Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life
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A recent and good example of synergy is my golf course development in Scotland—Trump International Golf Links Scotland, in beautiful Aberdeen. It’s been a tremendous but challenging experience due to the complexities of the situation. Everyone got together and we are moving forward, but initially it was my determination to develop this magnificent property that got us going. The synergy was at first individual then it became a significant team effort. It can be a wonderfully effective combination.
DONALD J. TRUMP’S RECOMMENDED READING
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
This is a classic book about military strategy written during the sixth century BC.
The Cashflow Quadrant
by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
This is about working smart and is a good, clear guide to help you move toward financial freedom.
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Norman Vincent Peale
This book was published in 1952 and contains useful concepts to enable successful behavior. I’m a cautious optimist but being optimistic is important to be effective.
The Golden Ratio
by Mario Livio
“The story of phi, the world’s most astonishing number.” This is fascinating whether or not you are a math whiz.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Goodwin reveals just how brilliant Lincoln was, with a political spin that has historical as well as contemporary interest.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
by William Manchester
This is Manchester’s second volume on Churchill. It gives a great insight into Churchill as well as World War II.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
This book brings to life a most interesting and pivotal time in U.S. history side by side with the Roosevelts.
Ideas and Opinions
by Albert Einstein
Einstein was not just a scientist, but a great mind at work on many topics, which are covered here.
Essays and Lectures
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson’s writing is lucid and thought provoking, and he provides a balance of thought that can be edifying.
INDEX
Achievers
habits and results
higher self and
results
traits of
See also Success
Adaptation
See also Flexibility
Aesop
Apprentice, The
as challenge
description/tasks
experience and
positive thinking and
success and
team spirit and
Aristotle
Art
life as performance art
work as
Art of the Deal, The (Trump)
Art of War, The (Sun Tzu)
Artists
attributes of
See also specific artists
Audience
common denominators and
knowing
Barrack, Tom
BBC
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bellino, Ricardo
“Big picture”
Biorhythms
Blaming others
Brand name
building
importance of
See also Power of a name; Trump name
Brave New World (Huxley)
Brokaw, Tom
Buck, Pearl S.
Buffet, Warren
Building. See Developing/ building
Burnett, Mark
Bush, George W.
Calamari, Matthew
Campbell, Joseph
Camus, Albert
Carter, Dominic
Cashflow Quadrant (Kiyosaki)
Cavuto, Neal
Challenges
dealing with
effects of
significance of
The Apprentice as
Champions
attributes of
thinking like
Chanel
Churchill, Winston
Clear Channel
Comfort zone
Commercials
Common denominators
Confucius
Control
Conversation economizing
Creativity
business and
going against the tide
See also Art; Artists
Cross training your brain
Curiosity
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Darwin, Charles
De Gaulle, Charles
Deadlines
Deficit of U.S.
Demographics
Dempsey, Jack
Developing/building
background work
golf courses
learning and
mixed-use condominium/ hotel concept
See also specific developments
Economizing conversations
Education. See Learning Efficiency
Ego
Einstein, Albert
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Emmy Awards
Employees
getting the best
people you like
“Entitlement mentality”
Environment and heredity
Ethics
Experience
Failure
Fears
of being unique
confronting
of failure
of winning
Federer, Roger
Financial literacy
Financial Times
Financial Times (UK)
Fischer, Bobby
Flexibility
See also Adaptation
Focus
Forbes, Malcolm
Ford, Henry
Franklin, Benjamin
Fuller, Richard Buckminster
Gates, Bill
Gelb, Peter
Geomorphology
Globalization/global events
Goals
achievement
importance
Golden ratio
Golden Ratio, The (Livio)
Goldwyn, Samuel
Golf
Golf courses
developing/building
Scotland
Trump National Golf Club, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Gould, Glenn
Graff, Rhona
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Grand Central
Greeks, a motto of
