Conventional
wisdom among the punditry had it that men in their seventies don’t
change, so President Trump’s speechifying would never grow more
sophisticated than the rabble rousing populist they saw on the campaign
trail. As usual, political writers that do not understand what
entrepreneurs do, have underestimated Donald Trump. His triumph last
night in his first speech to a joint session of Congress has them cornered.
People who build large and successful business and keep them growing are lifelong learners. Unexpected challenges require quick learning and assessment in order to formulate plans and supervise their execution. Donald Trump clearly learns as he goes. Any fair-minded look at his career reveals that he has mastered many complexities in building an evolving constellation of companies. He has done business in many countries, sells many different kinds of products, and is successful in multiple industries: real state, television, branding, golf, and on and on.
As a professor at Harvard Business School and then as a management consultant, I had the opportunity to work with a lot of CEOs, including many entrepreneurs. Nearly all were incredibly smart, picking up information and understanding its implications. They hired me or talked to me because they wanted to learn from my expertise. They were nearly all excellent at concentrated, focused learning.
Maybe sooner or later, the Democrats and their media coterie will realize that President Trump figures out what he needs to accomplish and behaves in ways that he thinks will work.
He is a strategic guy, which means he is thinking ahead.
People who build large and successful business and keep them growing are lifelong learners. Unexpected challenges require quick learning and assessment in order to formulate plans and supervise their execution. Donald Trump clearly learns as he goes. Any fair-minded look at his career reveals that he has mastered many complexities in building an evolving constellation of companies. He has done business in many countries, sells many different kinds of products, and is successful in multiple industries: real state, television, branding, golf, and on and on.
As a professor at Harvard Business School and then as a management consultant, I had the opportunity to work with a lot of CEOs, including many entrepreneurs. Nearly all were incredibly smart, picking up information and understanding its implications. They hired me or talked to me because they wanted to learn from my expertise. They were nearly all excellent at concentrated, focused learning.
Maybe sooner or later, the Democrats and their media coterie will realize that President Trump figures out what he needs to accomplish and behaves in ways that he thinks will work.
He is a strategic guy, which means he is thinking ahead.
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