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The Art of the Deal - Chapter 2: Trump Cards - Elements of the Deal - Think Big (1987) · Real Donald Trump Wisdom

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  Hey guys, back for part two of Trump cards, the
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  elements of the deal. The advice here is think
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  big. Write a read and then comment. I like thinking
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  big. I always have. To me, it's very simple.
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  If you're going to be thinking anyway, you might
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  as well think big. Most people think small because
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  most people are afraid of success, afraid of
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  making decisions, afraid of winning. And that
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  gives people like me a great advantage. Trump
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  goes on to tell a story, the evolution of his
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  own preferences for his ambitions in real estate
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  when he was younger. When I was working in Queens,
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  I always wanted Forest Hills. And as I grew older
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  and perhaps wiser, I realized that Forest Hills
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  was great. Forest Hills isn't Fifth Avenue. And
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  so I began to look toward Manhattan because at
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  a very early age, I had a true sense of what
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  I wanted to do. I wasn't satisfied. just to earn
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  a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
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  I was out to build something monumental, something
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  worth a big effort. So we see an application.
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  Might as well think big because you're going
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  to be thinking anyways. So it takes just as much
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  effort to go for the really, really big goals
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  that it does otherwise. He's going to go on to
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  list key element of thinking big. One of the
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  keys to thinking big is total focus. I think
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  of it almost as a controlled neurosis, which
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  is a quality I've noticed in many highly successful
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  entrepreneurs. They're obsessive, they're driven,
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  they're single -minded, and sometimes they're
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  almost maniacal, but it's all channeled into
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  their work. Other people are paralyzed by neurosis.
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  The people I'm talking about are actually helped
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  by it. I don't say this trait leads to a happier
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  life or a better life, but it's great when it
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  comes to getting what you want. All right, so
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  to sum up, you're going to be thinking, might
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  as well think big for the bigger goals. And one
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  of the key elements for thinking big is... total
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  focus and usually people who have this total
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  focus have elements of obsessiveness of drive
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  are single -minded and so they focus on one overarching
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  vision and that vision is of a very high caliber
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  all right so it's worth repeating it again I
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  like thinking big. I always have. To me, it's
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  very simple. If you're going to be thinking anyway,
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  you might as well think big. There you have it.