Tony Francisco, Author at Outwork, Inc.

We are What We Choose by Jeff Bezos

February 12, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

We are the product of our choices.

I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story. – Jeff Bezos

Like most people, Bezos found himself living the dream we aspire to — graduate of the Ivy League, high-paying finance job, and a life in New York City. [Read more…]

How to Attack Life like an Adventure

February 4, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

The very source of our discontent: we want to know the results of the outcome before we commit.

Yet, that is not how life works. Life is more like an adventure. When we set out on an adventure, we are unsure of the results but we look forward to the experience.

We don’t know what will happen in the end but we embrace the opportunity to do something fun/inspiring/noteworthy/epic. [Read more…]

All Books of 2018 (each described in 1 sentence)

January 8, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Describing a year’s worth of reading with one sentence is a proven way to distill the key ideas, main concepts, and major takeaways.

Incorporating this practice without notes reinforces the idea that knowledge without action is meaningless.

If you cannot summarize what you read, you cannot take action on that information. Then what you read is useless.

The path to success is massive, determined action. – Tony Robbins

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The Simply Scientific Way to Proper Nutrition

December 27, 2018 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Hello friends,

As I continue to attack the puzzle of nutrition, the more I realize the simplicity of proper nutrition.

You see, healthy eating is simple. It is perhaps the simplest thing regarding nutrition that we already know.

But there are so many other things, ideas, documentaries, bad guys, ideologies, and traditions that help to mystify this process.

I just saw this TEDx video by Dr. Mike Isratael and he dissolves the science by looking at the sum of the evidence, conclusions based on a body of studies. After digesting these volumes of work, he makes some profounding conclusions, which are, surprisingly simple. [Read more…]

What is Character?

December 25, 2018 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

The word character has lost its true meaning. Today, it is thought of as a novel trait we know we should have but can’t define in a meaningful way. We say things like “men of good character” but we mistakenly define it as a man of good qualities or of good values. The term we use today is more closely linked to a person’s personality.

Character is something different. Warren Susman researched the rise and fall of the concept of character during the 1800s and wrote that it was a keyword in the vocabulary, but it was described as something men would have to strive to attain.

Good character was something that came from within and a person of good character was a person of noble virtue.

Their actions yielded their character: what they did was who they were.

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