Posts by Craig Ballantyne
My Mom’s Worst Nightmares
At 16 I decided to start binge drinking. Somehow, my logic at that time was: Get drunk = Get girls. Unfortunately, it often worked. Yet it also often yielded awkward, embarrassing, and stressful Saturday mornings when my mom would find me passed out on the stairs or getting sick in the bathroom. Things were not…
Read MoreOvercome Fear of Failure
I’m all messed up. Flying from Denver to Seattle to Vancouver to Hong Kong, in what I think was just one day but possibly could have been 7 weeks, has left me in a brain fog. But not to worry, as I’ve prepared another “Craig is a loser lesson” for you. Today, the raw truth…
Read MoreThe Truth About Stress
Last week, in preparation for the Tough Mudder race that ETR Publisher Matt Smith and I are doing in June, I went to the local YMCA to run ‘hill sprints’ on the treadmill. Running for one minute at 9 miles per hour at a 6% incline for six intervals was tough, but it put a…
Read MoreTruth About Yogging and Fat Loss
Today we’re going to talk about a new fad called yogging. And you’ll get a proven plan for helping you lose fat and gain muscle WITHOUT long, slow boring cardio. After all, how is cardio going to turn your body from bad to good? It’s not, that’s how. Cardio turns you into a skinny runner,…
Read MoreHow I Failed College But Learned Internet Marketing
In the spirit of April Fools Day, this entire week is dedicated to showing you just how much of a fool I am. A fool who has lost more money in business than most people have made… …a fool that went his first two years online without ever selling anything… ..a fool that, yes, has…
Read MoreHow to Overcome Internal Resistance
By now you’ve probably heard my fairytale story of getting to the position of Editor of Early to Rise. Boy meets website, boy dreams of having website, boy gets website. But the boy in question, me, just about threw away the opportunity because of internal excuses. It’s the same story over and over everyday around…
Read MoreThor’s Muscle Building Workout
A journey of 19,000 miles started with a single squat workout on Thursday morning. Yes, 19,000 miles. This is my schedule for the next 14 days: Toronto-Denver-Seattle-Vancouver-Hong Kong-Bangkok -Pattaya-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Hong Kong-Toronto. What am I doing? Long story, and frankly, I don’t even know for the most part…but will keep you updated. (Alas, Seattle and Vancouver…
Read MoreWin a copy of the Turbulence Training Complete Package
Nothing beats training with me in person, but the next big thing is having every Turbulence Training workout and exercise demonstrated on video so that you can watch in the comfort of your own home (or hotel room, as you’ll see in a minute). And the great news is that today is your one and…
Read MoreBeginner to Advanced Internet Marketing
So I’m off on a 14-day, 19,000 mile Internet Independence mission that started yesterday with a flight to Denver. The full trip is: Toronto-Denver-Seattle-Vancouver-HongKong-Bangkok-Pattaya-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Hong Kong-Toronto. What am I doing? Long story, and frankly, I don’t even know for the most part…but I will keep you updated. (Alas, Seattle and Vancouver are connections only.) One…
Read MoreFacebook Advertising
I’ll be honest, I don’t know anything about FB ads. Fortunately, Rick Mulready does. (Rick is one of the entrepreneurs joining Matt Smith and myself at our Denver Mastermind this weekend. And since Rick is an action taker, he also sent me this article I wanted to share with you. You can learn more from…
Read MoreBetter Than Occupying Wall Street
When I was a kid, every time I did something bad (which was often), my mom would say, “Don’t ever try that stunt again.” As a result, I absolutely despise the word ‘stunt’. Last year, some folks tried a stunt that I don’t think was helpful to anyone. It was the ‘occupy Wall Street’ stunt,…
Read MoreThe Core Values of Early to Rise
It was a cold, wet, and Saturday morning in late April of 2009, and I was tucked snuggly into the corner of a hip coffee shop in the west end of Toronto. For over two hours I sat there, engrossed in a book, filling out the exercises, and charting a course that would forever change…
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