You have to stay focused. You cannot take your eye of your goal.
I am no stranger to working hard. I have done it all my life. As a result I have become accustomed to expecting success in everything I do. Some people call me lucky, but I know better.
The only category I do badly in is my personality. And that’s OK. Who cares? And you know what? You want to know something? I’m a better person than the people I’m running against. I see it.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.
Watch, listen and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.
If you’re interested in ‘balancing’ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.
When employees and employers, even coworkers, have a commitment to one another, everyone benefits. I have people who have been in business with me for decades. I reward their loyalty to the organization and to me. I know that they’ll always be dedicated to what we’re trying to accomplish.
Everything in life is luck.
It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautiful. It’s artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.
I always say to my people, how come I’m always audited and friends of mine are never audited?
I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Well, real estate is always good, as far as I’m concerned.
It’s always good to be underestimated.
I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it’s time America was run like a business.
A lot of the people that we have made offers to, and where we make offers, when they hear it’s a part-time job, or a it’s four-month or five-month job – and I understand this – they’re not interested. They’re American people. They’re not interested.
I am the least racist person there is.
I assume I can give you a letter from a big law firm saying that we’re under audit.
Life is difficult no matter what, but hard work and perseverance make it a lot easier.