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Outwork Book Club: The Talent Code

July 27, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Note: The book I’m currently reading will be listed as a drop-down on the menu. I encourage knowledge seekers to follow along, to agree to disagree and to add insight into the themes and concepts of the book. My first post further elaborates on this process.

June 27, 2016

For most of my life, I considered myself to be subpar, physically and mentally. I didn’t believe that I had any physical or mental gifts.

Things did not come easy for me. I struggled academically in school and somethings physically were extremely difficult for me to do.

Nothing was given. Everything was earned.

My life experience proves that there is more to success than superior genes or a natural knack for things like numbers and words. Perhaps that is why The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle is so compelling to me. At one point, it was me.

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How to Dominate the World

July 6, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

It is extremely easy to be average. All you have to do is what everyone else is doing. Yes, that includes making money at a large company and driving a Mercedes. That is what average people do.

Is it extremely difficult to go against the grain and to do something unconventional. Warren Buffet once said that people will try and stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional. This happens because people are mediocre and they don’t understand the value in unconventional things.

AVERAGE = MEDICORE

We are all apart of a social construct that binds us to its norms. [Read more…]

Robert Greene’s Notorious Notecard System

May 28, 2016 by Tony Francisco 1 Comment

I kept hearing about Robert Greene’s note card system. Mostly from Ryan Holiday describing his own personal method, formulated during his time apprenticing under Robert Greene.

The more I heard about the system, the more I became obsessed with it.

The reason is that I am a master of collecting information. I can gather resources and stack the materials necessary to complete projects of unimaginable magnitude. I would consider myself world-class at this process. The problem that I often encounter is synthesizing that giant pile of crap.

How do I transform the information and data into a meaningful and actionable script?

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Outwork Book Club: The Millionaire Fastlane

May 15, 2016 by Tony Francisco 2 Comments

Note: Read my first post here for details on how the Outwork Book Club works. The homepage can be found here, with archives and previous books discussed.

The idea of becoming a millionaire is important.

Not because a million dollars is the key to happiness. If anything, simply chasing a million dollars for happiness is probably the surest way to become sad, lonely, and depressed.

A million dollars represents much more than that. It is the gold standard for success in our country. It is a lofty goal that takes years of hard work and dedication to achieve. The road to achieve it will be littered with failure, self-doubt, naysayers, and failure (again).

I idea of becoming a millionaire is important because of what it takes to get there.

The Outwork Book Club will be exploring the most recommended business book for entrepreneur’s on the internet today.

Get out of the Slow Lane and into the Fast Lane towards that elusive million dollars.

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The Only Thing That Matters for an Entrepreneur

March 28, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

If you spend some time pouring over business and entrepreneurship content, you’ll realize that most of what you read is garbage. Most articles are manufactured copy, and most books are ghostwritten nonsense.

I am far from finding the best stuff and it is going to take more reading, mentor hunting, and outright work to get to where I want to be.

With that being said, I know when I come across something valuable. It is usually stuff that just makes sense and is easy to apply, observe, and repeat. [Read more…]