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- ***The Foundations of Courage - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVTrust yourself. When danger comes, you will have what it takes to deal with it. In his book Lost and Found, Dr. Arthur Caliandro writes that when he was a little boy, he and his father had a favorite game. Arthur would stand three or four steps up the stairs in their home. His father would ...
Views: 526 - ***The Purpose of Life is to Live a Life of Purpose - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVIf you are seeking your purpose in life, one that honors your experience and fulfills your dreams, then you have a challenge ahead. You have already begun to ask the necessary questions and act on your answers, which will make the hard work before you that much easier. Perhaps you are wondering ...
Views: 2645 - ***Conquer Your Fear - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVHistory knows no resting places and no plateaus. -- Henry Kissinger History is relentless because it happens every second. In other words, no resting places and no plateaus. The same applies to business--you can’t rest on your laurels, you can’t become complacent, and you have to be ...
Views: 808 - ***How to Think on Your Feet - Pressure Breeds Success - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVThe best way to have an edge is to live on one. -- Donald J. Trump I’ve already written about complacency and how it can ruin your chances for success. It’s the same as being in a rut and deciding to stay there. That’s why I advise people to live on the edge. It’s the opposite of complacency; ...
Views: 6078 - ***Full Speed Ahead--Every Day! - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt Confidence can get you where you want to go, and getting there is a daily process. It’s so much easier when you feel good about yourself, your abilities and talents. That’s why I emphasize confidence as a way to get ...
Views: 744 - ***How to Learn from Your Mistakes - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVIn today's business world, more people are making bigger decisions in less time and with less information than ever. That also means people are messing up more than ever. The flip side of making progress is making mistakes. If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means ...
Views: 807 - ***Failure is the Mother of Success - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVMention the word "failure" to almost any group of up-the-corporate-ladder types and you may detect some nervous twitches. For these cube-dwellers, a mistake or setback is often a career-stopper, or, at least, a blot on the record. Playing it safe is seen as the best way to avoid a misstep that ...
Views: 5370(16 votes) - ***Expect Problems--and Keep Moving Forward - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVIs this a blip, or is it a catastrophe? The way we handle difficult situations in life says a lot about who we are. How we view them is also an important element in how we will deal with adversity. Some events will wipe out one person, but will make another person even more tenacious. That’s ...
Views: 820 - ***Character: The Blueprint for Success - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVMeeting the challenges problems present head on is a personality trait formed through habit. Some people develop the habit early in life, often through repetition to the point where the reaction is not even a conscious choice. Successful approaches to problem solving, though learned behaviors, ...
Views: 943 - ***Transform Problems into Opportunities - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVPicture this--you’re a freestyle aerialist in the Torino Olympic games. Your ski goggles are suctioned to your face, your spandex suit is feeling comfortable for the first time all year, and you’re ready to get some serious air. You are ready to show the world what four years of training can ...
Views: 636 - ***Having Problems Means You're Alive - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVIt’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. -- Albert Einstein Problems are a mind exercise. Problems can be learning opportunities. The way you describe a problem determines your ability to solve it. Some people play chess. They see it as a game. It's also an ...
Views: 613 - ***The Art of Hiring the Best - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVAsk most business leaders what the real key to their long-term success is and they’ll tell you it’s their people. You can operate in a hot market, use the most cutting-edge technology, or have a competitive product concept, but without the ability to hire and keep the right amount of passionate ...
Views: 597 - ***Toot Your Horn to Get Ahead - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVSuccessful professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs have a lot in common. One of those commonalities is an artful approach to letting others know about what they do, how they do it, and why customers, clients, and prospects will find value in doing business with them. It's not about ...
Views: 570 - ***Does Your Business Need Glasses? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVNearsightedness (a.k.a. myopia) affects about one-third of the population. The nearsighted eye is not able to focus on distant objects. People who are nearsighted can see things up-close just fine, but have difficulty performing tasks like driving and reading street signs. As an entrepreneur, ...
Views: 681 - ***Make Your Networking Work - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVWhen it comes to big pictures, networking is the way you link your vision for your business and career to those of the rest of the world. If you are on track in your business and professional life, you network every day, forging and enhancing connections that will reap future ...
Views: 583 - ***Build Something of Value Every Day - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVOne day, when I was about 12, I went down to my carpenter grandfather’s basement workshop. “You should start earning your own money,” he said. “If you clean up this workshop, I will pay you what it’s worth.” So I spent the next three hours making that place shine. I swept up all the wood ...
Views: 578 - ***To Start Your Future, You Need to Forget Your Past - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVHave you noticed that people who were great students in school often find it difficult to get started in the world of business? They usually get off to a very sluggish start. I think there is a logical explanation for that. It is simply that the skills people learn to succeed in school don’t ...
Views: 592 - ***Each Success is the Beginning of the Next One - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from John AOVWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -- Emerson That thought by Ralph Waldo Emerson has always been an inspiration to me. It gives me energy to keep going full force because I know I still have a lot to accomplish. No matter what I may ...
