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Make this action decision to not care. Not caring is tough. But it\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

Not caring is tough. But it\u2019s important. It helps you deal with criticism, and more importantly, it helps you get closer to your mission and vision because you aren\u2019t impacted by what others think of you.<\/p>\n

Today I want to show you how I was able to stop caring about what others think \u2013 and how that has helped me accomplish more than ever before.<\/p>\n

(Hint<\/strong>: You have to prioritize what matters.)<\/p>\n

Back in 2007, at reader request of a reader, I created a fitness video called \u201cBodyweight Butt Exercises\u201d. The day after, when my video editor had posted it, I thought to myself, \u201cWhy did I do this? It\u2019s so dorky. It\u2019s downright awful.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then I had an epiphany\u2026<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t matter that it was up there, it didn\u2019t matter what other people thought about it\u2026it just didn\u2019t matter. So I have a (bunch of) silly, embarrassing videos on youtube, many of which has been watched over 250,000 times, and I\u2019ve united thousands of teenagers around in the world in their making fun of me. Big deal.\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s not something to care about.<\/p>\n

I helped someone out, and if people don\u2019t like it, or if it looks goofy, so what. It just doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

That was the day I stopped caring.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Once I was able to let go of concerns about what others thought I was able to write with greater honesty and feeling.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s easy for me to talk about the 12 Rules that guide my life <\/a>(no matter how weird someone else might find them) or the impact that my dad\u2019s drinking had on my life. Also, it was a big lesson for me to understand that I must write in a way that repels some people in order to develop a greater attraction to the people that matter, like you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy I Should Be a Failure\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several years ago, I spent Memorial Day weekend down in beautiful San Diego. The hotel was packed with young college graduates attending their ceremonies in the adjacent convention center. It was a very big day in their lives, and one that all started years ago when they made the big decision to invest (heavily) in their future.<\/p>\n

That reminded me of a big decision I once made back in 1998, when I chose to spend another two years in graduate school getting a Master\u2019s Degree in Exercise Physiology.<\/p>\n

That was followed by an even bigger decision in 2000 to commit my career to building a website-based business, long before the first iPod, or before there was a Facebook, and even before Google was the juggernaut it has become today.<\/p>\n

I knew at a young age that writing and helping others was something I was destined to do, and I committed fully and completely, and I don\u2019t regret my decision for a second.<\/p>\n

As you know, there are many times in our lives where we must finally make a big decision. To \u201cfish or cut bait\u201d, as the old saying goes.<\/p>\n

For example, most of us are quickly realizing that we cannot trust big corporations or the government to protect our financial futures, and that we must be do something about it.<\/p>\n

Whether we follow through or not is up to us.<\/p>\n

One of the most accessible ways to grow your income is a website based business. It can be started anytime, anywhere, for the same money you might spend at Subway for lunch (it costs less than $10 to register a website domain name, and there are several ways you could start making money with that alone).<\/p>\n

Of course, too many people reading this email will file this under the category of, \u201csounds good, maybe later\u201d or worse, \u201csure, he can do it, but I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

But let me tell you, as a fitness expert who has spent the better part of two decades in the world of body transformations, I\u2019ve found that almost anything is possible. Men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and \u201cbad genetics\u201d have overcome obstacles to lose 30 pounds, 50 pounds, 200 pounds, or more.<\/p>\n

What was the common attribute among them all?<\/p>\n

A burning desire to succeed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And in the past four and a half years since I began coaching other men and women on building their own website businesses, my observations have been the same. It doesn\u2019t matter who you are, it doesn\u2019t matter how great the odds stacked against you, because if you have an indomitable will to succeed, a positive attitude, a never-quit disposition, and the ability to work hard at implementing proven systems, you can lose 100 pounds or build a $100K per year income. Period.<\/p>\n

Still, I know you might be clinging to the argument that there are just too many reasons you can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t. You can\u2019t. You can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Listen, let\u2019s settle this once and for all.<\/p>\n

Do an exercise with me, will you?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to show you two sides of the coin\u2026 two sides that exist in everyone\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

These two sides of the coin influence our decisions and our beliefs about what we can and cannot do. You\u2019ll see that each side of the coin clearly indicates your chances of success. What matters is though, is which side of the coin you\u2019ll look at.<\/p>\n

So grab a piece of paper, and draw a line down the middle.<\/p>\n

At the top of the left-hand column, write \u201cAdversity\u201d \u2014 or if you want to honest, \u201cExcuses.\u201d Or if you want to be brutally honest, \u201cWhy I Should Be a Failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Label the right-hand column, \u201cAdvantages\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s get to work. Under \u201cAdversity\u201d (Excuses), write down everything that you believe is holding you back, and under \u201cAdvantages\u201d, write down everything you have going for you in your life that could contribute to your success.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll do this exercise with you, but I\u2019m going to do it as if I was a 24-year-old living in the year 2000, deciding whether or not I could succeed by selling my fitness information on
the Internet.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I wrote down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve held nothing back, and you can\u2019t either.<\/p>\n

