? Kind of like five-year-olds denying we ate the chocolate cake when the remnants... Read >

What Can An Amateur Nudist Teach Us About Taking Risks

Today, I received the following letter from one of my friends. Turns out she’s recently become an amateur nudist. The Letter Today, I did something that I’ve never done before. Something fun, that is – I’ve never changed the oil on my car before but... Read >

Do You Make These 10 Common Mistakes Before Weighing Yourself?

Scale Addicts Over the years, I’ve dealt with my fair share of weigh-a-holics. That is, people who step on the scales far too often. Some do it every day of their lives. Morning and night. Some step on and off five times in ten seconds in the hope that... Read >

The One Guaranteed Way to Get Rid of Obesity Once and For All

Barking up the Wrong Tree For many years (maybe twenty), I’ve been of the opinion that the majority of people trying to lose weight, build muscle, increase fitness, improve their health or facilitate any kind of lasting physical transformation (lasting... Read >

How To Start Thinking Positively In Less Than Sixty Seconds

So if thinking positively is such a universal pursuit, why does it prove to be so elusive to so many? Dare I say, the majority? How To Start Thinking Positively In Less Than Sixty Seconds: 1. You are not your body and your body is not you but you best ... Read >

What Can Santa Teach Us About Challenging Our Beliefs

Evidence of Santa For seven years of my life, I knew Santa was real. After all, he came to my house every Christmas night so I had no reason to believe anything else. All of my experiences until that point in my young life had reinforced the messages m... Read >