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trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page iii TRUMP NEVER GIVE UP How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success DONALD J. TRUMP with Meredith McIver John Wiley & Sons, Inc trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page ii trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page i TRUMP NEVER GIVE UP trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page ii trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page iii TRUMP NEVER GIVE UP How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success DONALD J. TRUMP with Meredith McIver John Wiley & Sons, Inc trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page iv Copyright © 2008 by Trump University. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. 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HF5386.T81484 2008 658.4′092—dc22 2007033359 Printed in the United States of America. 10987654321 trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page v To my parents, Mary and Fred Trump trum_a01ffirs.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page vi trum_a02ftoc.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page vii C ONTENTS A CKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii I NTRODUCTION xv CHAPTER 1 T HE L OWEST M OMENT IN M Y L IFE AND H OW I FOUGHT B ACK: A BILLION D OLLARS IN THE H OLE 1 CHAPTER 2 FAILURE I S N OT P ERMANENT: W HOLENESS AND THE A RT OF THE C OMEBACK 5 vii trum_a02ftoc.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page viii CONTENTS CHAPTER 3 T HE A PPRENTICE WAS S UPPOSED TO B EAB IG M ISTAKE: GET THE B EST A DVICE Y OU C AN, THEN T RUST Y OUR G UT 8 CHAPTER 4 I S T HIS A B LIP OR A C ATASTROPHE? BE P REPARED FOR T HINGS T HAT H APPEN O UTSIDE Y OUR G AME P LAN 12 CHAPTER 5 I LOVE A G OOD F IGHT: T HE T RUMP S O H O H OTEL C ONDOMINIUM 18 CHAPTER 6 R EMEMBERING S EPTEMBER 11, 2001: IF Y OU N EVER G IVE U P, YOU’ LL B E A BLE TO G IVE B ACK 24 CHAPTER 7 E XPECT P ROBLEMS AND Y OU’ LL B E R EADY W HEN T HEY C OME: G ETTING T RUMP T OWER O FF THE G ROUND 28 CHAPTER 8 F REQUENTLY A SKED Q UESTIONS 34 CHAPTER 9 W HEN THE O THER S IDE E XPECTS A D UEL, OFFER A PARTNERSHIP: T RUMP I NTERNATIONAL G OLF L INKS, SCOTLAND 39 CHAPTER 10 S EPARATE Y OURSELF FROM THE C OMPLAINING C ROWD: YOU C AN C REATE Y OUR O WN L UCK 45 viii trum_a02ftoc.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page ix C ONTENTS CHAPTER 11 S OMETIMES Y OU H AVE TO S WALLOW Y OUR P RIDE: TRUMP I NTERNATIONAL H OTEL & T OWER, NEW Y ORK 48 CHAPTER 12 C OURAGE I SN’ T THE A BSENCE OF F EAR, IT ’ S THE C ONQUERING OF F EAR 54 CHAPTER 13 B E PASSIONATE—IT ’ S THE O NLY WAY TO M OVE M OUNTAINS: B UILDING T RUMP I NTERNATONAL G OLF C LUB 57 CHAPTER 14 I F Y OU S EE B IG P ROBLEMS, L OOK FOR B IG O PPORTUNITIES: T RANSFORMING A D ILAPIDATED N EIGHBORHOOD INTO A W ORLD-CLASS H OT S POT 62 CHAPTER 15 C ULTIVATE A S ENSE OF D ISCOVERY: A LETTER FROM M Y K INDERGARTEN T EACHER 69 CHAPTER 16 K NOW W HEN TO C UT Y OUR L OSSES 71 CHAPTER 17 B USINESS I S ABOUT K NOWING THE W ORLD 75 CHAPTER 18 I F Y OU T HINK Y OU C AN C OMPLETE A S IX-YEAR P ROJECT IN S IX M ONTHS, YOU P ROBABLY C AN: WOLLMAN R INK, CENTRAL PARK, NEW Y ORK C ITY 78 ix trum_a02ftoc.