The Last Laugh: Vision To Victory by Papale Vince & Franks Dennis

Author:Papale, Vince & Franks, Dennis [Papale, Vince]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mascot Books
Published: 2018-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

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Cosmo Denicola

“Attack everything with the expectation of winning. Don’t make excuses. Believe you’re going to win every time. Play to that standard. Does that mean you’re always going to win? No. But do everything in your power to win.”

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COSMO’ S VICTORIES

Cosmo’s extensive portfolio includes the three-time world champion Philadelphia Soul Arena Football League team (he co-owns the team with Ron Jaworski, former Philadelphia Eagles player and analyst for ESPN; Dick Vermeil, legendary coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the 2000 St. Louis Rams super bowl team, motivational speaker, and football analyst; and Marcus Colston and Jahri Evans, New Orleans Saints Super Bowl winners); MKS&D Talent Management (a firm that has managed Tony Award and Grammy-nominated musicians and actors in film, television, and theater for more than thirty years); Steinberg Sports and Entertainment (in partnership with sports agent Leigh Steinberg; this business merges the worlds of sports, media, entertainment, branding, and cause-related marketing); Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment; Amtech Software (the leading worldwide provider of software and hardware for the packaging industry), and several other businesses. He also does business in health care, technology, and public relations.

His primary pursuit in business and in life is to improve efficiency and productivity. He is on the board of several institutions, including The Humpty Dumpty Institute, The Arena Football League (AFL), and St. John Vianney Church.

THE LAST LAUGH

I am the son of two Italian immigrant families who came to the U.S. after World War II. We settled in northeast Philadelphia, a very humble inner-city neighborhood. I had a traditional 1950s–60s upbringing. My father was a carpenter, my mother a stay-at-home mom. My parents provided a loving and positive home. I was made to feel special. When you feel that you are special, it’s a crime not to give all you have.

I was the first person to go to college in my family. I attended Temple University, going to school nights and weekends all year round. I worked a full-time job during the day and a part-time job on weekends. Despite my commitments, I finished my degree in four years. In my sophomore year, at nineteen years old, I married my sweetheart, Janet. We have been together now for forty-three years.

I love working. I am driven by competing. Every job I’ve ever had there was an element of competition. I wanted to flip burgers faster than anyone else or make the chicken or whatever faster and better. I wasn’t always competing against other people, but I was always competing against myself. I sought my personal best every time.

I was blessed with mentors. For whatever reason, some older guys I worked with saw something in me that made them take me under their wing. You can get a DNA test that tells you what ethnicities you are. If you did a DNA test on my business acumen, every one of those mentors would show up. They are part of me and I carry them with me wherever I go.

My first business was an accounting firm.

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