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Blog ImageIf a baseball player hits .333 he’s had a great season--but it also means he failed to get a hit close to 70% of the time. I played baseball in college and I learned a lot about the game and about the importance of team work. I also learned that patience and timing are crucial.

That translated into business skills later on. I’m a firm believer that every experience has value if we choose to notice and take the lesson away with us. Not everything we do will be a hit, a home run or a grand slam. It just doesn’t work that way, in games or in life.

Sometimes we have to ask ourselves “what’s the play?” in order to get ahead of ourselves in our thinking. That indicates strategy. There has to be a game plan. To me it’s the responsible, competent approach. If any of you have played sports, recall what you’ve learned and apply it to your school and business life.

I play golf now and I consider it to be a brain game. It requires concentration and assessment as well as skill and technique. It also requires patience and diligence to achieve excellence. It’s a great training ground for success.

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[-] Posted by member11020218 on 10/05/2009 6:10 PM
dear sir,
its fact that patients and diligence with persistence bring forth fruit in coming events its all depends on continue struggle keep going on do the jogs then rest on god.
[-] Posted by member11023445 on 10/05/2009 9:57 PM
I have always wanted to have the opportunity to be an apprentice under you. I would be greatly honoured sir. I agree with every word you said above. I have always said failures dont really exist, but opportunities to become stronger and wiser.

I have just made enquiries to joining the Golf club here in my country, now I am even more resolved to do so, even though I have just been told the high cost of becoming a member.

Will keep you posted. Hope to meet you as I just became a member of the Trump University.
[-] Posted by Alexander Mudrow on 10/06/2009 3:14 AM
Dear Mr. Trump,

I'm writing from Germany, Europe, and I like your thoughts about accepting faults. As the owner of a record label and coaching agency I sometimes have to make a decision with a more or less big risk. But with accepting faults and a good plan for your business you cannot fail - you always win.

Greetings
Alexander Mudrow
(Dream it, feel it, do it! | www.dreamfeeldo.com | www.e-motion.cd)
[-] Posted by Rachael Sutton #1253595 on 10/06/2009 4:13 AM
When you are born with a good brain, it is easy to take it for granted without realizing how many different things actually require a great deal of thought - even the most "menial" jobs like stacking wood. The Chinese used Tangrams to help teach generals strategy. I think every University or college should include mandatory classes on ethics and in-depth strategic planning, but right now, that feels a bit overwhelming - but that golf game sounds pretty inviting. Has Trump University ever considered golf mentoring?
[-] Posted by Mary Rose on 10/06/2009 5:54 AM
Great piece of advice. I was just looking at how far I was from all my goals- and it looked like a hard journey ahead- one step ahead and two steps back. In baseball, that would be pretty good. The goal is to just keep on- one of my strongest traits! The trick is not to keep on enduring- but to keep on achieving!
[-] Posted by member1815053 on 10/06/2009 2:43 PM
I must say at first that what a fine picture! A golfgreen, a suit and a golfclub; there is something special in that picture. A golfgreen is as your life or your business, a suit means that you must respect, be responsible, to honor what you are doing and a golfclub proudly overhead ready to "strike" when the time is right. The right timing is very important.
[-] Posted by Brendan Ryan on 10/06/2009 5:56 PM
I couldn't agree more with you, sports and business/life, go hand in hand, and it is important to remember and observe this with every season that comes and goes. You are so smart for posting something about the importance of sports, and the roles they can play in our business and personal lives. Sports tend to mold us, and keep us at our best, as well as implementing a drive for success, and providing a competitive edge that will lead most of us to our greatest successes and accomplishments/achievements. If you work hard at sports, you will do great in other aspects of your life, I think that that is a proven fact, that we all should adhere to. Thanks for posting this blog, and it is no wonder you are such a succesful business person, you have built some of the best golf courses in the world! Congratulations, you've hit a home run with your current blog. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Brendan Ryan
[-] Posted by Alf J. Lundgren on 10/07/2009 3:13 PM
It's much about basic underlying principles. A battle of warfare that results in a "victory" can be led with the same principles of success as a great deal.

Essencially these principles of success can be applied everywhere, just on different levels.

Such principles as determination, hard work, balance and belief. Always and everywhere.
[-] Posted by member11024107 on 10/07/2009 4:02 PM
Iam a teenager in South Africa and like you Mr.Trump I would like preverse my family's name and live a legacy,how do I start and go about using my name as an asset?
[-] Posted by Cheryle on 10/08/2009 10:41 AM
I consider golf to be an "action game." All games require a brain. Coordination, focus, strength, and a good sense of humor when your ball strikes a tree or ends up in a pond all help to make you a more accomplished player. I especially like the stories that other golfers tell me. I have never played a game of golf where I didn't laugh. For me, enjoying the great outdoors with pleasant company is more important than being the best golfer at the country club. Professional golfers often look very serious when they hit the ball. This probably is due to their level of concentration. How they respond to their victories and losses tells me something about their character, values and ethics. Throwing your golf club onto the fairway doesn't look very professional, yet I saw some players do it. Of course, I laughed.
Golfing is an exercise in restraint, sometimes less is better. Wacking the ball from the tee like it is your worst enemy's face often lifts the grass and creates a mark that needs to be fixed. I think this is funny too, especially when I am playing golf with my younger brother.
There are so many lessons in life to learn. I appreciate the time I spend golfing just to relax and enjoy the moment. Most of us will never be good enough at scoring to quit our day jobs and only play golf.
Even when people retire and can afford to spend more time golfing they don't have what it takes to beat Tiger Woods on a bad day.
So I just enjoy the game and save the lessons for life in areas where they can make a difference.
[-] Posted by user28112 on 10/08/2009 1:57 PM
To you Trump and your wonderful family. Continue to be swell and well.

I totally agree with. I too am a firm believer that "every experience has value if we choose to notice and take the lesson away with us." We may not know it at the time, but in that experience is great strength, when the time comes, whether the experience is good or bad. Trump, what I find is that some people refuse to take responsibility for an experience if it is bad and they give their power away with an excuse for the experience, like I was drunk, or high, or so-and-so made me do it. Therefore they do not learn from the experience, the bad experience continues to repeat itself, and they continue to remain powerless. There is nothing so bad as a good excuse.

True Trump, it is always good to sit back and consider situations, and have a game plan for the next time it comes around, because good and bad history has a habit of repeating itself. A game plan will make the good history way outnumber the bad history in repetitions. And by all means be a team player, but do not put your light under a bushel. Find a team that can light your fire.

Golf is a great training ground for success. Plus successful people do it, hence it is a great networking game also. And another plus is that it is always positive for the brain to be around beautiful scenic nature areas such as golf courses, especially your golf courses Trump.

Sincerely, your friend and "Revolutionary Entrepreneur"
Nimrod

Dr. Nimrod Erech M. Christ Nimrod, Ph.D.
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