Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Finish the Year Strong
It’s close to the halfway point of the year. We want to finish the year strong. It’s time to review your performance up to this point. Have you let any of the good systems backslide into previous patterns of bad behavior? If you let loose a little too much over Spring Break and can’t seem…
Read More6 Mistakes That Will Stop You From Building an Empire
Discover the six BIGGEST mistakes most entrepreneurs make that hold them back from building the empire they desire.
Read MoreChange This and You Will Change Your Life
Several years back there was a woman in my fat loss membership site who had a fried chicken problem. Each day on her way home from work she would pass a shop, and no matter whether she needed it or not, she would stop in and buy a piece of fried chicken to eat before…
Read More5 Ways to Achieve Insane Productivity
My friend Ed O’Keefe was the first person ever to call me “The World’s Most Disciplined Man.” He did that because he said I was the most productive person he had ever met and, like most people, Ed connected insane productivity with discipline. The truth, though, is that I’m not “disciplined.” In fact, I’m weak…
Read MoreDarth Vader Gets a Lesson in Stoic Philosophy
Darth Vader voice actor James Earl Jones made a big financial mistake when the first Star Wars was made, but Epictetus would have given him this advice.
Read MoreCopywriting The New Way Vs. The Old Way
Change your mindset toward copywriting by offering a new way versus an old way, which positions you and your product as the vogue solution.
Read More7 Rules Everyone Should Follow
Andy and I sat in the restaurant of the Four Seasons in Denver on a sunny Thursday afternoon. He had driven down from Boulder after we had been introduced through a mutual friend. I was impressed. He was a sharp, energetic young man of thirty years old. He had already built an incredible business, and…
Read More324 – How to Fix Your Marriage With Marcus Martinez
In today’s episode, Marcus and I discuss the best practices to fix a broken marriage.
Read MoreHow NOT to Approach a Mentor
Several years ago, I received emails from 3 young men asking me for favors. They teach us great lessons on the WRONG way and the RIGHT ways to approach a mentor. Enjoy the lessons! First, this is the wrong way to approach a mentor. Hint: Don’t offer ‘stolen’ goods to your mentor, especially if you’ve…
Read MoreWhy Givers Rule the World & Have the Fast Track to Success
“You cannot out-give the Universe,” my mentor Yanik Silver said to me over and over again in 2008 after I joined his Mastermind Group. What a silly notion, I thought. Or was it? Back then, I didn’t understand what he meant. I was young, naïve, and inexperienced. With a little business success under my belt,…
Read MoreHow to Get Back on Track
“Slip slidin’ away, slip slidin’ away, You know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away” – Paul Simon This happens to all of us in one facet of life or another. We build a habit that starts off strong but then, over time, often ends up slip sliding away. It could be the…
Read MoreThe Pledge
When I was young and broke (and cheap and stubborn), I relied heavily on what I called, “Virtual Mentors.” This meant reading every issue of the Early to Rise newsletter, and books, like Dan Kennedy’s autobiography, Unfinished Business. I also consulted a mental round-table of advisors, as Napolean Hill recommended in Think and Grow Rich. My virtual mastermind included Kennedy, Yanik…
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