Never Take Your Eyes off the Ball

“I had believed what Business week wrote about me, ‘everything he touches turns into gold.” I said, “They are right. I’m the greatest. I’m the greatest.’ ” (Pg.227)

In this chapter Donald Trump goes back into the 1990s where he had faced difficulties in life and in business due to the recession that had struck the economy hard. In the quote above we see that Donald admits that he had believed what others had said and wrote about him either news articles or business magazines, because at this point Donald Trump was one of the richest men in New York City. At this point in his life he had expanded the business that he and his father had started from nothing to being worth billions of dollars. People all over the world were asking Donald Trump to come in and give advice to audiences of over 20,000, and from this he generated millions of dollars which he called easy money. Donald had so much media attention that he decided to get less involved in his work and more involved in the media industry. Donald was making appearances on TV reality shows and on anything that included money, TV, and popularity. But then came the recession which not only affected his TV career but also his real-estate business. Donald Trump came from being the golden man to almost becoming bankrupt and living on the streets. This chapter in the book “Think Big and Kick Ass” written by Donald Trump was called Never Take Your Eyes off The Ball. In this chapter Donald Trump explains how he had made it so big by hard work and dedication, but all fell apart when he got too caught up in the success that he was having that he let it get to his head. I believe the important lesson in this chapter is that never get caught up in the success that has come to you, but focus on the success that still to come.