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. ., factor had been lowered. It became more predictable, but I will
admit that I was surprised how successful the idea became.
My father always emphasized that certain things are predictable,
namely that intelligent work will result in intelligent results. He was
! a hard worker and he always said it saved time to work intelligently

from the beginning. I began, at an early age, to learn to assess things
in my mind first, before going off to see if they might work. That
took a lot of the guesswork out of the process, and therefore a lot

of the risk. It also saved me a lot of time and money.
The leverage I had was a knowledge of construction and the good

fortune of good instincts. I'd also studied real estate for many years.
Years ago, when I decided I was fed up with New York City wasting
years and many millions of dollars trying to rebuild Wollman Rink in
Central Park, I predicted how long it would take me to do it and how

much it would cost. I turned out to be right: I had it done in a few
months and at $750,000 under budget. To me, that was predictable,
and doing it was not a risk. It was watching it never getting done

that was a risk to my health.
Becoming very successful can also be predictable - especially if
one will take the occasional risk. I had to be convinced to do The

Apprentice by Mark Burnett. Having my own reality show was new
territory for me, and the odds for new shows are not the kind I
normally like too much: 95 percent of all new television shows fail.

I was already successful, but after The Apprentice became a hit, I
was even more successful. The goods were there, which stood in my
favor. The same thing applies to money.
It's true what Robert says about leverage, control, creativity,
expansion and prediction. Being multidimensional and alert on all
those levels can be exciting and will produce results. If people think
that's risky, so be it. To me, it's a great and exciting challenge. You
can change your world if you want to, and by doing so, you might be
making a great contribution to the world at large. That's worth
thinking about.

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