the notebook

For a limited time Beachbody is offering an amazing deal on P90X. This deal is only available through Beachbody coaches like myself and won't last long.

Too many people think it takes a grand gesture or some herculean effort to achieve success and greatness. This is the biggest reason a lot of those same people don't even try. Unfortunately they couldn't be more wrong.

Excuses are a list of self imposed obstacles that prevent you from having a better life.

Tony Horton

You may think bottled water is safer for the environment and better for your body but you'd be wrong. Find out what's really going on in the bottled water industry.

The following is a letter written by Beachbody CEO Carl Daikeler on the reactions to the Beachbody Coaching opportunity. This letter was brought to my attention by Jodi, a Team Beachbody coach, via Facebook note. If more people were half as committed to improving people first and making money second—like Carl—we would all be in a much better situation.

Recently I've been doing a lot of reading and a common bit of advice keeps appearing. Both The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson and this blog post on personal development by Jim Rohn talk about taking baby steps to reach what may seem impossible.

If you're into HIIT workouts, you need to watch this. If you've ever done Turbo Jam or Chalean Extreme, you need to watch this. TurboFire is here!

Mark Hyman presents some interesting facts about milk—and dairy in general. He also offers his thoughts on why the food pyramid isn't effective. As someone who has started feeling ill effects from a diet with too much dairy this advice makes a lot of sense.

Goal setting is the key to success. Period. Well, sometimes luck works too (lottery winners) but rarely do lucky people end up staying successful. About 80% of all lottery winners end up bankrupt or exactly where they were before winning the lottery within five years. People who are successful long-term set great goals and achieve them.