People have been comparing me to President Trump since he ran for office in 2016. There are probably a few reasons for this:
We are both New Yorkers
We are both self made
We both overcame bankruptcy
We both never took on investors and fully own our companies
We both value great writing skills
We both have international businesses
We are both well traveled and understand the world
We both maintain multicultural friendships
We both owe no one anything
We are both Republicans
Many won’t understand but the one thing that makes us most similar is we both fully own our companies.
This is very rare.
Because we both fully own our companies we are use to doing whatever we want, without answering to anyone, while still succeeding.
No one could ever tell either of us how to think, act, or talk. The only thing we both care about is success.
Despite all we have in common, we are also different.
President Trump is taller than me and plays golf while I box.
President Trump freestyles his speeches while I usually write mine.
President Trump is a great builder while I am a technologist.
President Trump is also far more experienced than me and does many things better than me.
I am very good at picking good role models to learn from and President Trump is one of the best.
He is a great writer, public speaker, and decision maker.
So, while I naturally tend to think and behave similar to the President I am also wired to learn from him and borrow his techniques.
This is what smart people do.
We learn from other smart people.
