Selected Passages
Selected passages
The Trump Organization offered me the job at the end of the summer of 2006, and I didn’t know what the job was. DJT believed there was a talent to be nurtured, but as is the way of things in the company, there wasn’t a ready-made role for me to slot into. If that sounds like a remarkable way to hire people, that’s because it is. Trump never knew when a future opportunity might arise, and he liked to have people he’d trained and trusted ready and waiting. He hates to see talent wasted.
Trump believes people are at their best when they’re in a bit over their heads
When evaluating a person for a role, you don’t need to focus on a specific experience or get a subject specialist, because it’s all about the character and potential. A skill set is transferable, and traits like intelligence, trustworthiness, responsibility, and the ability to get things done are more important than a previous career path.
Most jobs can be learned along the way if the person you have at the helm has the right character, attitude, and intelligence
Experts are great, but the experts aren’t usually the ones who have to live with the outcomes. The golfer plays the course. The soldier fights the war. The taxpayer pays the bills. DJT knows what people want because he asks them
the night after the Aberdeen project was rejected, he said, “Don’t worry, take a breath, and regroup tomorrow.” The next day he called me up, and he had read the word “devastated” in an interview that I’d given. To DJT, that word sounds like the speaker is curled up in a corner somewhere and is finished. He said you should instead always be ready to fight. He had that never-quit philosophy—he would fight to the last breath. Do not quit; if you have a setback, stand up and take another step forward.
In battle, he doesn’t play fair, he plays to win, and he’s honest about that. According to Sarah, there are no hidden agendas with Trump. You will know if you are friend or foe—you always know where you stand.