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Ask Donald Trump Contest Winner #3: Joe Comeau of Port St. Lucie, Florida
With today’s blog post, we showcase a winning question from our recent Ask Donald J. Trump contest
Today we showcase Joe Comeau and his winning question.
About Joe . . .
Joe Comeau lists his previous occupations as “Banker, limo/taxi driver, travel agent, food services worker, construction, retail sales, online sales . . . should I continue?”
Currently, Joe is an international recording artist who has recorded eight studio albums, played on various other recordings and has toured extensively throughout the world. His main genre is Heavy Metal.
“It is in my blood and it fuels that which I do,” Joe says, “always has and always will!”
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Cardinal Virtues: Justice
Recently, I wrote several blogs about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. I took a look at each of them and how they can get you in trouble in the workplace. They’re great transgressions to avoid if you want to succeed professionally.
So now I thought I’d take a closer look at the four Cardinal Virtues: justice, fortitude, prudence and temperance. These are great qualities to have in your personal life and they can carry over to help you thrive in the business world.
Justice is an admirable characteristic. When you take an evenhanded approach to your professional dealings, you act fair and square
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Don't Be Scared on Halloween - Or Any Other Day
When you turn on your TV this week, you're going to find lots of scary movies. When you travel around your neighborhood, you'll find cobwebs, skulls and lots of other decorations designed to give you those fun goosebumps that go with the holiday.
Yes, it's fun to scared on Halloween. But let me ask you a more serious question . . .
Are you scared during the rest of the year too?
When you go to work, are you scared that you might get fired? Are you scared of your boss? Or scared that a crooked colleague of yours is going to steal your ideas? Are you scared that you aren't earning enough to pay your
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Your Silly Business Idea Could Be Worth Millions
Think your business idea is sillier than Silly Putty? These days, I think it’s safe to say David Ogilvy’s contention that “it only takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers” no longer applies. The proof, my friends, is in the seemingly silly ideas that have managed to make these entrepreneurs extremely wealthy.
Christie Rein. In 2004, Christie Rein was over carrying her baby’s diapers around in a freezer bag. So, the 34-year-old mother decided to do something about it. She and her husband designed a custom diaper bag that was big enough to hold a travel pack of wipes
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Young Boss, Older Worker
In today’s multi-generational workplace, it’s not unusual for an older worker to have a younger boss. In order for that relationship to survive, both partners have to capitalize on each other’s experiences and strengths.
According to a study by the staffing company Randstad, one-fifth of employed adults are older than their bosses. And that number keeps increasing as more and more older people stay in the workforce even after they hit retirement age.
Unfortunately, only about half of employees say they relate well to older workers. And more than three-quarters of employees say that younger workers don’t seek advice from their older, more
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Ask Donald J. Trump Contest Winner #2: Rajesh Kumar Shakya
With today’s blog post, we showcase another winning question from our recent Ask Donald J. Trump contest
About Rajesh . . .
A native of Nepal, Rajesh Kumar Shakya is the three-time winner of The Best Entrepreneur in Information Technology Award, one of the prestigious Boss Top 10 Business Excellence Awards in Nepal. Rajesh is an entrepreneur, trainer, motivational speaker and consultant for many businesses, e-governance and IT projects. He holds a masters degree in computer engineering (with honors) and is on the visiting faculties of various universities and colleges including Kathmandu University and Kathmandu College of Management.
As a consultant, Rajesh currently
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Sixteen Things Great Negotiators Never Do
You’ve read articles and books that explain all the things you must do when you're negotiating. But how about the things you should never do?
Here’s my personal list, developed through my many years of selling and buying businesses. You will find these tips to be effective in almost any other kind of negotiation too.
Don't beat an issue to death. If you can't agree, move on and come back to it.
Don't quote facts that you can't back up.
Don't try to be something you are not.
Don't think you have to give in on one point because you won the previous one.
Don't hold a grudge. Once
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Ask Donald Trump Contest Winner #1: Claire Huckfeldt
Claire is a winner in our Ask Donald J. Trump contest!
