Posts by Craig Ballantyne
An Open Letter To Those Who Are Struggling
Dear Friend, Thank you for your letters and emails. I appreciate you sending me your ideas, but also for sharing your frustrations with me. It takes a lot of courage to be that open and honest. But just as importantly, I appreciate your enthusiasm and ambition. You have the right attitude and as long as…
Read More3 Foods NOT to Eat in Mexico
I’m down in Mexico at a small fitness seminar with Joel Marion, Mike Geary, Vince & Flavia Del Monte, Adam Steer, and a few others. There’s also a little holiday built-in to the trip…although I just discovered something hilarious that might mess things up (see my PS below). But even though I’m on holiday there…
Read MoreTabata Training QnA and Metabolic Finisher Feedback
Today we’re going to expose the myth of Tabata Training, give away a TRX, and here from a happy metabolic finisher client. First, congratulations to Charles McLaughlin, he’s our winner of the 3rd TRX I’m giving away this week. Well done Charles. Thanks for being part of Turbulence Training. By the way, here’s a great…
Read MoreTime to Get Out of This
Each afternoon, just before I stop working for the day, one of my final tasks is to review a set of daily inspirational and motivational documents. One document that has been in the rotation for over four years is The Kekich Credos, by Dave Kekich. It’s a list of 100 mantras for life and business.…
Read MoreMetabolic Finishers QnA
Hey, thanks for all of the nice words about yesterday’s little personal note. Thank you very much, it means a lot. I want to give back some love…and so I have something exciting to announce. Yesterday, I hit the backyard out at the farm with ol’ Bally the Dog doing kb presses, some TRX moves,…
Read MoreThe Reason Why Most Businesses Struggle
Lack of fundamental business building knowledge is really the primary cause for so much struggling and time wasting, it’s sad. It’s the reason why the overwhelming majority of people new to the Internet will fail in achieving their dreams even if they buy lots of products, study them religiously and work extremely hard. In this…
Read MoreOne Thing You Must Be in Today’s World
On Monday, everything that could go wrong for one of our business partners DID go wrong. They were launching a new product, and despite knowing better, they just didn’t seem properly organized for the event. The result? A website that wouldn’t and couldn’t accept orders. In fact, you couldn’t even access the website. Someone just…
Read MoreMovement and The Metabolic Power of Kettlebells
It wasn’t all but 20 years ago that fitness experts were telling you to eat low fat diets, exercise with machines and to make sure that you are burning enough calories by doing slow boring cardio workouts. Things have definitely changed over that time. Now, research has proven without a shadow of a doubt that…
Read MoreThe One Big Thing You Can’t Ignore
In everyone’s lives and businesses there is “The Problem”. It’s the one big thing we can’t ignore, yet somehow we manage to put it off to the side every day and dance around the issue. It might be a conflict at home. Perhaps it’s an underlying problem with a project at work that no one…
Read MorePower of One Word
It’s amazing the excuses we come up with to avoid taking action. Recently, on my Internet Independence website, I held a “before and after” business transformation contest. Entrants had to show how their business grew over six weeks. They could have shown a growth in email list size or sales. The winner would receive $250.…
Read MoreThe Coffee Shop Entrepreneur Myth
It’s time to kick back in a coffee shop here in Toronto, surrounded by beautiful people, listening to my favorite music, and getting a ton of work done. Just kidding. That’s now how it works in the real world. If I tried that, I wouldn’t get half of my regular work done. Too many distractions.…
Read MoreQnA: Gluten-Free Diet and Exercise Substitutions
Oh dear…Bally the Dog just got back from camp (the kennel) and the owner of the kennel said he’s getting fat. Looks like my mom has been feeding him too many treats this summer while he stayed with her. We’re going to step up the dog walks when I take him back to Toronto next…
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