Page 17 - The Way to the Top

Introduction

DONALD J. TRUMP

You can’t know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how
comprehensive your education, no matter how wide-ranging your

experience, there’s simply no way to acquire all the wisdom you need to
make your business thrive.

So I asked the brightest, most successful businessmen and women I
know—and some I don’t know—what was the best business advice they

have ever received. I decided to pose the question to people who run both
large and small companies. After all, it’s definitely not the big guys who
have cornered the market in business smarts. Indeed, to run a small
company in America takes as much—perhaps more—work, intelligence,
and perseverance than it takes to be a Fortune 500 CEO with more

resources at his or her disposal.

I was both pleased and humbled by the depth and thoughtfulness of the
responses I received. Barbara Berger, President of her family-run business
Food City Markets, gave a seemingly dark warning as the best business

advice she ever received: The sun doesn’t shine forever. Anyone who’s