Think big. Think like a genius. Think like a champion. All are attitudes of success from Donald Trump’s new book, Think Like a Champion (Vanguard Press, 2009).
Once again Trump has provided readers with a book filled with his points to success, be it business or life in general. In this book, he writes to the reader in the form of short essays that are quintessential Donald Trump.
An Informal Education
Trump takes on the role of teacher and advisor and has given the book the subtitle of An Informal Education in Business and Life. He provides readers with an informal but tried and true education on success, perseverance, and winning. Graduating from the Wharton School of Finance, Trump knows the value of education and relays that to his readers.
Trump wrote, “Never think of learning as being a burden or studying as being boring.” And, “Think. That’s the first step. Use everything in your power to utilize and develop that capability, and you’ll be in for some great surprises.”
Trump states that wisdom results from several factors including:
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Insights
- Reading about great people in history.
The recommended reading list he provides have a few surprising titles listed from authors like Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sun Tzu, and Norman Vincent Peale just to name a few.
Thinking Big
I happen to be a ‘big’ fan of Donald Trump and a faithful viewer of The Apprentice television show - I have seen every episode since it began. One reason to appreciate Trump is because he says it like it is and a person either gets it or they move on.
He apparently has been like that from an early age. In his book, The Art of the Deal (Ballantine Books, 1987) he wrote, “Even in elementary school, I was a very assertive, aggressive kid. In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye-I punched my music teacher because I didn’t think he knew anything about music and I almost got expelled.”
Trump’s underlying philosophy in the several books that I have read written by him is to think big. He credits thinking big as the driving force behind modern life, discoveries in science, technology and medicine.
Trump wrote, “So remember to think big by expanding your horizons and at the same time you’re expanding your net work. That’s what significant success is about.”
In his new book, he also suggests thinking like a champion, thinking like a genius, and thinking positively.
How to be a Champion
Champions are born and champions can be made. A champion is one who has marked superiority or a champion is one who is a winner of first place in a competition. Trump describes champions as those who:
- Think big.
- Work in a big way.
- Stay focused.
- Stay disciplined.
- Think like champions.
- Take responsibility.
- Go the extra mile.
- Exert themselves.
Other Valuable Lessons
Trump writes about learning while moving, teamwork, going with a gut instinct, confronting fears, building connected thoughts, building a reputation, knowing the target audience and many other valuable lessons of business and of life.
With every Trump book the reader can hear him talking the words in their head because he writes like he talks. And, his style of writing makes one believe the words in his books are truly what he lives and works by and what he believes will lead others to success.
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