Interview with the World’s Most Productive Man
Listen to my full interview with Early to Rise founder Mark Ford here. You can also read the transcript of our interview below. Craig: Hi, this is Craig Ballantyne from Early to Rise and I am here with Mark Ford, otherwise known as Michal Masterson, the founder of Early to…
The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Behind The World’s Greatest Inventor
There is great mythology about Thomas Edison, as the ‘world’s greatest inventor’, but by his own assessment, he was only an adequate engineer. Edison was more gifted at self-promotion (at a time self-made celebrity was rare), raising capital from investors and corporate partners, and the three top Money-Making skills: advertising,…
Do You Have An Answer To This Question?
I know what you’re thinking. Every day you wake up wishing you could just “get more traffic” to your website, as if that alone would solve your online business – and money – problems. But it wouldn’t. You could get 1 million visitors per day, but if it was the…
The Truth About Today
It never ceases to amaze me that I can write words on paper (or the computer) to convince people to send me money. The subject of persuasion is endlessly fascinating. Today, I’m going to introduce you to one of the most effective psychological hot buttons – one that you can…
Booyah! One quick little lesson…
Booyah. That’s what I say everytime my plane touches down at whatever airport I’m on to next. You can blame my high-energy friend, Dan Long, for getting that word stuck in my head. Today I’m flying from Tampa to Toronto and then next week it’s off to Denver, then back…
The Career Ladder Isn’t in the Office
Too many people believe it’s their company’s job to carve out a career and professional development plan for them. It can be awesome when a company does this — it’s one of the big goals of our company this year. But it’s rare. It’s also not an excuse. Your inability to make…
60-Second Sales Hook Secret
Grab them by the collar, take them by the scruff of the neck, command their attention, get them fascinated in your work, and hook them deep. That’s what you must do for readers of your emails. The same process that works for writing great novels and screenplays works for writing…
How to Retire Early With This Safe Stock System
The easiest way to make $1 million in the stock market is all about “compound returns”… Compound returns are the money you make off the money you make. And the more money you make, the more money your money makes off the money your money makes. It sounds almost nonsensical……
How to Get Rich as an Employee
I was three months into my new job as managing editor for a start-up newsletter business in South Florida, and I was nervous. With good reason. I was 32, and most of the writers reporting to me were at least twice my age. I needed to quickly develop my management…
This is why people fail
Here’s why so many people fail.They are scared. They listen to negative-know-nothings. They ignore their gut feelings. They hold back. Here’s an example. Just after Christmas a client in our ETR Virtual Mastermind group gave me this update, success story, and excuse all rolled into one… “Craig, I made my…
Better Than Bedros (step-by-step business coaching)
I got so fired up with the message I shared at last weekend’s 1-Day Mastermind that I got into an argument with Bedros at the bar in New York. “Big B,” I said, “We need to do another 1-Day before our meeting in San Diego. Is there anything we can…
Book Review: Country Bumpkin Street Smarts
It was as though he was living his life in reverse, like a real-life Benjamin Button. He retired at 37 with ‘all the money in the world’ and yet he did not marry and have children until two decades later at age 57. Along the way, he achieved the American Dream,…