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6:00P.M. I decide to return to my apartment upstairs, where I make
more calls, until 7:30 or so. At 8:00P.M ., Melania and I meet Joy and
Regis at Jean-Georges Restaurant for a perfect meal.
At the Mar-a-Lago Club with Joy and Regis Philbin.

TUESDAY
8:30A.M. I arrive at the office. I read between five and seven
newspapers every morning before I get into the office. One thing I enjoy
doing is clipping articles of interest, whether they’re about me or not; then
I either save or distribute them. I also receive between ten and twelve
magazines a day, which I review in my apartment at the end of the day.
Keeping up on things worldwide is of great importance if one is to keep

the big picture in mind. Yes, I’m a New Yorker, but there’s a big world out
there and I try to stay informed about it. If you see the entire planet as an
emerging market—which it is—you’ll discover that you’ve got a lot of
homework to do every day. It’s not an indulgence, but an absolute
necessity. So I spend the next fifteen minutes of relative quiet assessing
world developments. Call it multitasking, call it whatever you will, it

works and it focuses me for the day ahead.
8:45A.M. I take a call from the guy trying to jack up the prices on the
fixtures for a new building. Doesn’t he know Iknow the market prices for
everything I’m doing? These jerks think I don’t do my homework—that’s
what it boils down to. Which means they’re all in for a big surprise, and if
I have to yell to get my point across, that’s what I do.
9:00A.M. I ask Rhona to call Bob Wright, the chairman and CEO of

NBC. In addition to being a great admirer of his business acumen, I am
friends with Bob and his wonderful wife, Suzanne. We’ve done some deals
together, and in the seventeen years since he went from General Electric to
NBC, the network has seen enormous improvements in quality control as
well as growth in the right directions. Bob takes my call and we chat about

a lot of things. Have you ever noticed that some people have a knack for
enlightened conversation? Bob is one of those people. He’s never been
boring for one second of his life. I’m glad he takes the time to talk to me,
and, considering his schedule, it’s a good sign that maybe I don’t bore him
either.
Norma comes in to remind me that I have a Police Athletic League
Board of Directors meeting next week. I am active with the Police Athletic