Entrepreneurs (Like Donald Trump) Find Success in Their Passions
I just returned from giving a keynote speech to 1,000 enthusiastic members of the student association Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda. […]
In my speech, I reminded the students about something Apple…Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said in a Stanford commencement address. “Life is too short to live somebody else’s dream.” Follow your passion, I advised. You might make a living doing something you don’t like, but you’ll never be considered an inspiring leader. You see, as a leader, you cannot inspire until you’re inspired yourself. And the only way to be inspired yourself is to do what you love. As a communications coach, I can teach rhetorical skills to help people speak, present, and pitch themselves effectively, but I can’t teach passion.
One business leader who knows a lot about passion is billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump. Trump is everywhere these days: in bookstores, on television, and making the rounds of speaking circuits. I enjoy listening to Trump because he reveals the secret behind his success whenever he is asked about it…