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MILLIONAIRE MEETS BILLIONAIRE I 21

The Boardroom

December 12, 2005
I was in New York to record a television program for PBS and to meet
with Yahoo! Finance. Since I was to be in New York anyway,Meredith and
I had agreed to meet to see ifwe could find the perfect book concept. On
December 12th, my wife, Kim, and I took a cab to Donald Trump's office ...
not just his office, his office building.
For those ofyou who have seen TheApprentice, you are probably familiar
with the gilded entrance to Trump Tower on New York City's famous Fifth
Avenue.Standing on the sidewalk like a country bumpkin, I leaned back and
let my gaze climb the heights, story after story until my eyesfinally found the
point where the building and the sky met. Trump Tower is definitely a lot
bigger than any building Kim and I own. Though I had walked by the
building many times, it looked much taller when I knew I was going inside
for a meeting with Donald Trump himself
Being on Fifth Avenue brought back so many memories. I remembered
looking up at buildings like this when I first came to New Yorkto start school
at the Merchant Marine Academy in 1965. I was a poor Hawaiian kid in the
Big City for the first time, and I was definitely not allowed into buildings
likethis one. The movie The Graduate waspopular at the time, and my friends
and I would roam this area hoping to find our own Mrs. Robinson.
And here I was,40 years later, invited by Donald Trump to his office and
his building. At that moment, I had a major reality check.
Most people consider me to be very successful. I have made and lost
millions ofdollars following the principles that I share in the Rich Dad books.
But standing in front ofTrump Tower, I suddenly realized how far I had
come. It was an incredible feeling.
I remembered one of Donald's favorite sayings, "Think big!" Just by
standing in front ofhis building, I realized how much bigger my thinking
was that day than it was when I had first arrived in New York. "Wow!" I said
aloud. Kim just squeezed my hand.
Taking a deep breath, I entered Trump Tower with Kim and proceeded
to the elevators where security guards greeted us. Once cleared, we entered

Me, Two MEN • ONE MESSAG£
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