Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Add This Magic Line to Your Day
A few days after Christmas I had to rush my mom to the hospital. She had been having chest pain for days and it was getting worse. Luckily, it turned out to be nothing more than a pulled muscle. But it shook me up. As I waited in the ER, I thought about all of…
Read MoreThe Big THREE Rules for Your Life
Well, I just finished up my book. The 7th round of rewrites has been sent in, the cover artwork has been chosen, and I’m gearing up to go on the Podcast circuit to promote it. Today, you get an advanced sneak peek at one of the biggest lessons I’ll teach you in The Perfect Day…
Read MoreDo NOT let this happen to you
In 2006 I realized I needed a dog in my life. One of my personal training clients, Darla, told me about a breeder of champion Labrador Retrievers north of Toronto. I went to their website, called them up, and found out they had just a couple of puppies left. The next Saturday morning, after training…
Read MoreGuaranteed Money For Life
What a weekend. Four straight days of Mastermind meetings in the Music City (Nashville) have left ol’ CB all shook up, a hey, hey, hey, hey, yaaaah. I’m all shook up and taking the day off. But I have good news for you. Back in August when I was in Russia, my friend Barry Dunlop…
Read MoreThe WRONG Way to Labor Day
Elmer had spent his life laboring in warehouses. He was no stranger to hard work. But that didn’t mean he deserved these conditions. Every day he and his fellow employees in the LeHigh Valley “were pushed harder and harder to work faster and faster until they were terminated, they quit, or they got injured.” In the summer,…
Read MoreHow to Beat Procrastination
To beat procrastination is to win the daily battle. It was 4 a.m. Time to get up, pet the dog, clear the cobwebs from my mind, and sit down to write. That’s my Magic Time and I can’t waste a minute of it. But one morning last month, I struggled to get started. Instead I emptied the garbage.…
Read More8-Minute Max Fat Burner Workout
We’re dedicating this week to YOU and your fat burning metabolism. Summer is coming to a close for most of us, and that means the dreaded “weight gain season” is not too far off. But here’s the GOOD news. Armed with all the fat burning secrets I’m going to reveal to you in these emails,…
Read More5 Fruits and Veggies to Avoid
Get ready to hear the word FODMAP a lot. It’s a serious and frustrating diet issue for a lot of us. For many, it can mean “a real pain in the gas.” You see, FODMAP foods contain hard to breakdown fibers that are poorly absorbed in the small intestine. FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligo-Di-Monosaccharides and…
Read MoreThe iPhone of Weight Loss Exercise – Why 4-Minutes of Weird Exercise is 7 Times Better than Cardio
There’s a little known warning that Apple wants every iPhone user to know: “A drained battery could become incapable of ever holding a charge again.” That means if you let your phone wear out, it could be dead – permanently. Even if it’s a brand new iPhone6! The solution? Never completely wear down your iPhone…
Read More10 Exercise Substitutions for the Over 40 Crowd
I turned 40 a couple of months ago. And, probably just like you, it takes me a little longer to get out of bed in the morning. It’s nothing major, just an old high-school soccer injury (broke my ankle in Connecticut at age 13). It didn’t heal properly, because as a lazy teenager, I didn’t…
Read MoreMozart and Beethoven’s Secret Weapon
Poor Mozart. His frantic life, heavy with social and work burdens (teaching lessons and giving concerts), left him only a few hours each day for composition. Fortunately he had a secret weapon on his side, something available to all of us. Most of us fail to use it, let alone acknowledge it even exists. And the few who do know…
Read MoreHow to Heal Muscle Pain and Fix Aching Joints
This is what happens when you leave your dog at the kennel and go to Europe for 17 days…he ends up writing a hilarious – and helpful – email to YOU. Enjoy. – Craig *** Woof, woof, ol’ Bally the Dog here today with a special – and odd message. My doctors are worried about…
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