The Art Of The Comeback

Well a lot of talk has been going on about books on the blog world lately (esp the MBA faternity), so I decided to write a lil about a book I recently read. It is about the story and life of Donald Trump during the recession of early 90's and its is rightly called "The Art Of The Comeback".

I have long been a fan of Donald Trump. I have read most of his books, this one gives a little insight to his inner workings, and some of his deals. I love the guy, once again, you must give it up for trump, the man knows what he is doing. He, in this book, has managed to highlight his victories ....How he came back to financial prosperity. But wait,how did he go down in the first place. He purposely mangages to ignore the finer points (the negatives)...and again, makes himself to be nothing less of a godly figure. Sure probably 50 percent of the book is fabricated. But its fun reading no doubt. You have too respect a guy who doesn't give up and knows what it takes to reach the top.....

The biggest disappointment for is that Donald will not share any of his vast financial acumen with us. He is very gifted in the arena of finance, and I wish that he would impart some of that knowledge on us. Perhaps he feels like this would give away some of his business advantage, or maybe he just likes chest pounding better that education.

In contrast, Warren Buffet spends lots of time telling us the exact formulas and philosophies that he has used to become a billionaire from the stock market. Donald Trump has a great gift, and I wish he would write one more book to share even a portion of that with us.

In this book he mentions about the 10 things that helped him stage a comeback after being almost a billion dollars in the red, or if some of them didn't he would like to follow them now;

TRUMP'S TOP TEN COMEBACK TIPS
1. PLAY GOLF
2. STAY FOCUSED
3. BE PARANOID
4. BE PASSIONATE
5. GO AGAINST THE TIDE
6. GO WITH YOUR GUT
7. WORK WITH PEOPLE YOU LIKE
8. BE LUCKY
9. GET EVEN
10. ALWAYS HAVE A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT

Whether people love him or hate him, one thing is certain about Donald Trump: he has great instincts and billion-dollar dreams .

Happy Dreaming
Paa"ji"