Anthony Scaramucci, the financier notoriously ousted from the White House after just 11 days, is now marketing his hard-earned experience in failure to a new generation. The former Trump communications director has launched 'The Resilience Lab', a $49 online video course aimed squarely at Gen-Z professionals seeking to navigate career setbacks.
From White House Punchline to Professional Coach
Scaramucci, widely known as 'The Mooch', knows a thing or two about public failure. His tenure as President Donald Trump's communications director in July 2017 ended spectacularly after a mere 11 days. His dismissal came swiftly following an expletive-ridden rant about other White House officials in an interview with The New Yorker. Reflecting on the experience on his course website, Scaramucci admits he became a 'global punchline', parodied on Saturday Night Live and mocked by cable news pundits.
This wasn't his only career setback. The 61-year-old also cites failing the bar exam twice after graduating from Harvard Law School, early losses in Bitcoin, and a former business partnership with the convicted crypto fraudster, Sam Bankman-Fried.
Inside the $49 Resilience Course
The newly launched course, reported by Bloomberg, is designed to help young people transform their biggest failures into what Scaramucci calls their 'most valuable assets'. It consists of five modules covering topics such as 'how to be comfortable with rejection and stay in the game' and 'how to manage your ego so it doesn't kill your career'.
Scaramucci uses his own very public humiliations as teaching moments. In one video, he emphasises the importance of projecting 'unshakeable security' and 'owning your mistakes'. He vividly recalls the 'miserable feeling' of his White House firing, describing it as being 'blown through the front door, skinned alive and then rolled in Margarita salt'.
A Changed Political Allegiance
Scaramucci's venture follows his complete break from the MAGA world. After his short-lived role, Trump labelled him a 'highly unstable nut job' in 2019. The financier has since cut ties, calling Trump a 'grifter' in 2023 and endorsing former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Positioning his course as the playbook he never had, Scaramucci told Bloomberg, 'There’s no course in high school, there’s no course in college that teaches this.' He promises it is the 'best investment' one can make in their career, distilling lessons from his decades of experience. Notably, the course is offered for free to those who cannot afford the $49 fee.
