Anthony Maino

NEWSFLASH!

WE APOLOGISE BUT ANTHONY HAS INFORMED US THAT HIS COACHING PRACTICE IS FULL AND HE IS UNABLE TO TAKE ON NEW CLIENTS FOR THE PRESENT.

IN THE INTERIM PLEASE SELECT ANOTHER GREAT NEW INSIGHTS COACH

“DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY!”

- Yoda from “The Empire Strikes Back” (Star Wars)

I believe that we all walk around unconscious. I really mean unconscious in the truest sense of the word!

Now, before you try to come to terms with what I’ve just said, let me explain what I mean by this: I believe that, as a general rule, unless we deliberately take action to prevent it, we human beings live our lives oblivious to how our thoughts, beliefs and feelings constantly betray us.

And that’s where I believe my coaching skills come in to play. Here’s my offer:

I will provide you with a safe space to laugh, cry, scream, shout or do anything else you want to to get out of your own way. I will offer you a caring, nurturing environment in which you will be encouraged and inspired to achieve your aims and desires but in which I will hold you totally accountable for what you set out to achieve. What you want to achieve is entirely up to you - I don’t believe in telling you what I can help you achieve (e.g. more money, more free time, etc., etc.). I will be there to ‘hold up a mirror’ for you to look into and to help you realize your true potential, knowing that there can always be more!

To summarize, I will show you that owning your thoughts, beliefs and feelings - instead of letting them own you - is the way to very quickly start achieving a life, or areas of your life that may seem impossibly far away right now.

And do you want to know the best part?

We will have a load of fun doing it!

My background and qualifications

Let me be very clear from the outset, I coach because I love doing it, because I understand the stresses of an unfulfilled life all too well and because I believe my in-depth business experience will benefit a wide range of clients on a broad range of issues.

Let me share a bit about my education and business experience:

I matriculated from Mondeor High School in 1991. From there I attended the University of Witwatersrand where in 1995, I obtained a BSc in Computational and Applied Mathematics. In 1996 I decided to enter my family business and a year later I elected to continue my studies further, on a part time basis, at the University of South Africa. In 1999 I completed my BSc Honours degree in Applied Mathematics and was awarded a prize by Liberty Life for outstanding academic achievements. I was offered a job at Liberty but I declined, deciding to focus on learning all I could about our family business with a view to helping implement the succession plans. I spent time over the next few years in diverse roles including Operations, Logistics, Finance and finally, Strategy & Marketing.

In 2005 I felt it was time to get back to my studies and I registered for the Management Advancement Program at Wits Business School. I passed this with distinction and was awarded a prize for finishing top of my class. Next I completed the Diploma in Strategic Management at the Gordon Institute of Business Sciences where, again, I passed with distinction and finished top of my class. Currently, I am busy completing my MBA at Wits Business School.

So what made me get into coaching?

The strange thing is that despite the fact that I was achieving a lot, both in the fields of Personal Development and Vocation, I remained seriously unfulfilled. As a result, two things started happening to me:

1) I became deeply de-motivated with my life and
2) I developed a chronic addiction to food, which saw my health suffer tremendously.

On the positive side, my wife, Lisa, is my soul mate and we have a wonderful young son named Carmine. Together, they were the inspiration I needed to struggle through a very difficult period in my life.

I was good at maintaining a façade, though, and I doubt that anyone who saw me would ever have guessed how truly unhappy I was about aspects of my life other than the relationship with my wife and son. My motivational and health problems continued until my life reached something of a breaking – or turning – point.

ENTER NEW INSIGHTS AFRICA!!!

On the 1st of December 2007 I took a bold decision to change my life! I liked the look of the New Insights Life Coach Training Programme and just felt that I had to do it.

Boy did my life change!

In just four months I have achieved a level of life that is just ridiculously improved from where it was. Today, I am nothing but 110% motivated and my health is way back on track.

My story is different from most other coaches in that I woke up to the fact that what I was already doing and what I already had was exactly what I wanted from life. I had just been walking around like a ‘zombie’ for the lat 17 years not knowing what I wanted and believing that everything other people did and had was always better.

I have now committed myself to a lifetime of learning as I feel that change is something to be cherished and embraced. I like to challenge myself with stretch goals as I love the feeling of achieving and the fulfillment it now gives me.

The most valuable thing I have learned up to now is that it is not outside influences that make or break you – it is your inner self.

I truly believe that one can be, do and have anything one likes!