Donald Trump climbed to the top of the real estate world in the most ruthless, cut-throat, predatory and brutally competitive venues in the world, New York City. Trump did not become the multi-billion-dollar successful deal-maker through naive decisions or suffering with fools – that’s not how success in that business venue works.
Eat, or be eaten.
Destroy, or be destroyed.
Outwit, or be outwitted. These are the rules within an environment that makes chum out of lesser capable business interests.
Every entity, known and unknown, is a risk. Every association, known and unknown, is viewed as an gnat or an adversary depending on the time of day.
Every single engagement is viewed through the prism of undetermined interest. Ordinary type cynics do not survive; insider information is the traded commodity worth more than the deal itself.
Every relationship is based on leverage. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is ever taken for granted. The threat matrix is omnidirectional and seriously overwhelming to all but those who have been taught to thrive amid the frenzy. It is exhausting…
Need a hug, call your mother.
Need a friend, buy a dog.
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