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Today, many colleges and universities have entrepreneurship programs.
Very few people leave business school and become entrepreneurs like
Donald Trump. This is because most instructors in colleges and
universities are like my instructors at Pensacola, training future airline
pilots to fly for big corporations, such as United Airlines or British

Airways.

Camp Pendleton instructors took us green pilots beyond flying. They took
us into battle and prepared us for the most hostile environment in the
world. In my opinion, many entrepreneur programs in colleges and
universities are lacking because the schools have hired “bus drivers” who
are attempting to teach students to become “combat pilots”. Both know
how to “fly”. The trouble is that only one of them has the kind of focus it

takes to train entrepreneurs who can achieve the Midas Touch.

The Power of Focus
Donald Trump

Robert makes references to combat and military training. I attended
military school and have some insight into what would be required to be a

Marine Corps aviator. But his points are on target, whether you’ve served
military time or not. Focus is of prime importance for both survival and
success.

I remember a reporter who visited my offices at The Trump Organization,
referring to it as “a day in the trenches with Donald Trump” because we
worked so hard and so fast. I’ve sometimes likened business to being in a
combat zone, because it can be. That means all your senses had better be

on the alert, and your focus had better be one hundred percent.

I already mentioned that the reason I ran into huge financial problems in
the early 1990s was because I’d lost my focus. Don’t learn the hard way—
like I did—how important focus is to your success. And there’s a paradox
involved in having focus. To be successful, your focus has to be broad
enough to think big at the same time. You’ll see how that works in this
chapter.

Most people have heard of Trump Tower by now. It’s one of the top tourist
sites in New York City, and it’s a great example of the power of focus. We