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My example about intelligent risk taking happened in 2007, my ego and pride was unmanageable and I truly thought that all my success was about me. My whole being believe that “everything I touched turned to gold.” When the mortgage market started to correct, I realized I needed to do something else. I looked at direct response marketing as a way to get more people to buy my book.

Most would start slow, do some radio, do some internet, not me. I ran out to the most complex part of the business, infomercials. We shot, produced, and it took me being on the air for months and months to realize that this was not the place for me to “learn to swim.” I’ve heard all the analogies that a person should “jump into the deep end” to learn to swim, but I never see anyone actually “learn to swim” by “jumping into the deep end!” Just like I didn’t. Yes, I did learn a lot, but I didn’t build myself a foundation. It wasn’t an intelligent form of risk taking.
That is why now, I’m much more methodical, much more organized, and much more focused on the risk taking I take.

I do always look for the good in every situation, and the good thing that came out of the last few years is my ego and arrogance is in check. I always tell myself to “Be the man I would want my daughter to marry.” Well, I am a much better man now, than I was two years ago.

Philip Tirone is a Champion for the human race, lover of personal growth and development, and also happens to be an expert in the world of Credit Scoring