Posts by Craig Ballantyne
One Trick to Having the Perfect Day
There are three parts to having a Perfect Day. And as Sheryl Sandberg and Jim Rohn will show us today, there’s also one trick. The first step to having a Perfect Day is controlling your morning. Do this by getting up 15 minutes early and focusing on your number one priority in life. The second…
Read More3 Diet Rules for Weight Loss
Hey, can you answer this? How is it possible to stand beside a box of scrumptious cupcakes and a tray of delicious chocolate chip cookies – with a growling stomach – and still be able to overcome temptation? The secret is in having Diet Rules. I went through that exact situation last week while I…
Read MoreOne Word Of Money-Making Advice From A Florida Multi-Millionaire
Recently a friend of mine hopped on a plane to Palm Beach, Florida, where he went to my mentor’s waterfront mansion. My mentor is a true legend in the field of entrepreneurship and investing, having started more than 100 companies, and today he is worth more than $50 million. While my friend was there, someone…
Read MoreSecrets of a Ruthless Man
Day in, day out for sixty years this titan of industry stuck to the same routine as he accumulated great wealth and power. Keeping his schedule as he kept his ledger, he wasted neither time nor money. He owned his mornings, conquered the chaos of the afternoon, and concentrated on what counted at night. John…
Read More5-Minute Awesome Abs and Arms Bodyweight Workout
Wow, oh wow, what an awesome Abs & Arms workout! As the old saying goes, “necessity is the mother of invention” and that was true on Saturday morning in my hotel room in Toronto. You see, ol’ CB forgot his workout shorts at home, and I don’t think that folks would have been too happy…
Read More3 Secrets to NEVER Gain Weight When Eating Out at Restaurants
I had a late night out in Toronto on Friday with friends (ol’ CB was up till 2am!). The evening started off at Byblos, a hot, new Mediterranean restaurant, where I had grilled octopus and a rib-eye steak, and we finished with bowling – a perfect evening ☺. Along the way I stuck to my…
Read MoreHow To Be A Guru (free advice)
My good friend, Big B (aka Bedros Keuilian), is the guru of creating gurus. He shows you exactly how to become one in this call here: Be the Guru Here’s a rough outline of what we covered… Craig: Hey, this is Craig Ballantyne from OnlineSuperProfits.com, Financial Independence Monthly and of course EarlyToRise.com. Now a very special…
Read MoreThe Perfect Morning Schedule for an Employee
You don’t own the business. You might not choose your own work hours, but you can still use the productivity tips shared here yesterday by entrepreneur, Mark Ford. I asked Mark, “How does an ambitious Early to Rise reader, particularly employees, create a perfectly productive day when they must stick to a specific work schedule?”…
Read MoreHow to Get More Done: Covey vs. Ford
Mark Ford founded Early to Rise in 1999. He wrote over 2,000 essays on making money, being more productive, and living the good life before selling ETR to Matt Smith and myself in 2011. He has also written 19 books, many under the pen name of Michael Masterson, including Automatic Wealth, Seven Years to Seven…
Read MoreHow to have the PERFECT Start To The Day
In 2006 I stopped being a full-time personal trainer. That meant I no longer “had” to wake up at 4:30 AM in order to be in the gym by 6:00 AM. So I started sleeping in. Within a few weeks a sense of guilt and anxiety swept over me. It felt like I was always…
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s 11 Rules for a Great Life
Today marks what would have been the 272nd birthday of the 5th most popular President in History, according to the New York Times. Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and the 3rd President of the United States of America, holding office from 1801 to 1809. He was…
Read More3 Best Ways to Do Interval Training
OMG. What a workout. It was so simple but so effective. Last Thursday morning I was in Miami for a few meetings and to go to a basketball game with my good friends Joel Marion, Dr. Kareem Samhouri, Dan Long, and Vince DelMonte. It was a very busy day and so I only had a…
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