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responsibility is mine means that I am in control - period.
The Trump Organization is the number-one privately held
company in New York. I'm proud of that and of the work we have
done. Notice I said "we" - because a lot of us work very hard, and
I know that. But I make sure we remain winners by setting the
standard myself.
Life is full of risk. We don't have total control - much as we'd
like to think we do. But we can reduce the risk and increase our
leverage by becoming educated, making moderate choices and
keeping a positive attitude. Alot of people have been great successes
when the supposed "odds" were entirely against them. They won
because they decided to take control of their destiny and refused to
give up.
Oneway to maintain control is to always keep the big picture in
mind. When people talk about the big picture, I am often reminded
of a tapestry. Someone once told me that if you look at the back of
a beautiful and priceless tapestry, all you will seeis a bunch of knots.
Well, sometimes that's all people will see because they haven't seen
the finished design on the other side yet . Destiny sometimes works
that way, sodon't give up control by leaving your own tapestry - the
design of your life - unfinished.
Soon after I heard that analogy, someone said they were "in
knots" about something, and I suddenly just saw that the guy wasn't
Visualizing his tapestry. He was losing sight of the big picture. When
I told him the story, he became Visibly more relaxed. Look at things
from the other side sometimes. It will help you maintain control,
giving you insight into how to deal with problems and people. You
have to be able to control what is ~ . i\
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around you, at least to the extent
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that you aren't left in knots.
Some synonyms for control to uItimate leverage.
think about are command,
- Donald [. Trump
mastery, authority, dominion and

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