Episode 42: Craig Ballantyne Productivity and Success Transformation Coach

Today I’m talking to Craig Ballantyne - a productivity and success transformation coach, and author of Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life. He is also the owner and editor of Early to Rise, a daily online publication to increase productivity and success in all aspects of your life. [youtube]https://youtu.be/Dm9ro36vHkw[/youtube] Craig has a background in fitness and strength training, and coaches clients in Strength & Conditioning from his home in Toronto, Canada. He has overcome personal anxiety by using his 5 pillars of success: better planning and preparation, professional accountability, positive social support, a meaningful incentive, and the big deadline. Listen today to hear about his five pillar system to increase your productivity and improve your business. [Tweet "You can read all the books on sales but until you get out there, you never get good at it. - Craig"] MINUTE MARKERS 5:05 - Introducing Craig Ballantyne! 8:21 - Craig discusses how he got involved in the personal development space 9:56 - Craig’s expertise in personal discipline and how he helps others 10:41 - Craig on his decision not to curse or swear as a personal choice 13:07 - Influences in Craig’s professional life: Michael Masterson, Mark Ford and Dan Kennedy 16:10 - The importance of role-playing sales transactions in coaching 17:50 - Craig overcame medical anxiety with his 5 pillar system of success: better planning and preparation, professional accountability, positive social support, a meaningful incentive, and the big deadline 19:55 - Craig reflects on his success as a weight loss coach and his personal impact on others 24:15 - The importance of reaching out for help in life and using coaches to accomplish goals 26:00 - Craig’s greatest life lesson is the power of people and not trying to do everything on your own 27:17 - Early to Rise’s core values: Never ever give up on what is important to you. However, know what it is that is important and give up the rest. 29:26 - Listen for Craig’s recommended reading list: Man’s Search for Meaning; The Art of Living 34:20 - Craig on the importance of gratitude journaling as a life-changing habit 36:20 - How to be a great speaker by being entertaining and making listeners feel good 38:00 When is the right time to get a coach? 40:50  Craig explains what drives him to do what he does as a coach and in business [Tweet "Never ever give up on what is important to you - Craig"] Links and Resources: Craig Ballantyne Free Gift: Time Journal Perfect Day Formula - Amazon Perfect Day Formula Kit Early to Rise Twitter @craigballantyne Man’s Search for Meaning The Art of Living Full Transcript Download the PDF Transcription Cory: Welcome back. What is going on? My name is Cory Boatright, I am the founder of Real Estate Investing Profits and your host on Real Estate Investing Profit Master’s podcast series. We’re going to change up what we’ve been doing here for the last, I don’t know, 30 episodes or so. I appreciate you attending and all of the fantastic comments that come for the podcast. I do my very best to bring on some killer guests for you and basically extract everything I possibly can out of their brain to help you in your investing journey. What we’re doing today is something different. I’m going to bring on, in about three minutes, a guy that is someone that you going to want to pay a lot attention to not only from what he has to say and the five pillars he’s going to go over but also really taking notice of some of the things that he’s done in his life to impact other people. His name is Mr. Craig Ballantyne and he is basically a productivity and success transformation coach. He’s at Toronto, Ontario, Canada and he’s basically authored a perfect day formula, how to own the day and control your life. Why would I bring on a productivity expert for a real estate investing podcast? Well,