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Recently read 'The Art of the Deal' by Donald Trump.
The book is from a time when Donald Trump was solely focusing on business.
Does not matter if you are a Trump supporter or not, this book contains valuable business lessons.
A thread.
The book is from a time when Donald Trump was solely focusing on business.
Does not matter if you are a Trump supporter or not, this book contains valuable business lessons.
A thread.
Lesson 1
I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.
I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.
Lesson 2.1
One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow.
There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others
One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow.
There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others
Lesson 2.2
As far as I'm concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.
As far as I'm concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.
Lesson 3
I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.
I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.
Lesson 4
Good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all.
Controversy, in short, sells.
Good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all.
Controversy, in short, sells.
Lesson 5
My people keep telling me I shouldn’t write letters like this to critics.
The way I see it, critics get to say what they want to about my work, so why shouldn’t I be able to say what I want to about theirs?
My people keep telling me I shouldn’t write letters like this to critics.
The way I see it, critics get to say what they want to about my work, so why shouldn’t I be able to say what I want to about theirs?
Lesson 6
I play to people's fantasies.
People may not always think big themselves. but they can get very excited by those who do. That is why a little hyperbole never hurts.
People want to believe that something is the biggest, the greatest and the most spectacular.
I play to people's fantasies.
People may not always think big themselves. but they can get very excited by those who do. That is why a little hyperbole never hurts.
People want to believe that something is the biggest, the greatest and the most spectacular.
