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Plant these 6 Habits and Grow Success

January 27, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Have you wanted to get an edge over the competition? Over your coworkers? Or classmates? Or even your teammates?

Have you ever wanted to be better than everyone else? To stand out in the crowd and to become a Lion Among Men?

It’s actually not that hard to achieve these aspirations. It doesn’t take superior genetics or an unlimited bankroll or even a great mentor. It takes a commitment to be excellent and the discipline to work towards that goal every single day. Every single waking hour must be spent propelling yourself towards that goal. You must build this discipline into a habit. Succeeding must become ingrained into your life.

The Key: focused effort, discipline, and consistent progress towards an overarching mission [Read more…]

No Zero Days

January 20, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

I had a rough day.

I spent the weekend hustling away on my computer. Working through the night for three consecutive days, with no regard for the time or much else —I was singularly focused on getting shit done.

Outworking the competition and becoming an authority has its downsides when you are still making ends meet at a 9-5.

With practically no sleep and still slightly dazed from 36 hours of staring at a computer screen, I powered through a full day of work. I then came home and immediately keeled over for a two-hour nap… [Read more…]

Why I Read a Book Every Week

January 10, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Reading is a time-tested, tried and true way to become an authority. The greatest men of history and the multi-billionaires of today have all read their way to the top. More importantly, they continue to read even after amassing their fortunes.

In today’s society, it’s the nothings and nobodies that choose not to read. It is the people that claim to have “no luck” in life and the ones that settle for mediocrity.

Like Jim Rohn once said, “Poor people have a big TV. Rich people have a big library.”

The most successful people in the world choose to read every day. [Read more…]

The Common Denominator of Success by Albert Gray

January 7, 2016 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

The following speech was given by Albert E.N. Gray at the National Association of Life Underwriter’s convention of 1940. It was given to those that sold life insurance for a living.

Selling anything in life requires a certain degree of resilience, grit, and determination. The fortitude to keep on pushing forward when people shut doors in your face. In a field where failure is common, the traits that make one successful are also common.

Within the speech, lies a universal trait, that can be adopted by anyone as it applies to everything. [Read more…]

Why Quality is Important

December 23, 2015 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

There are many things in the world.

That statement, while simplistic, is as true as any noble saying. This is why quality matters in all things. From the things you choose to put in your body, to the things you choose to put on your body, and the things you put in your head, nothing is quite as important as the quality of that thing. For many people, the variance of these things is immense. [Read more…]