Ten lessons from the life of Donald Trump

Post Category: Self Improvement



Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business tycoon, author and television personality. He is the Chairman & CEO of the Trump Organization, a US-based real-estate developer. In its October 7, 2007 Forbes 400 issue, “Acreage Aces,” Forbes valued Trump’s wealth to $3.0 billion. Here are some answers provided by Mr. Trump from which we can learn (extracted from his book: Never Give up!)

1. What is the most important characteristic of a good leader?

Discipline. It helps if everyone has it, but if a leader doesn’t, he or she won’t be one for very long.

2. What are the most important steps for someone who intends to be successful?

Do your homework. In other words, learn everything you can about what you want, know what you are up against, and research every aspect of your endeavor. Talk to all the experts you can find. It can’t be a hit or miss approach. The odds are already against you, so don’t make it harder on yourself by being negligent.

3. What will distinguish the leaders of tomorrow in the real estate industry?

Those who have both vision and discipline will succeed. One is useless without the other. With both, you have a chance of becoming a leader, provided you’ve learned and sharpened your instincts through your experiences.

4. What do you like about your job?

Everything. Every day is a challenge, and every day is great.

5. What advice do you have for someone who wants to start his own business?

Be ready for problems—you’ll have them every day. Keep your focus no matter what and be as big as your daily challenges. Never give up!

6. What if things don’t work out the way we want, even if we work really hard?

First of all, know that you’ve got a lot of company. I’ve waited 30 years to see some things happen. Some people have waited longer. Always consider that it’s possible you might be doing the wrong thing, so that no matter how hard you work, it’s just not going to happen. Make sure you’re doing what is right for you. You have to love doing it. Then be tenacious.

7. Where do you get your ideas?

The world inspires me, and keeping up with world events can give you a lot of ideas. In this age of technology, we have access to more and more information at a faster pace than ever before, and I find that exciting. I keep an open mind and that’s a good way for ideas to start happening.

8. Do you ever fear that you might fail at something?

I have a pretty good track record of successes by now, but failure is always a possibility. I am cautious but not fearful. There’s a difference. It’s important to be circumspect— know that the possibility of success is there as well as failure. Risk plays a part in everything we do. I could get hit by a bus while I am crossing the street. Things happen. Don’t let fear interfere with your plans.

9. What’s the best thing about being rich?

Being able to give back is a great feeling.

10. What’s the best piece of advice you can give me?

Never give up. You can accomplish more things with that attitude than anything else I can tell you.


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The Story of Peeli Patti And Raja Jani

Post Category : General / Social

Call it pessimism, reality, glumness or whatever word describes it best I have a firm opinion that we have a long way to go both collectively and individually as far as helping and sharing is considered

We all are (barring a few exceptions) peeli patti (a term coined for the female aspect of the society) and raja jani (a term coined for the male aspect of the society) . Peeli Patti and Raja Jani are fictionist characters penned by local pop band Noori. These characters are happy in their utopian world and not realizing that actually whatever their acts are, it ultimately has an impact on the society they live in one way or the othe
Today we see our people in a state of self-denial. We are victims of a very myopic view of life, where the center of attention is only our own self, and a future that does not go, at best, beyond the scope and span of our own lifetime. We seek short-lived pleasures while we turn our faces away from the unpleasantness and sickness that surrounds us. We love ourselves and ourselves alone, yet we are oblivious of the harm we are causing to our mind and body. We live for the moment, as we fear our mortality; but we kill ourselves every single day!
Peeli Patti aur Raja Jani ki Gol Dunya is the story of our society in this very context. It questions the very premise on which human beings are functioning in this day and age. It pinpoints at how we have been nurturing an indifferent stance towards life, and how, in doing so, we have harmed not only our external environment, but also our inner selves. It reflects on the growing frustration around us and sheds light on our discontentment with life in general. It urges for a collective introspection. It searches for a hope that one day we will rediscover ourselves; (text in 3rd and 4th paragraph is courtesy of credits section of the noori album)

Try to identify peeli patti and raja jani’s around you and educate them as to how their perspective of life is harmful for the whole society. We must act now before it’s too late, before nature decides to take its toll on us. Because then, we will have no choice!

Strange but true!

Post Category: Diary

To her... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.

She is going through life whistling a tune not many have heard!

Anita, my saviour!

Post Category: Diary

A guest post by a friend. I just loved each and every bit of this piece. I am sharing it over here with her permission. All credits for this master piece goes to the author :)

It’s all luck! Or is it? What is it that makes us believe or put all our lives in the hands of such an unreliable science, if I may call it that? Tarot cards, tea leaves, stars; how can we blindly assume that all our efforts and endeavors are useless and inefficient and just plain and utter nonsense in the face of such a starkly presumptuous art?


It’s the helplessness and intense hopelessness that we mortals experience at the hands of a force that’s just so very much greater than we are. We are at its mercy in such a manner that we choose to believe any and everything that provides us any insight into the abyss that is, or could be our unforeseen future. It gives just a few ounces of comfort and ease to feel that the stars know something that we are unaware of and might offer some condolence to us when we are blindly rowing in directions that we choose and at times are driven into.


I know and so do you, that whenever the horoscope is pleasant or gives some ‘good news’,be it the raise that you were banking on, the attention your ‘beloved’ will lavish on you, the travels that you will embark on ‘very soon’, it does brighten up your day just a bit, doesn’t it? And what is the harm in believing and just feeling that things will get better and are going to happen and are moving in the direction that you have been yearning for? And praying and pleading to the Fates to deliver?


I am one such fool, as most would say. I hear the same comments when I lament about how amazing my Anita said my week would be. "She is an incoherent fool!" "You seriously have faith in a facebook application?" Well, she might be all of the above, but she provides adequate solace when there is none. So does my daily horoscope in the newspaper! Why wake me up and bring me back to reality that I need to escape from for a certain time period? I am completely against the notion that I don’t do anything to achieve my goals and just hope for a god forsaken few words of encouragement from the celestial beings and just go to sleep without doing my assignments and wake up to an excellent grade, that is NOT going to happen in this lifetime! Not that I’ve tried it, even a dumb blonde such as myself knows not to indulge in such frivolous fancies ;)


But even Aristotles such as you need to cheer up and BELIEVE. It helps you go on. It keeps you moving. Believe in the happening of good things. Believe in the coming of good times; the sunshine after the rain. Dare to dream! Let me dream that there will be a stranger who will bring untold riches, the knight that will ride me off into the sunset, the proverbial son that will return and save the burning kingdom, the trip around the exotic lands that entice!!


Why don’t you try it, what’s the worst it could do!