Trump: How to Get Rich

How can you fly if you’ve already clipped your own wings?

this case, I decided to shake hands, because I was a little overweight at the time and knew that if I shook his hand I wouldn’t eat my meal—and that would be a good thing.

If you’re going to think, think big. If you’re going to live, live large.

Don’t intimidate people. If you do, you’ll never get a straight answer from anyone, and you’ll be defeating your own purpose. I keep my door open, and my people know I’m available as well as approachable. We don’t have chat-fests, but whatever needs to be done gets accomplished, and quickly.

Growth is an indication of life, so keep your organization moving forward at all times. Having a passion for what you do is crucial. If you can’t get excited about what you are doing, how can you expect anyone else to? If your employees can see and feel your energy, it is bound to affect them.

Regard your company as a living, breathing organism, because that’s what it is. Those figures you see on your spreadsheets will reflect the health of that organism. Watch out for bad cells while allowing good cells to flourish.

Good people equals good management and good management equals good people.

Know everything you can about what you’re doing

my value to the show would be in just being myself.

As Benjamin Franklin once said, Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. In business, nothing is ever too small to notice.