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1 posted on 08/07/2016 3:10:12 AM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie

What’s Next

Fortunately, I don’t know the answer, because if I did, that would take half the fun out of it.

This much I do know: it won’t be the same.

I’ve spent the first twenty years of my working life building, accumulating, and accomplishing things that many said could not be done. The biggest challenge I see over the next twenty years is to figure out some creative ways to give back some of what I’ve gotten.

I don’t just mean money, although that’s part of it. It’s easy to be generous when you’ve got a lot, and anyone who does, should be. But what I admire most are people who put themselves directly on the line. I’ve never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it’s almost never pure altruism. To me, what matters is the doing, and giving time is far more valuable than just giving money.

In my life, there are two things I’ve found I’m very good at: overcoming obstacles and motivating good people to do their best work. One of the challenges ahead is how to use those skills as successfully in the service of others as I’ve done, up to now, on my own behalf.

Don’t get me wrong. I also plan to keep making deals, big deals, and right around the clock.

Trump, Donald J.; Schwartz, Tony (2009-12-18). Trump: The Art of the Deal (Kindle Locations 4242-4252). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.


2 posted on 08/07/2016 3:26:39 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!e)
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To: Jacquerie

If he makes America great again he will also have given the Presidency a better name.


3 posted on 08/07/2016 3:51:54 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Jacquerie

I reject his opening premise. It smacks of ‘elite intellectual’ bias.


4 posted on 08/07/2016 3:59:19 AM PDT by Fhios (Progressives just don't know when to stop digging.)
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To: Jacquerie; SubMareener

OUTSTANDING analysis; post. Thanks.

Creator beats Exaggerator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCCpwsJb7I


5 posted on 08/07/2016 4:06:58 AM PDT by PGalt
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