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page x CONTENTS CHAPTER 19 D ON’ T L ET F EAR S TOP Y OU— E VEN IN F RONT OF M ILLIONS OF P EOPLE: DOUBTS W ILL C ONTINUE TO S URFACE, EVEN AFTER Y OU’ VE M ADE U P Y OUR M IND TO G O F ORWARD 83 CHAPTER 20 D ON’ T TAKE Y OURSELF T OO S ERIOUSLY 89 CHAPTER 21 S OMETIMES Y OU H AVE TO S TART O VER: DUBAI 91 CHAPTER 22 I TOLD M Y F RIEND H E WAS A B IG T IME L OSER: THE P OWER OF F OCUS 95 CHAPTER 23 D O S OMETHING FOR Y OUR C OMMUNITY: TRUMP ON THE O CEAN 97 CHAPTER 24 D EFENDING THE F LAG 100 CHAPTER 25 W HEN Y OUR WARDROBE M ALFUNCTIONS IN F RONT OF 10,000 PEOPLE, MAKE I T PART OF Y OUR A CT: TWO P UBLIC S PEAKING S CREWUPS 102 CHAPTER 26 D ON’ T G ET C OMPLACENT— T HINKING Y OU’ RE F OOLPROOF I SAG OOD WAY TO S ET Y OURSELF U P FOR A B IG M ISTAKE: HOW N EW T RUMP P ROJECTS H APPEN 106 x trum_a02ftoc.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page xi C ONTENTS CHAPTER 27 O NLY IN N EW Y ORK! THIS C ITY W ILL S ERVE U P P ROBLEMS AND S OLUTIONS Y OU W ON’ T F IND A NYWHERE E LSE 112 CHAPTER 28 H OW TO D E -STRESS 115 CHAPTER 29 Y OU W ILL B E ATTACKED FOR T RYING TO C HANGE A NYTHING: M AR- A -LAGO 117 CHAPTER 30 S ET THE R ECORD S TRAIGHT 125 CHAPTER 31 D O G IVE U P —ON C OMPLAINERS 128 CHAPTER 32 BE PATIENT—YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT 20 YEARS FOR A DEAL TO PAY OFF: A WEST SIDE STORY 130 CHAPTER 33 F RED T RUMP’ S F OUR-STEP F ORMULA FOR G ETTING T HINGS D ONE 135 CHAPTER 34 T HE T URNAROUND A LWAYS S TARTS WITH C REATIVE, P OSITIVE T HINKING: 1200 F ORECLOSED A PARTMENTS IN C INCINNATI 138 CHAPTER 35 G ET THE M OST FROM E VERY D AY 142 xi trum_a02ftoc.qxd 11/30/07 3:29 PM Page xii CONTENTS CHAPTER 36 TAKE A L ESSON FROM M UHAMMAD A LI AND M E — K NOW W HEN TO B RAG: N OISE VERSUS S UBSTANCE VERSUS C HEMISTRY 144 CHAPTER 37 H OW W OULD I LOOK WITH A S HAVED H EAD? WRESTLEMANIA 147 CHAPTER 38 W HEN Y OU’ RE ATTACKED, B ITE B ACK: A BOOK AND A L AWSUIT 150 CHAPTER 39 P RIME R EAL E STATE FALLS INTO THE PACIFIC—NOW W HAT? T RUMP N ATIONAL G OLF C OURSE IN PALOS V ERDES, CALFORNIA 153 CHAPTER 40 T HINK I NTERNATIONALLY 157 CHAPTER 41 W HERE O THERS FAIL—THERE’ S Y OUR O PPORTUNITY: A WALL S TREET S TORY 159 APPENDIX A T RUMP’ S T OP 10 LIST FOR S UCCESS 165 APPENDIX B T RUMP’ S R ULES FOR N EGOTIATING 167 I NDEX 169 xii trum_a03flast.qxd 11/30/07 3:30 PM Page xiii A CKNOWLEDGMENTS t is a pleasure to work with my team at the Trump Organiza- Ition, which includes my chief assistant, Rhona Graff, my co-author Meredith McIver, and our photo coordinator, Kacey Kennedy.