MASSIMILIANO TASSONE
Entrepreneur | Tassone Massimiliano Construction Company - C. S.A.S
The story of MASSIMILIANO TASSONE - Entrepreneur | Tassone Massimiliano Construction Company - C. S.A.S
I joined Private Community eleven months ago, almost by chance. I had seen some content on Facebook, it piqued my curiosity, and I asked a friend who was already part of the Community for information. His response was: "It's not for you." For a while, I took it at face value and let it go. Yet that curiosity lingered beneath the surface.
Some time later, another member invited me to a meeting. I decided to go. I entered as a guest, without any particular expectations, but that evening struck me: the atmosphere, the people, the type of interaction. I had the feeling that there was something inside worth exploring.
I have a construction company that I have been running for over thirty years. For thirty years, I was a closed-off entrepreneur: no partners, no real partnerships, no desire to share decisions. I was convinced that the only way to make things work was to keep everything under my control. I didn't want advice, I didn't want anyone to judge my work.
Private Community started pushing me out of this cage, first slowly, then more decisively. The first real change in perspective came with the Mindset course, followed by the Skillset Booster. There, I put many things in order: I gained speed in decision-making, greater clarity in reading situations, and the ability to process opportunities with others, instead of shutting myself in my office to think about them alone. I began to ask myself not only what I want but also with whom I want to do it.
In parallel, I started reading "Who's in Your ROOM?". That book helped me visualize my life and relationships very concretely: a room where I consciously choose who to let in, who to leave in a corner, and who to keep out. I started asking myself: who is good for me? Who weighs me down? With whom do I really want to share my time and projects? This exercise had a strong impact on how I select people, collaborations, and opportunities.
In the Community, I discovered something I now consider fundamental: entrepreneurs' problems, in the end, are similar, regardless of the sector or size of the company. In meetings, I often hear questions about employees, partners, collaborators, sales, time management. I could ask them, but someone else does. I empathize, listen to the answers they receive, take notes. If an answer is worthwhile, I take it home and apply it. In this way, I leave each meeting with many more solutions than I would bring on my own.
Over time, I began to clearly perceive the "before" and "after." Before, I felt like I was in a dark room with closed curtains. Today, I feel like I'm in a bright loft with wide-open windows.
For years, I built a black-and-white puzzle, with all gray pieces: difficult to place correctly, all the same, without an overall vision. Now that puzzle has a few missing colored pieces, and I know exactly where to place them. Everything is clearer, more readable, easier to connect.
This new awareness has translated into very concrete choices. In recent months:
I acquired a real estate company together with two other partners;
I am considering joining another company with one of these partners;
I have opened up to new markets abroad, enough to get a passport and plan a trip to personally understand the opportunities in the construction sector outside Italy;
A long-time collaborator, who manages a crane rental business, was about to close: I proposed to take over the company;
Another entrepreneur I collaborate with had to close his business: there too, I chose to step in instead of passively watching the closure.
These are choices that require courage and vision. Once, I wouldn't have even considered the idea of entering into a partnership with someone. Today, if a project interests me, I am the first to ask to join.
This openness does not mean improvisation, quite the opposite. It means better selection: people, projects, Mission. When I evaluate a collaboration, I look not only at my Mission but also at that of the other person or company. I seek coherence, common values, alignment. It's something I didn't do before, simply because I didn't consider it: my world ended at the boundaries of my construction company.
Today, however, it's exactly the opposite: my construction company is the heart of my work, but around it, there is a system of relationships, companies, shared projects. And this system has developed thanks to the Community.
Today, I also hold the role of President of my Community. It's a role I feel as both a responsibility and an opportunity: the opportunity to create a context where other entrepreneurs can make the kind of journey I have made, moving from isolation to collaboration, from solitude to sharing, from the fear of being judged to the desire to engage.
When I think back to when they told me "It's not for you," I smile. Private Community, on the other hand, is exactly the right place for me. The opportunities were actually already there. The point is that I didn't see them before. Now I do.