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Kevin Hart’s 15 Weapons of Mental Strength Training

June 1, 2021 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

In Kevin Hart’s follow up to his best-selling memoir, I can’t Make This Up, he reveals the skills that have allowed him to rise up in his profession as a standup comedian and actor. It’s a set of rules that look like a mental strength training program. He even calls it the Kevin Hart Mental Fitness Bootcamp.

Coming from a professional at the top of his field, he often gets dismissed, quite frankly, because of his demeanor and outward appearance. Part of his persona is in opposition to The Rock, who simply demands attention because of his oversized Samoan physical appearance and matching personality. [Read more…]

All Books of 2020 (each described in 1 sentence)

March 15, 2021 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

2020 is year that will forever be remembered for all that we lost as a nation.

Personally, I was impacted very little by 2020.

I am not saying that bad things did not happen to me, they did.

I am saying I was impacted minimally by them.

Your thoughts and attitudes determine your outcome. How you feel about any given situation is up to you.

I choose prosperity in 2020, and that is what I received. [Read more…]

The Psychology of Winning

January 15, 2021 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

In 1979, Dr. Denis Waitley published what would become the all-time best selling audio program on self-mastery, The Psychology of Winning. The term winning can actually be replaced with success as one that more appropriately describes its content.

I believe he chose the term winning as an antidote to the losers he saw in society. The 10 qualities he describes are more in alignment with what it takes to be successful, a total winner, and not just a psychological method for performance. [Read more…]

Books of JAN/FEB/MAR 2020

March 29, 2020 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

What I enjoy most about reading and writing is seeing commonality across disciplines.

Navy SEALs, billionaires, and stoic practitioners all talk about the same things — albeit through a different lens.

They also produce the same result: success.

Success cannot always be copied but the enablers, what it takes to become successful, can be.

There is a connection between the mental and physical.

Elite military and professional athletes channel it to produce almost superhuman efforts. Billionaires use it to create empires and it shines through in the philosophies of stoic wisdom.

No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. – Socrates

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The Power Within You

June 15, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

Every person holds unlimited power within them.

It mostly lays dormant, as we sail through life with limited exposure and a lack of hard things.

But the power remains, infinite and unlimited, for when those tough times come to bear.

And know one thing, those times will come.

And when we forget about this universal power accessible to every man, we just have to look inside ourselves, and call to bear what we have always possessed.

Untapped potential, limitless possibilities, and a boundless reservoir of energy. [Read more…]