Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, featuring fresh and lively commentary on all things Primal,

including Q&A sessions with Primal Blueprint founder Mark Sisson, special guest interviews hosted by Mark Sisson,

and conversations with Primal Blueprint authors and other health and fitness experts.

The show is presented by Primal Master Formula,

the world's most potent multivitamin, mineral,

antioxidant, and anti-aging supplement,

available at primalblueprint.com.

Past episodes are available for download

or to review written summaries

at blog.primalblueprint.com. And now here's your host,

El Russ. Hey everyone, welcome to the podcast. Today we have Craig Ballantine. He is a fitness and

personal development guru from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the author of The Perfect Day Formula, How to Own the

Day and Control Your Life. You can also find more about him at early to rise.com, a website for

health, wealth, and a life well lived. Welcome to the show, Craig. How are you? Very good. Thank you,

Elle. So I really liked your book, The Perfect Day Formula. It is really interesting. You not only touch on, you know, we often have a lot of people on the show that are into a specific area of health or fitness or wrote a diet book. And this book is really interesting because, yes, you touch on nuances behind food choices and sleep patterns, but there's a really, for me, it was more of a

philosophical endeavor and really an encouraging just piece of like, take your life by the horns

and like achieve your dreams. And I felt it was so inspiring. I loved it. Well, I appreciate that.

Thank you. So tell us a little bit before we get into some of the details of your book and secrets

to success and some of the things that you feel are important to living a great life, tell

us a little bit about where you came from.

I know you had some obstacles in your life that you had to overcome.

And, you know, you've been a fitness trainer to Hollywood celebrities.

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