Giuseppe Cicorella: How Your Mindset Can Either Be Your Greatest Strength or Biggest Weakness

Perception is powerful, how we perceive our lives and the lives of others affects whether we ever reach the success that we strive for. According to successful motivational speaker and entrepreneur Giuseppe Cicorella, our mindset is a vital tool that allows us to alter our perception and reach our goals. Here, he shares his insights on how you can ensure that your mindset is your greatest strength. 

The Italian-born Giuseppe Cicorella is no stranger to determination, he shares that while working for Uber to fund his dreams, and he studied and taught himself everything about the world of business. His career was built upon seeing the huge potential in the field of real estate investment, while many overlooked it. Taking a walk down the memory lane, Giuseppe seems more determined than nostalgic.

He says, “I was born poor but I was very sure I wasn’t going live as one. My tiny village in Italy was very limited in its ability and willingness to grow. I wasn’t. I was determined to steer my fate in the direction of the larger world. So motivated was I, that at the age of 17, I moved to Milan to see if my desire holds out. I felt naturally drawn to the real estate world and for the nest 25 years focused all my energies in building my legacy.”

Giuseppe’s story is captivating and motivating. Not only because he built his career from scratch but that he was willing to start over again on a new soil. When he found himself unable to make more room for his dreams in Italy, he and his wife “decided to move to America. We’d never been there. We didn’t know the culture. We didn’t even speak the language. But my determination to test myself against a new horizon and its challenges was bigger than anything that could have kept me in Italy. It took me 7 attempts to clear the real estate test but I persevered. And it’s only because I was able to persevere I am now proud to participate and contribute to the American dream. Perseverance is the mindset that can take you places. Its lacking, however, can make sure you stay stuck where you are.”

Giuseppe Cicorella’s Instagram page offers a wealth of wisdom and advice for those setting out on their journey to success, he shares several enlightening concepts and ideas that have the power to kickstart a new way of thinking. One particular insight that he shared via his page explained that failure should not be considered the opposite of success, it should be thought of as part of it.  Giuseppe shares that this observation concerns our mindset and how it can be used to either hinder or help us. Your mindset, he explains is what controls how you react to setbacks and failures and if you are harboring a negative or fixed mindset then you will always believe that every obstacle you face signals failure and means that you should give up. According to Giuseppe the most beneficial mindset that you can adopt is the growth mindset, this mindset views failure as an open door and an invitation to keep trying. Expanding on this point Giuseppe Cicorella says, “Having a growth mindset means that you are willing to learn and adapt to new situations and ideas, it is one of the most powerful mindsets that any person can hold.” 

Giuseppe Cicorella believes that even when it seems like we are doing everything we can to reach our goals, it pays to consider our mindset and ensure that is our greatest strength rather than our greatest hindrance.