Views: 628 - ***Walk-Away Willpower - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWe often read and hear a lot about the importance of “sticking with it” and “never quitting,” but sometimes, deciding not to proceed can be just as valuable as going further. As Donald Trump put it in The Trump Way to Wealth (https://www.trumpuniversity.com/start/wealthcreation/twtw.cfm), “I'm ...
Views: 580 - ***Know When to Bail Out of a Dead-End Job - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVIf you like to read about airplanes and the men and women who fly them, you know about a strange syndrome that can strike fighter pilots whose planes have been hit by enemy fire. Their planes are crashing. To escape certain death, all they have to do is eject. Yet for reasons no one ...
Views: 728 - ***There Are Times When You Should Move On - Know When to Quit - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVSometimes we have to be patient and sometimes we have to get moving. Wisdom is in knowing when to stay and when to go. Know when to quit. I know, it's easier said than done, but we all know when we’ve exhausted certain possibilities, and quite possibly ourselves, in the course of finding out. ...
Views: 700 - ***How to Make Explosive Profits in Real Estate - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWhat is it about real estate that makes is such a phenomenal way to make money? Perhaps the clearest way to see the advantages is to contrast it to investing in the stock market. For the sake of example, let's say that you have $100,000 to invest. That's the same scenario I use in the real ...
Views: 688 - ***Don't Let Your Financial Blind Spots Make You Poor - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVRadical learning from The Wealth Builder's Blueprint Faculty, Trump University Finance has its own vocabulary. The more you understand it, the more you control your financial future. This story illustrates the point. Early in my career as a CPA, I had two clients who were pretty similar. They ...
Views: 757 - ***Starting a Business is Easy. Staying in Business is Hard! - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVLet The Entrepreneurship Mastery Program make your start-up a success How many people start new companies every month? Who are they? Just yesterday I was reviewing some data from The Kauffman Foundation that answers those questions, and more: 550,000 Americans start new businesses every ...
Views: 572 - ***Sell the World Who You Really Are - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVBedrock marketing insights from the author of Trump University Marketing 101 When I was growing up, my family had a business installing water systems for country clubs, farms and housing developments. Whenever I went and worked alongside my father at those places, I could see how much people ...
Views: 537 - ***Why Starting a Business Is Your First Step toward Staggering Wealth - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVIf you take a look at the Forbes 400 List of Wealthiest Americans, you will see that virtually every person on the list got there by being an entrepreneur. From Bill Gates to Warren Buffet to Michael Dell to our own Donald J. Trump, the truth is self-evident. People get rich by starting their ...
Views: 561 - ***Think Like an Entrepreneur: Lessons from Trump University Students - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVSixty percent of all Americans are dreaming about starting their own businesses. Why? What's their motivation? I recently heard some fascinating answers to that question while I was listening to recorded transcripts from The Entrepreneur's Success Codes, a Trump University course that's taught ...
Views: 590 - ***Negotiate to Win - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVNegotiating wisdom from Negotiate to Win, Trump University's new bootcamp course on negotiating While you were growing up, you probably negotiated with your parents about your chores, your allowance and your curfew. If you were like me in school, you negotiated for homework extensions with your ...
Views: 1434 - ***The Raw Passion of the Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVBeth Polish Life-changing insights from The Entrepreneurship Mastery Program I have the privilege of being Trump University's professor for The Entrepreneurship Mastery Program, the new class that met for the first time this week. In a moment, I will share a truly remarkable quote from Amy ...
Views: 731 - ***Invest in Yourself - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWhat's the most profitable investment you can make? Some people would tell you it's the stock market. Other people would point to mutual funds, precious metals or municipal bonds. Make no mistake, all those investments can offer you a great payback. But there is another investment that ...
Views: 527 - ***Love Your Competitors - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVCompetitive wisdom from the new book, Trump University Marketing 101 Treasure your competitors. Accept the fact that you need them. They keep you tough. Your competitors really are good for you, provided that you deal with them strategically and wisely. If you answer these four questions ...
Views: 703 - ***E-Learning Is the Future and the Future Is Now - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVIf you ask 10 people to name the greatest business thinker of the last century, I am willing to bet that at least eight of them, and maybe all 10, will pick Peter Drucker. There's a very good reason. Drucker invented the modern science of management in 1954 when he wrote The Practice of ...
Views: 1009(1 vote) - ***Why Slow Times Are Great Times to Invest in Real Estate - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVRadical wealth-creating advice from the Trump University classroom If you've been watching the news and listening to your friends, you're probably convinced this is a terrible time to invest in real estate. Interest rates are up, housing sales are down, properties are overvalued. The "bubble" ...
Views: 722 - ***It Is Often Easier to Make Money in Down Markets - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVHas all the talk about a "down market" scared you away from investing in real estate? If so, I'd urge you to take a look around. Many, many investors are making a fortune in the current market. If you stop hiding and start investing, you can be one of them too. Here are four strategies that can ...
