Concepts of Never Give up book, Trump

Trump never give up

FAILURE IS NOT PERMANENT

-         Feel the importance of wholeness (it is combination of healthy, happy and productivity)

-         If you failed just move forward, and focus on the right direction. Failure and negative situation is temporary not permanent

-         Being unhappy and unproductive is not part of trumps’ plan and it shouldn’t part of yours.

-         Problems is not bad luck, it is part of the life, being prepare will save you a lot.

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Story

-         Trump combined losses for 1990- 1991 is $517 million & 287 million for the next 3 years. For the 10 years from 1985- 1995 he lost USD 1,17 Billion.

-         He didn’t change his stander of living. Continue living as a winner.

Take away

-         Expect the best out of yourself

-         Believe that whenever failure come back, you can overcome it and expect success.

-         Faith in yourself is a powerful force.

-         Strive for wholeness, believe in yourself, keep your momentum at full throttle, and be strong and tough in your resilience. Don’t expect anything less than that from yourself, and I can assure you that success will become a permanent situation for you, even when your external circumstances may not show it. Never Give Up!

EXPECT PROBLEMS AND YOU’LL BE READY WHEN THEY COME

-         “You can’t build a skyscraper without breaking a few heads.”

-         Nothing is easy to achieve

-         Be passionate even with zero encouragement

Story

-         Trump Tower is the first huge success

-         3 years to get response from the land owners, letters, calls

-         Buying Tiffany’s air rights for $5 million to prevent any new tower from blocking the view.

-         New regulation to keep 30 feet as a space behind (rear Yard)

Take away

-         Confront your problems along the way to success

-         You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs

-         Every day is a challenge, and every day is great.

-         Be passionate! If you love what you’re doing, it will never seem like work.

COURAGE ISN’T THE ABSENCE OF FEAR, IT’S THE CONQUERING OF FEAR

-         Courage means never giving up.

-         “Courage is grace under pressure.”

-         Self-confidence is a component of courage

Story

-         Apprentice program participants, millions of participants, few selected and some of them fired on front of millions of people. That a courage.

-         Young executive believe he is not a public speaker, “He hasn’t even tried public speaking, and he tells me he’s no good at it!” I had a feeling he’d be good at it.

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Take away

-         Sometimes we need a push in the right direction.

-         Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the conquering of fear

-         If you have some fear, just go out and do it.

-         If things don’t work out for you, practice until you master it.

-         “You can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem.”

-         See yourself as victorious! That will focus you in the right direction.

IF YOU SEE BIG PROBLEMS, LOOK FOR BIG OPPORTUNITIES

-         If there is no problem, there is no solution, there is no opportunity

-         Think big

-         Have a clear vision

-         Sometimes difficulties seemed greater than the rewards

-         To convince someone, let him know what he will get.

Story

-         27 years old with clear vision

-         In 1970s, New York became polluted city and people start leaving the city and Changing old hotel (the Commodore $ 16 million) to a shiny new one and bring up the neighborhood

Take away

-         Hire the right person to help you

-         Look to the positive side of any problem

-         Look for alternatives if things don’t align with your vision. (Hayat- Hilton)

-         Always have a plan B.

-         If you’re not running into major challenges, you’re doing something easy

-         Never give up! Do not settle for remaining in your comfort zone. Remaining complacent is a good way to get nowhere.

-         Ask yourself: What am I pretending not to see? There may be some great opportunities right around you, even if things aren’t looking so great. Great adversity can turn into great victory

KNOW WHEN TO CUT YOUR LOSSES

-         Take the available opportunity if it is worth.

-         Ask yourself, when should you cut your losses

Story

-         Buying part of Eastern airways and called it Trump Shuttle 1988-1992

-         New traveler experience with online check in and innovation

-         Golf War II, employees strike, wages, fuel price.

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Take away

-         Leave the market in the right time

-         Stop the losses

-         Go to different industry

-         Look at the solution, not the problem. And never give up! Never never never give up. This thought deserves to be said (and remembered and applied) many times. It’s that important.

The Power of Focus

-         Focus to get to the point very quickly

-         If you face a problem, use your brain to solve it.

-          For every problem there is a solution, and capable people will look for that solution

Story

-         Trump’s old friend who was miserable in his work, when confront him he changed his life.

Take away

-         Make sure you’re one of the capable people.

-         Stay focused on solutions to problems, not details. That’s the power of focus. Use it!

FOUR-STEP FORMULA FOR GETTING THINGS DONE

-         Four-Step Formula: “Get in, get it done, get it done right, and get out.”

-         1- Get in: Give yourself a goal and focus on it, write it down,

-         Three lists should be in your mind at all times: Your daily goals first, your year’s goals second, and then your lifetime goals.

-         2- Get it done: confront obstacles, expect them. Expect problems, but Keep your focus on getting things done, and your problems will seem like nothing more than part of the day, like sunrise and sunset.

-         3- Get it done right: Have high stander for yourself, and don’t put up with less than the best.

-         4- Get out: When a job is finished, it’s your time to move on.

Take away

-         Rock solid is rock solid

-         Get things done and to get them done right.

-         If there is no reason to spend time on something other people can do it, get out of it.

-         Figure out what your job is and streamline your activities and mental energy to focus on that.

-         Employee the 4 steps day in, day out.

WHEN YOU’RE ATTACKED, BITE BACK

-         Never give up

-         Fight for the facts

-         Bite when you have to.

-         Expose other if they are not telling the truth.

Story

-writer with the New York Times named Tim O’Brien who had written some very negative articles about me

- Tim will write a book about trump (Trump Nation) and I was told he would write it with or without my cooperation

- Trump sued him and the publisher for a lot of money

Take away

Believe in yourself! If you don’t, no one else will either. Think of yourself as a one-man army.

Reference :

Trump, D. and McIver, M. (2013). Trump never give up. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.