On this week's podcast, Productivity & Success Transformation Coach Craig Ballantyne, stops by the show to talk about how to beat anxiety to create your perfect day. Craig is a fitness expert and the author of the groundbreaking fat loss workout systems, Turbulence Training, and Home Workout Revolution. He has been a contributing author to Men's Health magazine since 2000 and has been the editor of the personal development newsletter, Early to Rise, since 2011.

Understanding Your Own Anxiety

Suffering from anxiety shouldn’t make you feel like a black sheep.

In fact, many people that you  know may suffer from some form of anxiety because 40 million Americans (18% of population) that are over the age of 18 face it each day. Some of these anxiety disorders include panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, or major depressive disorder.

To beat your anxiety, you can change your mindset today.

On this planet, every minute counts and in order to get the most out of each day of our lives, we have to get in the right mindset to take it head on as best as we can by changing our habits.

Just like a fitness transformation, we need to make specific changes in order to see a mindset transformation. A new mindset transformation won’t only help us beat anxiety, but it will also help us become more goal driven and productive as well.

In order to complete this mindset transformation, we can follow what Craig calls The Perfect Day Formula.

How to Follow the Perfect Day Formula

According to Craig, in order to begin following the Perfect Day Formula, we need to do The 3 C’s each day:

1. Control the morning
2. Conquer the afternoon
3. Concentrate on what really matters

The First C: You have the greatest control