| The Entrepreneur's Guide to Setting and Achieving MASSIVE Results
By Craig Ballantyne,
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I was untouchable. At least, that's what I thought. At age 25, I was a young man on top of the world. In addition to my job as a personal trainer, I was also leading several (heavily funded) research studies for a major sports nutrition company. Unfortunately, my "untouchability" was short lived I unwittingly became a living and breathing case study of the Peter Principle in play. The Peter Principle states: “Every employee rises in the hierarchy through promotion until they reach a level of respective incompetence.” In other words, my hustle and drive caused my superiors to promote me too quickly and put me in deeply over my head. In my youthful arrogance, I decided to simply power through without asking for help. And as a result, I ended up royally screwing up a major research study.. ...One that had cost the company millions of dollars. I still remember getting the call in my office in Toronto at about 2pm on Thursday, November 28th (American Thanksgiving Day). “Craig, I need to see you before you leave today,” said Terry, the VP. I knew exactly what was coming. When I entered his office at 5pm he was waiting along with the Founder of the company--waves of anxiety crashed over me. The Founder escorted me back to my office, informing me of the company's decision. “Take your time,” he said as I gathered my things. “I tried to do my best...” I said meekly. It was my dream job and I had blown it. I'd put 110% into this job. I expected to be there forever, leading an exciting industry, traveling the world doing research, and supporting new scientific discoveries that would help millions. Instead I was being walked out--in one of the most humiliating moments of my life--with all of my meager belongings in a cardboard box. “See you in the gym?” one of my co-workers said, attempting to distract me from my misfortune, as we walked down the stairs. “Nah, skipping the gym tonight,” I lied. And that was it. The next day the dreaded “Effective immediately, Craig Ballantyne is no longer employed here” email went out to my friends...my brothers, that I had worked with, trained with, traveled with, and partied with for the past two years. Foolishly I had poured my personal identity into my work, and I was left with a gaping void in my life that I went on to fill with drinking, depression and isolation for the next six months. But there was a silver lining. Thanks to the support of my friends, my family, and so many of my peers who knew I was capable of so much more, I was able to pull myself out of my stupor and went on to build five 7-figure businesses, write best-selling books, travel the world doing work I love, and achieve 90% of my biggest goals. And now, I get to share the lessons I learned along the way with you. Click here to check them out. To Your Success,
Craig
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