As a life coach, I am truly impressed with what has transpired in our nation. This article is not written to neither defend nor condemn the nation’s choice of its 45th president. However, I want to analyze Donald Trump’s ascension to the highest position in the United States. This recipe is what we teach in coaching circles to manifest what you want.
Ingredient 1.
He believed he could be president. I do not know if he talked about this either on the golf course or in one of the Trump Towers. His accountability partner, coach, or mentor told him he could be president. Donald Trump internalized that discussion and he approved the message. All life coaches teach this fundamental principle; the power of belief. There is something in your life that you want to do. You can do it. But, you must believe it before you can achieve it.
Ingredient 2.
He was unapologetically himself. Donald Trump has not and will not apologize to anyone about who he is. When you think of Donald Trump, several adjectives come to mind. He is all of that and a bag of Lays potato chips. Amidst the name calling and unpopular (or evidently popular) public opinion, Donald Trump was Donald Trump. It takes courage to be who YOU are. If you want to go to another level, you must come to grips with who you are. There is only one you. You must be confident enough to be you.
Ingredient 3.
He had zero fear. Maybe this quality came about from building and rebuilding businesses and his financial portfolio, but he had no fear. From the media saying he was several points behind in the polls and he bombed in the presidential debates, he stood tall. From becoming the Republican party nominee to the President elect, he showed quite the resolve. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur or the mayor of your city, whatever YOUR purpose may be, you must have zero fear. People chuckle at the fact he has filed bankruptcy several times but what may be overlooked is how failure is a good antidote for fear. When you fail and then succeed, you become immune to the tactics of fear. To go to your next level, you must master your fears.
Ingredient 4.
He ignored all the negative talk. As much negativity his campaign may have spawned, he stayed in a bubble and didn’t fall prey to the nay sayers. He must have very thick skin because he did not let what the media said bother him. When the video came out that he can talk like “one of the boys” (#lockerroom #banter) (I digressed), he apologized and kept it moving. As much as the media and the Clinton tried to spin this revelation, Trump was cool. His nickname should be Ice Man because he ignored the negativity. To his credit, he used reality television and social media to stay relevant. He turned all the negativity in his favor. If you want to succeed at anything you do, you must stay positive. Quit trying to change people’s opinions. They have one of you, believe that. But it is not your job to stop any negative press you may be receiving. Keep it moving.
Ingredient 5.
He gave the majority of the American public exactly what they wanted. This is the basic tenet in Business 101. Give people what they want. He resonated with people that are hateful and frustrated and want change. Hence, he built a widget (i.e. his platform) on three pillars, he said, in so many words, I will deal with terrorism, immigration, and I will get your jobs back. How he plans to do that is irrelevant at this point. If you want to be profitable at what you are doing, remember to give people what they want. The key, of course, is to figure out what that is.
People can protest, cry, jump up and down, lament, and gnash teeth, but at the end of the day, Trump is our President elect. This recipe I outlined can help you manifest that thing that you want.
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Dr. Walter, do you believe had a woman been unapologetically herself while running for president, that it would be just as a successful response as when trump, or when nay man has, was? Are there gender disparities where some of these things wouldn’t work as well for a woman?
Yes Dr. Walters, do you think Hillary and her enabling her husbands antics, degrading the women who accused her husband (1 case was settled) of such antics, abuse, should have been held accountable? That her giving him a pass for years should have been addressed? Should she have had a known adulterer and womanizer (her husband) campaigning for her?
I don’t want to debate Hillary Clinton with you. You attack her all the time and say next to nothing about Trump’s treatment of women. It’s hypocritical. I simply asked that question because I don’t believe women are given room to be ‘unapologetically’ themselves and I believe men are. I think this is very much reflected in who ended up winning. Trump was infact unapologetically himself and despite bragging about grabbing women in a degrading and sexually assaulting way, despite walking in on underaged girls while they were naked, despite talking about how he’d be dating a ten year old… Read more »
Then don’t debate her. It shows that all along people ignored the truths about her. And it’s no different now … don’t debate her and that’s fine with me but it sure as heck doesn’t mean I don’t have the right to talk about her. This site as well as countless others ignored or hid the truth about her. But the truth came out in the polls. The people have spoken even the “educated women.”
As they say, “history repeats itself” and I hope the DNC takes note this time around.
How did he become president? He was voted in … it’s that simple. And he was voted in with all odds set against him. He was voted in because PEOPLE of all races and genders voted him in.
No….he was voted in because white men and women voted for him. He had shockingly low support from minorities and other groups.
And I know I’ve said this before, but the white people who voted for him had a high incedent of not having college educations. They were probably people who feel they don’t have as many opportunities. So they might have excused his racism and sexism because of that.
Again with the “uneducated” You sure are bigoted and judgemental. Even with 3 million illegals voting, Hillary still lost. Get over it. BTW, most of the minorities I know and I know a LOT, vote for Trump. That includes my wife.
No one points out that uneducated minorities voted heavily for Clinton yet we are supposed to count Trump’s uneducated voters against him? For petes sake- why so much time spent on this subject? I didn’t vote for Trump but I’m not going to attack someone who did for their lack of formal education
No one is attacking people for not having an education. It’s about being honest about the shared experiences of a demographic and finding the commonality. Yes, Clinton received a lot of support from uneducated minorities. But she also received a lot of support from educated minorities too.edcuated white people voted more for Clinton then they did trump. These are simply the facts.
Which your repeated recitation of makes you look as bigoted as the race realists who repeatedly cite facts as well.
Delve a little deeper and see if you can put yourself in their shoes (the minute you swing back to classic progressive speak rationalizations you’ve failed)
No. Telling people the facts, even if I repeat them over and over again, hardly makes me “look as bigoted as the race realists”. That is an extremely ridiculous statement to make. Facts are facts. It’s about keeping an objective frame of mind of what led us to the point we are at now. Tom attempted to create the image that everyone supported Trump equally. That’s not the case. Throwing such a highly passionate and accusatory word around because you think it makes your shame of me more justifiable, is very telling about you, not me. There is a reason… Read more »
Do you know what race realists are? They do exactly what you do- they pick and choose facts and cite them repeatedly to prove a point that is offensive. Like “Blacks represent XX% of the population but commit YY% of violent crime!” You repeatedly say “Trump supporters are UNEDUCATED.” You may not see it but you’re doing the exact same thing. As far as feeling un-cared about or disrespected- wow, you just hit on why the group of Trump supporters you like to discuss voted for him. 1/3rd of Pennsylvania counties that Trump won had gone to Obama in 2012.… Read more »
Tom, I am simply giving you the facts. Calling me bigoted and judgmental is hypocritical no? You are judging me no? You are degrading me. No? You supported a candidate that called Hispanic men rapists, black people lazy and women everything from bimbos to animals. What does that say about you? Trump got the most votes from white, uneducated people. Do the research yourself. It doesn’t matter how many minorities you personally know. Statistics tell the real truth. He was shockingly low among minorities. Again, this is just the facts. Don’t get angry and degrade me because you don’t like… Read more »
All five of em, eh?
You mean people who didn’t spend four years in a liberal indoctrination center tended not to vote liberal??