Posts by Craig Ballantyne
5-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…
Read MoreMy Mom’s Diet and Greatest Fear
I’m lucky I’m not in jail. Seriously. The only person that kept me out of serious trouble when I was a teenager was my mom. Dad didn’t get too involved in my life, but mom kept me on the straight and narrow. When I got off track, she quickly and forcefully pulled me back. Her…
Read MoreWorst Ingredient for Your Brain
Ugh, I was doing so well with my nutrition plan this week until today. Then BOOM! I messed up. And I’m worried you made the same mistake…Here’s what happened. I spent Easter Weekend down at Joel Marion’s house in Tampa. We had an amazing family brunch (his kids call me, “Crazy Uncle Braigz”) at the…
Read More42 Million Americans Make This Exercise Mistake
Every year 42 million Americans make this workout mistake, according to the latest issue of Men’s Fitness magazine. You’ve probably made the same mistake. Perhaps you started running too much, too soon, or too often, and suffered from runner’s knee, Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, shin splints, iliotibial band syndrome, and stress fractures. I hope not,…
Read More9-step RECIPE for Online Sales Success
I’m currently working with Joel Marion’s personal chef, Gui Alinat, to create a new cookbook. “Chef”, as we call him, is a fast action taker. Each morning I give him an action step and it’s done the same day. If I share an Internet Independence Success Story audio recording with him, he listens to it…
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