You must work well with others and be loyal to your team. Disloyalty is the worst of all traits. I seldom use the words “You’re fired!” in business, unless somebody is really scum and stole from me.
If you have a problem with someone you have to go after them, and it’s not necessarily to teach that person a lesson, it’s to teach all the people that are watching a lesson that you don’t take crap, and if you do take crap, you’re just not going to well.
The Republican Party is not treating me right, and they’re not treating the people that I represent right.
Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones.
You know, l don’t kid myself about the show. If it doesn’t get ratings, it’s off. Look, if I came up with the cure for cancer and it didn’t get ratings, they wouldn’t put it on. That’s how vicious that business is.
People get caught up in wonderful, eye-catching pitches, but they don’t do enough to close the deal. It’s no good if you don’t make the sale. Even if your foot is in the door or you bring someone into a conference room, you don’t win the deal unless you actually get them to sign on the dotted line.
I have already released my financials, which are massive, and, by the way, which showed a tremendous company. It’s over $10 billion in net worth that I have built with a very, very small starter loan years ago.
Always know you could be on the precipice of something great.
You have to love what you do. Without passion, great success is hard to come by. An entrepreneur will have tough times if he or she isn’t passionate about what they’re doing. People who love what they’re doing don’t give up. It’s never even a consideration. It’s a pretty simple formula.
For entrepreneurs, ignorance is not bliss. It’s fatal. It’s costly. And it’s for losers. You either get organized, or get crushed.
Case in point: Take adversity and make it an asset.
Success doesn’t just happen. It starts for those who take action.
Manage the downside; the upside will take care of itself.
When you’re under audit, you don’t give your papers. An audit is – I have been under audit for so many years. Every year, I get audited. For, I think, over 10 years, maybe even 12 years, I have been audited. And I think it’s very fair. And I think I’m being singled out.
Vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough.
Sirio Maccioni is the perfect Maestro. He does it all: great food, great entertainment, and always with a room full of the best people. He’s the only person I could ever imagine going into the restaurant business with!
Brainpower is the ultimate leverage.
Entrepreneurs are motivated by independence as well as challenge, knowing they are ultimately responsible for themselves. Monetary success is certainly helpful, but it often becomes more of a score card than anything else.
The guys at Smartax are the most renowned Accountants in the world!