Today we showcase Claire Huckfeldt of Colorado and her winning question.
About Claire (in her own words) . . .
Claire Huckfeldt enrolled at Trump University in July 2006 because she immediately recognized and wanted to team with the elite mentor for wealth building, entrepreneurship, and real estate investment education - Donald Trump. She was not going to miss the golden opportunities he and his experts offer at Trump U.
Claire also enjoyed a close relationship with an amazingly wonderful parent - she credits and treasures her mother for her successes just as much as Mr. Trump
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Use Donald J. Trump's Proven Strategies to Become Rich
Have you noticed that Trump University Wealth Building 101, our latest book, is making publishing history? It became an instant Amazon.com bestseller only days after it was published, and now it is rocketing to the top of other booksellers’ lists.
But when you stop to think about it, why shouldn’t that happen? When you offer people the opportunity to learn proven strategies for acquiring Trump-level wealth in a book that retails for a little more than $20 - well, they are going take notice and respond.
I hope you sit up and take notice too. But just in case you haven’t, here’s your chance to get
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The Seventh Deadly Workplace Sin: Lust
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Gluttony. Finally, it’s all about Lust.
First of all, it’s not what you’re thinking. Get your mind out of the gutter. When I’m discussing lust in the office, I mean an intense longing for other people’s success or other people’s work instead of your own. (Not an intense longing for the attractive person in the next cubicle.)
Here, they liken the sin of lust in the office to the “grass is always greener” theory. If you are obsessed with what your co-workers
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Congratulations to the Winners of the Ask Donald J. Trump Contest!
Our recent Ask Donald J. Trump Contest invited members of the Trump University community to submit questions to our Chairman, Donald J. Trump.
The response was terrific. In fact, selecting 10 winners from the 564 entries was a real challenge. It was so difficult that our judging committee picked a group of finalists and asked Mr. Trump to select the winners from among them.
He did. His winners have now been chosen and informed of their wins by email. They are . . .
Joe Comeau
Claire Huckfeldt
James Kayui Li
William Neder
Vinay Menon
Alejandro Pantoja
Rajesh Shakya
Mohamed Shedou
Ivo Verhaegh
Jason Wang
You can read both their questions and Mr. Trump’s answers here on the Trump blog during the
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News from the Tower
October promises to be an eventful month here at Trump Tower. On October 16th, Mr. Trump’s new book, Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life will launch nationwide. This book was written with Bill Zanker, the dynamic founder of The Learning Annex, who credits Mr. Trump with showing him how to think big--and the success he has had with The Learning Annex is evidence that it works. Mr. Trump has been a speaker with The Learning Annex for several years and he regularly draws 50,000 people to his wealth expo speeches.
Back in 2004, Mr. Trump and Robert Kiyosaki met
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Trump University Wealth Building 101 Puts the Secrets of the Ultra-Rich in Your Hands
Let me tell you how to add our latest book to your library - and claim $300 worth of powerful wealth-building extras absolutely free
You’ve read articles about the ultra-rich. You’ve seen them profiled on television. You know about the houses they live in and the cars they drive.
But do you know how they achieved their riches? I will share some of their secrets with you now. But then I will do something even better. I will tell you how to start to join their ranks within the next 90 days.
But first, here are the secrets of the ultra-wealthy that I promised you.
The ultra-rich invest aggressively. They employ
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The Sixth Deadly Workplace Sin: Gluttony
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Sloth. Today, it’s all about Gluttony.
When it comes to success, it’s hard not to want it all. And, to be honest, I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing. This, to me, is a lot like greed. If you have high aspirations and yearnings for big things, then you work hard and long and fast to get it.
But the caution here is that if you gorge yourself on just one thing - like someone sitting down at an incredibly prepared
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The Truth about Credit Repair
"Erase bad credit," the credit repair ads say. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says something quite different . . .
"Don't be misled by credit repair ads ... Promises to repair or clean up a bad credit file can almost never be kept."
How do these firms get away with making false promises? They just operate until the government shuts them down; then they open shop again under a new name.
