Yes he's President now and his policies are questionable and office does seem a bit chaotic BUT in this article we want to look back in time when we knen him only as a business man. The 71 year old business magnate Donald Trump is one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs. Though he inherited a vast fortune from his father Fred Trump, he has shown considerable investment skill in how he has built upon that empire. He's also one of America's most recognizable celebrities, with a brilliantly constructed personal brand.
That makes him well worth listening to for any business person looking for ways to get ahead. Here are some of Donald Trump's most insightful quotes about how business should work.
In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.
I don't do it for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Deals are my art form.
I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that their ideas would somehow take off by themselves, or that just coming up with an idea was enough. Let me tell you something -- it's not enough. It will never be enough. You have to put the idea into action. If you don't have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.
How to get rich ... whenever I meet people, that's usually what they want to know from me. You ask a banker how he makes bread. You ask a billionaire how he makes money.
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make
People who think achieving success is a linear A-to-Z process, a straight shot to the top, simply aren't in touch with reality. There are very few bona fide overnight success stories. It just doesn't work that way. Success appears to happen overnight because we all see stories in newspapers and on TV about previously unknown people who have suddenly become famous. But consider a sequoia tree that has been growing for several hundred years. Just because a television crew one day decides to do a story about that tree doesn't mean it didn't exist before.
I've seen people that are extremely brilliant and they don't have the staying power. They don't have that never give up quality. I've always said that other than bad ideas, which is a reason for failure, the ability to never ever quit or give up is something that is very, very important for success as an entrepreneur.