Posts by Anthony Vicino
Take Control of Your Life With This One Word
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford Your thoughts dictate your actions. This isn’t a revelatory concept. And yet, many of us are sabotaging ourselves on a daily basis with our words and thoughts. There is one word in particular that’s beating us before we even begin. A…
Read MoreThe Most Important Question in Any Negotiation
Negotiations, you either love’em, or they inspire such awkward dread that you curl into the fetal position and simply give up before ever actually advocating for yourself. There’s something unique about the American perspective on negotiations. In most other places around the globe, haggling is the norm. In fact, for many people, it’s all part…
Read MoreThe Secret to a Winning Morning Routine
The quest for improved productivity is Sisyphean. Bit by bit we push the boulder up the mountain only to occasionally stumble, lose our grip on that chunk of granite, and then get summarily smooshed by the damned thing. Yeah, that’s right, we’re coming straight out the gates, swinging towards the fences with our weird, strange…
Read MoreThe Socratic Method for the Modern Leader
I love answering people’s questions. It fills my ego with an almost perverse sort of glee when somebody comes to me with a question I definitively know the answer to. The joy my ego derives is directly linked to the unspoken power I now wield over the other person. Now, you might disagree, thinking the…
Read MoreThe 4 Ways of Getting More Done By Doing Less
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi Earlier this week I sat at a big conference table alongside some really smart people, with many important tasks vying for their attention, and (like all of us) too little time to complete them all. I’d…
Read MoreThe Reason Most People Fail To Achieve Their Goals
Coaching The Negative There’s a reason the majority of New Years Resolutions fail. It’s because goal-setting is easy. Following through, on the other hand… well, that’s something else entirely. For most of us, setting a goal is initially met with a swell of motivation. That’s the brain rewarding you with little dopamine-kisses. Filling you with…
Read MoreA New Sort of Motivation
Motivation is a fickle beast. Some days I beat the sun out of bed and meditate my way to the coffee machine while doing Pilates. Then I sit down at the keyboard and words drop from my fingertips while my mind cycles through a monk-like-zen that doesn’t snap until a handful of hours have passed…
Read MoreThe Five Cornerstones of Building Personal Wealth
“The laws of money are like the laws of gravity: assured and unchanging.” George Samuel Clason Problem is, most people don’t know these laws. Most of us weren’t taught personal finance in school, or by our parents. We never studied how money works and, more specifically, how to accumulate it. Finance is a taboo subject…
Read MoreEverything You Need To Know About Building a Personal Brand
Big corporations spend ungodly amounts of money in the pursuit of ingraining their brand into society’s collective consciousness. Think Coca-Cola. Think Apple. Think… Hell, the very fact that you can think of any corporation at all implies their branding has done something right. Maybe it’s not doing what they want, but hey, it stuck enough…
Read More4 Steps to Becoming a Medium Top Writer
First, if you’re looking for a shortcut, you’ve come to the wrong place. There is no magical way to cut the line and skip straight to the front. It’s not easy. But it is relatively simple. Writing is a game of patience, consistency, and dedication. But of course you already know that. You’ve put in the work. Toiled…
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