Had a super tough non-traditional workout yesterday. For 3 straight hours I spoke into a camera and delivered presentations on Goal Setting and Time Management for the Early to Rise $100,000 Transformation Contest.

It wiped me out. My back was sore, and even my face muscles were exhausted from smiling (I'm trying to master the art of smiling while talking...it's tough for a grumpy old man like myself).

Before that "workout" I did some meathead upper body training and tomorrow will be a fun workout because I'm training with Jason Ferruggia of the uber-popular workout blog, www.JasonFerruggia.com. He gets 10,000 people per day to his content. Great stuff.

Fortunately, this is a deload week and it coincided perfectly with my travel schedule to Denver. I need to be at peak fitness for our ETR Toys for Tots shopping spree on Saturday. More details here
- www.EarlyToRise.com/ToysforTots.

We were even featured in the Denver Examiner yesterday.
- http://www.examiner.com/article/denver-toys-for-tots-87-000-toys-short

But you can't let fatigue stop you. You can't let yourself become the biggest obstacle in the way of your success.

Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tips:
One of my favorite harsh truth about success/"cold bucket of water to the face" quotes:

“The failure to act is much more often the product of inner, emotional resistance than external resistance. But to move forward you must give up your story, whether it is excuses about your childhood, lack of education, your ‘bad luck’, your unsupportive family, your low metabolism, where you live, etc, etc. Either say, “no” to achievement OR dig in and get to the bottom of the persistent incongruence between what you say and what you do. It is OK to admit you are not willing to pay the price – and by doing so, that will stop self-sabotage.” – Dan Kennedy

Now on the bright side of things:

“Each moment of our life, we either invoke or destroy our dreams.” - Stuart Wilde

..... Everything you do, every choice you make, either takes you closer to your goals or away from them. Choose wisely.

And perhaps the most important words of wisdom I can give you at all:

Never give up on something that is truly important to you.

Stay strong,

Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer

PS - When dealing with negative people...

It doesn’t matter that the ‘haters’ are trying to pull you down…you’re so far ahead of them that they’ll never reach you. Every action step takes you leaps and bounds away from their negativity. Never look back and never let them get inside your head.