Monday at Trump Tower (1987)

lessons learned:

- @realDonaldTrump was respected by top Wall Street CEOs already in the 1980s

- be a good judge of character & potential; bet on winners and good people

- be generous with your gifts; skillset, network

- be tough when necessary: "the fact is that if you’re right, you’ve got to take a stand, or people will walk all over you."

- "I don’t hold it against people that they have opposed me. I’m just looking to hire the best talent, wherever I can find it."

- going out for lunch is "mostly" a waste of time

- Trump was already very acquainted with the law system already, with his late sister Maryanne Trump Barry, being a federal court judge in New Jersey

- Trump was already exposed to high stakes interactions with foreign governments and getting things done internationally

- Trump ...