Greenblatt, Jason
Gumbel, Bryant
Gut instincts
Habits and results
Hamilton, Laird
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
HBO
Heredity and environment
Higher self
History
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Horowitz, Vladimir
How to Get Rich (Trump)
Hugo, Victor
Humor
Huxley, Aldous
Imagination
Information and preparation
Innovation
“Inside City Hall”
“Instant gratification”
Instincts
“Integrate Education” (Huxley)
Integrity
Intrinsic values
Investing
Irving, Washington
Jean Georges Restaurant
John, Elton
Johnson, Samuel
Jones, Bobby
Journalistic approach
Jung, Carl
King, Billie Jean
King, Stephen
King Lear (Shakespeare)
Kiyosaki, Robert
Know-it-all
Knowledge
breadth
connected thoughts
financial literacy
importance of
wisdom and
See also Learning
Lagerfeld, Karl
Leach, Mike
Leaders
characteristics of
seeing yourself as
Learning
boredom and
continuing
control and
history
importance
from setbacks/mistakes
See also Knowledge
Lickle, Brock
Lincoln, Abraham
Livio, Mario
Lombardi,Vincent
Luck
believing in
work and
MacArthur, Douglas
Machiavelli, Niccolò
Madoff, Bernard
McCain, John
McConney, Jeffrey
McMahon,Vince
Messing, Debra
Metropolitan Opera
Michelangelo
Mistakes/setbacks
Mixed-use condominium/hotel concept
Momentum
Mona Lisa (da Vinci)
Moving on
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mullally, Megan
Multilevel focusing
Multitasking
Muschamp, Herbert
Name. See Brand name; Power of a name
Napoleon Bonaparte
Natural talents
Nature’s power
NBC
Negativity
Negotiation skills
New York 1 program
New York Post
New York Times
New York Times Book Review
Newsweek ad
9/11 attacks/aftermath
Nobel Prize for literature (2006)
O. Henry Prize
Obama, Barack
Oil price
Onassis, Aristotle
“Overnight success”
Pamuk, Orhan
Passion and work
Pavarotti, Luciano
Peale, Norman Vincent
Persistence/perseverance
Phasing (music)
Phi
Picasso, Pablo
Player, Gary
Pontifex
Positive thinking
Power of a name
See also Brand name; Trump name
Preparation/being prepared
background work
description
flexibility and
information
mistakes and
Prescience
Prince, The (Machiavelli)
Problems
dealing with
solving
Prodigies
Purpose
definition
discovering your purpose
Pythagoras
Quixote, Don
Rabbi from Los Angeles/ family
Rand, Ayn
Reich, Steve
Republican Party
Reputation
See also Brand name
Rich Dad Poor Dad (Kiyosaki)
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rosh Hashanah
Ross, George
Roth, Philip
Saturday Night Live
“Scenario” test
Schweitzer, Albert
Scottish National Heritage
Sense of humor
September 11 attacks/aftermath
Setbacks/mistakes
Shakespeare
“Shock market” (2008)
Short stories/writers
Sisyphus
Socrates
Standards
importance of
setting
Steinbrenner, George
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stock market. See “Shock market” (2008)
Stravinsky, Igor
Success
business as impersonal
future success and
how to get rich
“overnight success”
working with people you like
See also Achievers
Sun Tzu
Survival of the fittest
Target markets
Team player/spirit
Tempo of work
Thanks/thanksgiving
Think Big credo
Think Like a Billionaire (Trump)
Thinking
“big picture”
importance
like a genius
positive thinking
on your feet
Thinking big
Thoreau, Henry David
Time magazine
Transparency
Trump, Donald J.
jet use for ill child
quote
Scottish heritage
Trump, Eric (son)
Trump, Fred C. (father)
Trump, Ivanka (daughter)
Trump, Mary McLeod (mother)
Trump Hotel Collection
Trump International Golf Links Scotland
Trump International Hotel & Tower, New York City
Trump Jr., Donald (son)
Trump name
Trump National Golf Club, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Trump Organization, The
Trump Place
Trump Productions
Trump Tower
Trump World Tower, United Nations Plaza
Twain, Mark
United States, deficit of
Updike, John
Values
intrinsic values
types
Visa commercial
Visionaries
Visualization
Wall Street Journal
War
Warhol, Andy
Weisselberg, Allen
Wharton School of Business
Wholeness
Why We Want You To Be Rich (Trump and Kiyosaki)
Wilde, Oscar
Will and Grace
Wisdom
Wollman Rink, Central Park
Woods, Tiger
Work hours
Wrestlemania
“Zone, the”
Zucker, Jeff
BOOKS BY DONALD J. TRUMP
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The Art of the Comeback
The America We Deserve
The Way to the Top
How to Get Rich
Think Like A Billionaire
The Best Golf Advice I Ever Received
Why We Want You To Be Rich
The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received
Trump 101: The Way to Success
Think Big
Never Give Up
Think Like A Champion
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