Why I Should Be a Failure<\/p>\n

1)<\/strong> My well-meaning Mom wanted me to get a safe job, like an accountant\u2026she worried I would end up working in a factory where she worked.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t help that the most recent applicant the factory hired had the same undergraduate degree as I did (a Bachelor of Kinesiology).<\/p>\n

So shouldn\u2019t I just give up on my dream, and settle in to something safe and familiar? Who was I to enter a completely new industry and try to help strangers?<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> My Dad was a 3-decade strong alcoholic. A hard-working man who would die too soon, and who squandered an enormous amount of talent because he couldn\u2019t conquer his demons. His brother was also an alcoholic. So didn\u2019t this give me an excuse to be one too?<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> I\u2019m cheap. This cost me dearly in the early years of my career, when I was too pennywise and pound-foolish to invest in a mentor or coach. It wasn\u2019t until 2006 that I finally smartened up and my business almost doubled in 3 months.<\/p>\n

Makes me wonder what I missed out on because of my failure to invest wisely.<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong>\u00a0 No technical savvy.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t have a clue about building a website, fixing a webpage, or setting up an online shopping cart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And remember, this was long before easy-to-use options like WordPress existed. Heck, \u201cblogging\u201d wasn\u2019t even a verb in 1999.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I soon found that the technical aspect could \u2013 and should -be delegated to others.<\/p>\n

The real business building comes from product creation and selling, and so I focused all of my time on that.<\/p>\n

In fact, the more successful people I meet, the more I realize that the LESS you know about the technical aspect of a website business, the MORE successful you will be (Mark Zuckerberg excluded).<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong> My final excuse was that \u201cI had no time\u201d. (But who does?)<\/p>\n

By 2003 I was working as a personal trainer from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. almost every day of the week (plus a half-day on Saturdays).<\/p>\n

When I arrived home each night, my eyes were too glazed over to even attempt to sit in front of a computer and write.<\/p>\n

So I did the only thing left to do, I started getting up 30 minutes earlier every day. During that precious 30 minutes at 4:30am I was able to get \u201c2 hours of work done\u201d and move
my business ahead one step at a time, slowly but surely as I built a full-time income from this part-time project.<\/p>\n

Those were my excuses. Fortunately, they were far outweighed by my advantages, or perhaps I was just too naive to pay attention to them.<\/p>\n

Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)<\/strong> Like you, I was willing to work hard.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> I learned to create a time and energy management system where I would work on important projects when I was mentally alert and creative.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> I could build connections. When you help others, people will help you. I discovered this early in my career, and have used this as the foundation of my success.<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong> Despite the \u201cadversity\u201d within my family, my mom and dad were incredibly supportive.<\/p>\n

Everything I learned about hard work I learned from my parents.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t thank them enough for having patience with me and letting me \u201ctry out this Internet thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

(Although I\u2019ll be honest, to the day he died in 2008, I\u2019m absolutely certain my father had no idea what I did for a living. Then again, he NEVER once used the Internet.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it. My Advantages are not exclusive to me, and hardly impossible for anyone to include.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve made two equally strong lists.<\/p>\n

Both with powerful reasons for success and failure.<\/p>\n

Two sides of the coin.<\/p>\n

Which one will you choose to look at?<\/p>\n

Your decision makes all the difference.<\/p>\n

So let me leave you with this\u2026<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2009, I traveled to Independence, Ohio to attend an information marketing seminar by Dan Kennedy.<\/p>\n

During that weekend he spent almost as much time on mindset as he did on marketing strategies, and emphasized again and again how overcoming resistance is one of the 7 keys to financial success. It was a profound weekend.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll never forget when he said\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThe failure to act is much more often a product of inner, emotional resistance than external resistance. To move forward, you must give up your story, whether it is excuses about your childhood, lack of education, \u2018bad luck\u2019, your unsupportive family, or where you live.\u201d<\/p>\n

On that day, when I heard Kennedy say that, I decided to take a blowtorch to the adversity side of my coin. I tore that sheet in half and got rid of my excuses forever.<\/p>\n

What will you do?<\/p>\n

Craig Ballantyne<\/p>\n

\u201cI will write with honesty and feeling.\u201d \u2013 Ted Nicholas<\/p>\n

Do you want to accomplish 10x more in half the time? Download the free 90-Day Blueprint my coaching clients use to achieve greater success:<\/strong> <\/span>https:\/\/www.earlytorise.com\/90-day-blueprint\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Craig Ballantyne<\/a><\/h3>\n
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If you want to double your income, work less, and become the ambitious millionaire you’ve always wanted to be… Craig Ballantyne is the coach who will help you do it. With more than 20-years of experience as an entrepreneur and five 7-figure businesses under his belt, he specializes in helping “struckling” entrepreneurs get out of the mud and build the business of their dreams. To see if you qualify for Craig’s “Millionaire Coaching Program” send an email to support@earlytorise.com with the subject line “Millionaire”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n