In fact, many of the tactics used by these firms can land their victims in jail. For example, one trick they pull is to get you a new credit file under a different (false) Social
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The Secret and Simple First Rule of Becoming Rich
The first practice of the wealthy is to pay yourself first. This does not mean going to the mall and buying a new shirt or television. That is not paying yourself; that is paying someone else. After all, how much real value do you actually receive from that shirt or television 10 or 20 years from now? Absolutely none!
Paying yourself first means that you invest your money so it grows for you, ideally through an Automatic Investment Plan (AIP). An AIP is any program where money is withdrawn, automatically and regularly, from your paycheck or your checking or savings account and
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The Fifth Deadly Workplace Sin: Sloth
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Greed. This morning, it’s all about Sloth.
There are few things I hate more than laziness. I work very, very hard and I expect the people who work for me to do the same. So if you’re lazy at work, you will get absolutely nowhere. While you’re sitting back twiddling your thumbs, you will watch everyone else whiz right by you on the fast tracks of their careers.
If you want to succeed, you cannot relax. You can’t do just the minimum,
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How to Educate Your Children without Breaking the Bank
As President of Trump University, I have the opportunity to work with some truly brilliant people. That was the case recently, when some of the smartest people I know came together to cooperate on our newest book, Trump University Wealth Building 101. I was in meetings with Gary Eldred (one of the most formidable real estate experts in the world), Philip A. Springer (the authority on retirement wealth) and Richard Parker (a man whose entrepreneurial wisdom is extraordinary).
During one work break, we started to talk about reducing the costs of a college education. Some great ideas started to fly all around, and I
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The Fourth Deadly Workplace Sin: Greed
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Anger. Today, it’s all about Greed.
One of my often-quoted sayings is “Greed is good,” so I have mixed feelings about greed being a workplace sin. I believe that you have to be motivated by some sort of insatiability for success. I guess that’s greed in a way. If you’re not driven, you won’t succeed.
Where greed can hurt you is if you want too much too soon and you only consider the short term, forgetting that some time you have to
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Buying a Business? Don't Buy Garbage
A business is a living, breathing entity, and it is subject to certain life cycles, which I describe as “Three G’s to the Top of the Hill.” The bottom of the hill is Garbage, the middle of the hill is Good and the top of the hill is Great.
For the purposes of this explanation, I want you to think of Garbage in two ways. First, every new business starts out as Garbage. Second, it’s where every business will wind up if it falls backwards.
You may be saying that if a business is Garbage, it represents opportunity because there’s only one way
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Trump University Takes It Live!
An Interview with Dee Colwell, the power behind Trump University’s new Live Events
Trump University has already gained recognition as the world’s fastest growing institution of electronic and interactive learning. So why is Trump University introducing an equally fast-growing series of live seminars and workshops? Barry Lenson, our Executive Editor, talked with Dee Colwell, Trump University’s Director of Operations, to learn more.
Barry: Why is Trump University, a center of online and interactive learning, moving into live events?
Dee: There’s no doubt that interactive learning is powerful and flexible. But to take advantage of certain areas of hot opportunity like foreclosures, people need knowledge
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The Ask Donald J Trump Contest: Winners to Be Named Soon!
Thanks to all of yuo who entered our recent "Ask Donald J. Trump" contest.
Because there were so many of you (564 entries, in fact), it has taken our selection committee longer than we expected to judge them.
There were so many great questions that instead of picking the 10 winners ourselves, we selected a small group of finalists' questions and sent them to Donald J. Trump himself to select the winners. He is reviewing them now.
Please watch this blog for the results!
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The Third Deadly Workplace Sin: Anger
Recently, I read an article from Careerbuilder.com about the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins. Last time, I gave you my take on Envy. Today, it’s all about Anger.
This is a tough one. In general, I’d have to agree that anger doesn’t belong in the workplace. It can create a hostile environment and people who are prone to angry outbursts are often seen as unprofessional by their employers.
However, I think that leaders occasionally may have to use their anger in the workplace. I don’t mean that they should run around yelling at their employees, slamming doors and punching walls. But often people who are
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