Antonio's Best Style Quotes [0:00:00]
Quick question. What are my best quotes? I’m asking you this because I assume that you’ve
watched quite a few of my videos and I feel that in many of these videos I say things
that have a great solid profound impact on people. I know they’ve told me and I want
to put these quotes together, I want to be able to put out a series of images which hopefully
inspire and get people to take action to improve themselves.
Now, in today’s video I’m going to share with you five quotes that I went through and
I thought were pretty good. I know that I’ve said these in videos in the past.
[Music] To make this fun, guys, if you give me some
quotes down in the description and I love it, I am going to choose two winners. And
of those two winners I’m going to send James McCabe, I’ve got this Heritage Collection
watches, I did a sponsorship for them like a couple of years maybe it was a year-and-a-half
ago and I’ve still got these watches. I like them they’re automatic watches valued
at almost £300. They’re really nice watches. I’ll link to them down in the description,
but what I really want to hear from you guys are quotes or sayings that I’ve said in
past videos, maybe I’ve written in articles that you’re like, Antonio, I just remember
you saying this and it – it was enough to get me motivated to go out there and take
actions, so that’s what I’m looking for. Quote number one. Have the courage to be the
best dressed man in the room. So, I’ve said this multiple times, I don’t think – I
don’t remember taking it from anyone and so, I’m going to claim this quote. And,
when I say it what I mean is it’s okay for you to lead, it’s okay in a room of people
for you to be the one that comes in and looks like he’s in charge.
A lot of men I think just don’t have the confidence, they may be have never had anything
happen in their life where they graduated from being a boy to being a man or they never
feel that, hey, I don’t – look at myself as a leader. Well, I – I have to say like
I had things happen in my life that in a sense leadership was trusted upon me and I needed
to step up and I did and I fell down quite a few times, but I eventually stepped up and
I claimed that mantle. Now, I’m not going to say how to do that
exactly in your life because every man is a bit different, but I do feel that there
were a lot of guys that are already leading in a certain part maybe in their industry,
maybe in their particular business, maybe at home, maybe they’ve got kids who they’re
showing the example for, maybe in their family they’re the oldest son and they’ve stepped
up in certain situations. In any case, I do think that you should have the courage, I
want you to have the ability to be able to walk into a room and own it.
Casual means comfortable, not sloppy. So, I see so many people saying, hey, oh, I got
to dress casually. That means they just need to wear a t-shirt and shorts and running shoes.
No, you don’t have to be sloppy when you dress casually. You can dress casual I mean
for me this is casual. I have a pair of shorts on from Ministry of Supply, a nice belt from
Anson Belt and Buckle. I’ve got this shirt right here, this is the traveler shirt from
Suit Supply. To me, this is a very casual look, yet it’s
not sloppy. It’s well put together. I think it’s something that when I walk in the room,
people like, wow, he looks good, but he’s still wearing shorts. Casual is where you’ve
actually thought through you control your image and you’re still projecting that image
would send the message you want to send, but you’re doing it in a way that’s very comfortable.
Quote number three. Dress like the man you know yourself to be. So, when I say this I
think that most people have an image of what success is. Maybe they even have an image
of themselves in the future of what they’re going to look like when they’ve got that
nonprofit off the ground, when they’ve had success in their business and they’ve had
their first million dollar sale. Maybe whenever they’ve gotten that position out work, they’ve
got that corner office. Look at that guy look a little bit deeper,
how is he presenting himself, how is he dressing? I know it’s ten years in the future, but
here’s the deal is you can start now to practice and to start dressing in a manner
so that when you reach that position, it’s simply second nature. And that’s what I
mean by that quote and it’s simply practicing and becoming good and by doing that you become
that individual. Quote number four. Use clothing as a weapon
to get what you want out of life. So, this one right here and I put weapon in there to
be particular because I think a good weapon can both be offensive and defensive when you’re
using it. And for me, I want your clothes to actually be something that you use offensively
and defensively to be able to defend yourself from a world that is going to want to tear
you down. And for you to be [offensely] you’re able to go out there and to be able to send
the message you want to send in a very pointed way.
And for me, it’s not about the clothing, the clothing is simply the tool, it is the
instrument. I like to think that the guys that are following and using my information,
their first good men, they’ve got a mission they’ve got a goal in life. Use that clothing
as a weapon, get what you want out of life and use it as the tool it was meant to be.
[0:05:05] Now, this next quote is a little bit cumbersome,
but men are like diamonds forged over time under heat and pressure. Style is simply the
polish that allows them to shine. I look at what men are trying to create, what men are
trying to do, how men are trying to change the world, and I – and it’s goes back
to when I was in business school. I had a friend, he was an amazingly smart individual,
he’s interviewing for all these companies and he was getting turned down.
I remember looking at him and knowing why because he did not look the part of this guy
with this fancy MBA from a great school. So, despite everything else him having these great
degrees and being what I thought was a mathematical genius, he was getting turned down because
nobody would want to hire a guy that they can’t eventually put in front of the customer
or they would be embarrass for someone to see them with and that’s unfortunately what
was going on with him. So, I hope that men like my friend can come
in and find this channel and realize, well, this is the missing piece because I’ve worked
so much on my education, I’ve worked so much on my experience on my skill set and
now, that I start to look the part people start to – it’s revealed that diamond
that has just been found. All right gents, so now it’s your turn.
I want to hear from you down in the comments what is a quote besides those five or maybe
variations of one of them that you have heard me say and you’re like, Antonio, this is
one of your best quotes. And, again, remember, I’m going to be going through in the next
week I’m going to be looking at some winners and I’ve got these beautiful watches. This
is the Heritage Collection over at James McCabe and I would love to send this out your way.
But in any case, I’ll be going through and checking out what you guys are writing.
I really do appreciate you guys and I thank you for helping me build up this channel.
I would love to see what you guys can say down there. Maybe you have a particular video
that’s your favorite that you actually get the quotes from. Feel free to link to that.
Maybe it was something I said in an article or one of my books which, yes, I have books
out there. Yes, I have apps out there. Yes, I have tons of infographics.
And, if you’re interested I’ve got a new coaching firm. It’s called Style System
VIP. Because all those quotes I just said are going to be cornerstone pieces of my new
coaching program because I realized that information honestly it’s all over the place. The internet
is full I mean full of them, that’s what it is, tons of information. Libraries have
tons of information, but people aren’t beating down the doors of libraries, they’re not
going to the web and transforming themselves. No, you have to take action, you have to sometimes
have a coach someone’s that leading you through the paths, so you can get past the
self-doubt of being self-conscious of the way that you dress and you present yourself.
So, if this sounds somewhat interesting to you, let me know and go fill out the application
down in the comments. It’s going to be StyleSystemVIP.com. We’ve got an application process because
I’m only going to allow a set number of individuals in who meet the criteria because
it’s going to have some group coaching, so I want to make sure that the people that,
you know, you’re learning from are all at the same level.
Gentlemen, that’s it. Take care. I’ll see you in the next video. And, no, that is
not the best thing I’ve ever said or one of my quotes. Okay.
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