Views: 736 - ***Make the Phone Ring - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVProperty-selling wizardry from the Trump University faculty The primary reason to advertise a property is to sell it. But there is another reason for advertising too. It is to generate a database of potential buyers for properties you will sell in the months and years to come. This secondary ...
Views: 1062 - ***Sell Your Property Fast in a Glutted Market - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWinning strategies from The Real Estate Investor Training Program Articles and news stories everywhere today are reporting the grim news that huge numbers of houses are sitting on the market unsold. And the problem exists virtually everywhere in America. Make no mistake about it. Itis much ...
Views: 827 - ***Buy a Business and Become Rich - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWealth-generating secrets from our free special report, The 10 Golden Rules for Buying a Business Owning a business is, without question, your best path to riches. And buying an established and thriving business can be the quickest way to achieve that success. In today's business climate, ...
Views: 697 - ***The Smartest Decision You Will Ever Make - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVInformation that can change your life from our free special report, The 10 Golden Rules for Buying a Business If you spend any time on this blog, you'll soon catch the excitement about starting your own business. Entrepreneurship is so hot here, it's like a bonfire. Today, I'd like to throw a ...
Views: 625 - ***Ten Critical Commandments for Entrepreneurial Success - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVCritical knowledge from The 10 Golden Rules for Buying a Business In my blog post of August 30th, I explained why buying a business can be the smartest step you will ever take toward becoming a wealthy and successful entrepreneur. Today, I'd like to take the process one step further by sharing ...
Views: 842 - ***It's Better to Be the Boss - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWith more employees getting shoddy treatment or worse from their employers these days, there is little doubt that it really is better to be the boss today. And for mostof us, the best way to become the boss is to buy a business. Within the last week alone, I have read three disturbing articles ...
Views: 598 - ***Is Buying Your Own Company too Risky? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVMany people believe that buying your own business is too risky. But personally, I think that putting your fate in someone else's hands carries far greater risk. Of course, there are risks in buying a business. But many of them, if not all, can be eliminated by doing your homework beforehand. If ...
Views: 752 - ***Team-Building Secrets for Successful Startups - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWhen people start businesses, they often hire staff when needed, where needed, with no strategic plan in place. Sometimes they are lucky and it works. But more often than not, it wastes money and hobbles the startup, as these typical scenarios show: Ready, aim . . . wait! A software developer ...
Views: 1225(1 vote) - ***The Insider's Way to Predictable Real Estate Profits - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVWhen you ask most people how much they are willing to pay for a property, they usually say something like, Well,the asking price is $275,000 . . . maybe I can bargain that down to $245,000. That's how they decide how much they are willing to pay for a property. And that kind of thinking makes ...
Views: 1465 - ***Success Comes from Making the Numbers Work - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOV"Prices of existing homes fell for the first time in 11 years and the backlog of available homes for sale was at its highest since current measures began, underlining the significant slowdown in the housing market." - "US Housing Slowdown Continues," by Daniel Pimlott and Michael Mackenzie, ...
Views: 545 - ***How to Own a Business and Still Have a Life - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVLife-changing ideas from Trump University's Entrepreneur's Success Code Many entrepreneurs nearly kill themselves running their businesses. They work such long hours that they experience no joy or true abundance in their lives. When they finally get fed up, their solution is often to limit the ...
Views: 798 - ***Build Your Benefit Advantage - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVEven though the term Benefit Advantage may not sound too exciting, it is what you absolutely need to have to beat your competitors in the marketplace. It is the heart of your marketing strategy. Your benefit advantage is . . . The reason your customers should buy from you instead of from your ...
Views: 871(1 vote) - ***Master Your Marketing, Claim Your Success - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVIt takes more than salespeople to assure your long-term success. You have started a new company. Now how are you going to get customers to open their wallets and spend their money on what you have to sell? If your answer to that question was, "I'll hire a sales staff" or, "I'll start ...
Views: 607 - ***The Trump/Kiyosaki Road to Riches - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVAn exclusive look between the covers of our new book, Why We Want You to Be Rich Why We Want You To Be Rich: Two Men, One Message describes a path to wealth that you won't find in other books. We'd like to share some of our unusual advice today on the Trump blog. You Need to Live Well toGet ...
Views: 995 - ***Knowledge Plus Ambition = Success - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from John AOVData from the U. S. Census and other sources tell us that people with college degrees usually earn more money than people who don't have them. But no matter how hard you scour the Internet, you won't find any statistics aboutthe growing number of self-educated entrepreneurs who are joining the ...
Views: 666 - ***Don't Get Burned by Bad Advice - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from John AOVThe world is full of well-intentioned people who are eager to offer you advice about investing in real estate. But do they know what they are talking about? Do they possess the experience, expertise and current information needed to advise you intelligently? If not, their advice can do a lot of ...
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