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THINK LIKE A CHAMPION
Upset their status quo! Get out of your own static comfort zone
by moving forward with the momentum and power that positive
thinking and perseverance can give you. This takes energy, but the
result will be stamina—positive stamina, a necessary ingredient
for success.
Sometimes you just have to be tough. I use the example of a
brick wall. Is there a brick wall getting in your way? Fine. That
happens. But you have a choice. You can walk away from the wall.
You can go over the wall.You can go under the wall.You can go
around the wall.You can also obliterate the wall. In other words,
don’t let anything get in your way. Get a balance, and then let the
positive outdistance the negative.
When I was building Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff
Manor, New York, I wanted to build a 110-foot waterfall. It pumps
5,000 gallons of water per minute and cost $7 million to com-
plete. We moved granite and many tons of earth to achieve this
spectacular effect, and if you think this happened easily and
overnight, think again. But I was positive, I was persistent, and I
refused to settle for anything less than what I had envisioned. The
result was worth the effort, and not surprisingly, perseverance won.
Keep that in mind in all your endeavors.

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