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How To Get Rich

My publisher sent me an inspiring book by Bill Shore calledThe

Cathedral Within, which celebrates the commitment and hope necessary to
build something that endures. It might be a cathedral like the one in Milan,
which took five hundred years to build, or it might be a community
organization or a business.
Paul Davis, the man developing Trump Place for me and my partners,
is a true cathedral builder. I have rarely seen anyone work so hard or so

diligently—Saturdays, Sundays—he’s there at all hours, paying close
attention to every impeccable detail of the layouts, room sizes, and the
quality of the fixtures. He’s one of the big reasons for our success.
Some things are worth waiting for. For me, Trump Place is one of
those things: Sixteen beautifully designed buildings on the Hudson River.
A twenty-five-acre park. The Upper West Side as a backyard. This could
prove to be my finest contribution to the city of New York. Time will tell,

but I’m in no rush, and I won’t stop until I’m done.
Golf is a brain game, and practice makes perfect.

Play Golf
I made a lot of money on the golf course before I ever went into golf as

a business. I found solutions to problems, new ideas for ventures, and even
a new career. Golf has a way of giving you an equilibrium that you can’t
always find in the office.
Doing what you love will always make you a winner, and after
spending many happy hours on golf courses, I decided to build some of my
own. I am now one of the busiest golf course developers in the United
States, with two award-winning, internationally acclaimed courses fully
operational and two more in the works.

My first course, the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach,
Florida, has been home to the ADP LPGA championships for three years.
When I first decided to develop the most beautiful golf courses possible, I
did some research and got in touch with the most respected designers in
the business—the Fazio family. Just as Michelangelo had an affinity for

sculpting marble, some people have an affinity for sculpting land. In this