The above link is to a website created for my speaking platform. I plan to add to the web page as time goes on. I have had thoughts of my topic being centered around the title "The only person stopping you, is you! The site is

Here's my first post in the year of 2010. I will be in for a rather different year then last. I am taking steps to ensure it happens. The only thing holding me back is me. My quote for the year "The only thing holding you back. Is you!" Check out the website. http://www.brianhaupt.com You will find a sample audio of a presentation I did at BRISBANE Business SWAP. Type soon, Brian

Keynote

Greate to be finally back on the planet. I have now signed myself up to Karate. About time i started feeling good about myself. I need to get the confidence back. Stop procrastinating and get on with life. Apparently I have lost an amount of visible weight. Wondering if eating more will assist or just eating the right foods. I felt the slight weight I did have hanging off me wasn't comfortable. So my goal now is to be very fit looking and feeling great with myself and show the confidence. No use being six foot tall walking around with a smirk on your face if you have nothing to back it up. I know I can walk anywhere right now without a problem. However, you never know when something will go wrong. Till next time, keep smiling and have a great day/ weekend, Brian

jetlag

Hey There, I have been all around the world. Singapore, Dubai, Johanessberg, Drakkensberg Mountains, Johanesberg, Nirobi, Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nirobi, Dubai, Singapore, Brisbane. I have so much graffiti in my brand new passport I can't believe it. Those Customs people don't care where they place their stamps. I like things to be neat and tidy. In date order please. Catch up with you soon. Brian

climbing

Hi there, Last week I was down at North Haven. Just down the road from there you will find North Brother Mountain. A great challange. Except when an impending thunder storm is on its way. Life is all about taking risks. We take one every time we drive a car or walk accross the road. Vic is a wonderful guide. I feel he can adjust to any situation. I find it unfortunate the other climbers except for Kelly are too unsure of themselves to change to another guide incase of an accident or an unforseen situation where they will have another guide. Variety is sometimes the necessaty of life. This week is Christmas break for many people and I am looking forward to creating strategies for raising funds for this climb. PLus Growing financially. While I remember. I caught my first fish in seven and a half years. Took care of dinner for the first night down south. Til next time, Brian You do remember I am climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in March. Leaving on the 9th March and getting back around the 24th. Fantastic.

Hiking

I know I haven't been here for a while. Not a great deal to write about. However, Today the team gathered at Cunninghams Gap to walk to Eagle Head Lookout. I tried to tell them that it was a 4.5 to 5 huour walk. Somehow everyone was to busy talking to understand. Unfortunately I had walked this track before with the SWAP team of hikers. I knew what we were in for except for the extra vegetation that had grown and fallen over the track. Plus, when I walked with the SWAPpers it was a dry track. Lessons were soon learned, when people started to get hungry and were not prepared for such a long trek. I had made sure I had fruit. I wanted to ensure plenty of water, we just didn't stop for when I requested on the way. Each person was surprised when I kept saying the same thing. "I have walked this before and it is not an hour and a half to the end and back" The greatest trouble I had was the information board. You need to be able to read it and establish the difference between the number of klm's to the destination, and the number of klm's for a circuit. Remembering you will need to walk back from the destination. Double it!!! Surprise... We had some very hungry and dehydrated people by the time we made it back to the bottom. The surprising thing is I noticed some of the people did not drink enough water on the track. They were the ones who were the most ill. Can't tell those who will not listen. One of the main things I found frustrating is the blind climbers who decided not to use a white cane of stick to assist locating rocks, roots and other obstacles. This would have made it so much smoother a walk. Vic and I would have flowed much easier as a team except for the continual interuption of stopping for the blind climber who were getting a running commentary on ever step. I wasn't the only one commenting on how frustrating it was to watch the teams using that method. I at one time suggested changing partners to give each person variety. Preparing for the possibility of anything walking Mount Kilimanjaro. You never know what will happen on the trip! That fell flat in my face, as objections were coming thick and fast from those who were worried. At the end of the day. We were out in the fresh air and we had an exprience outside of the box. I think some of these blind climbers hadn't actually walked in the bush. OK, I hadn't myself, until the day at Lemington National Park(10.5 klm s of extreme walking) I find it very unfortunate with my observations that we as a team could not walk that. With anything I do around walking safety is the key to anything. I have experience with walking in the bush with sighted guides. Some of the people who guided me through Lemington hadn't guided me before. The only advice I gave to them is to walk and let me know of any over hanging branches or any roots and other obstructions. One fellow I had to tell to keep quiet as he wouldn't shut up. Describing every rock, branch, hole and even the sticks on the track. Please keep in mind a couple of these people hadn't even guided me through tables at the networking function. At one time I was asked "stop and not move. Please place your stick down to your left Brian" Not a thing. I was on a cliff. I gave a very heart felt thank you to the team of SWAPpers who attended the breakfast the week after. I am off to bed. Remember, I am climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. This is a fundraiser for the Prevent Blindness Foundation www.pbf.org.au You may have to knock of the .au(try it) My website is www.vipas.biz Signing out, Brian

walking

Thanks for dropping in, The weekend is over. The gym Saturday morning. Climbing the wooden stairs on the Kangaroo Point Cliffes Sunday. This time I had three cans of difino plus a bottle of water in the back pack. That is what I needed, extra weight. And that's what I will be doing from no on. Adding weight each time increasing. I have a couple of six kg weights I can use. I felt it in the shoulders this time. At one time the right shoulder was giving me some greif. Then I realised I was contnually on the left side of the stairs going down and up. So I started to alternate left and right. I will be off to the gym agin some time this week. While I remember. Donations. Mike O'Hagan Owner of MiniMovers is still the leadr and has donated $1,000. Margaret Cusak comes second with a donation of $100. And an unknown through Bpay has donated $20. I am not sure who you are, however, thank you so much. Till next time, brian http://www.minimovers.com