I, almost, finished reading Trump's "Art of the deal". I've just briefed through it, as it isn't the most exiting book. A lot of it has to do with business and making deals. And I learned that it is kind of tricky as you have to be competitively strong (because the person you're making a deal with probably has as strong of an ego as you), which he talks about in chapter 2: Trump Cards. And also about the daily life of being a boss, project manager (which he has been). And his way (don't know if that way is necessary) is often by having great social skills and a lot of contacts (after reading some of his building projects, you can see how it really can make a difference with which people you hire. Hire "good" people, get the job done well, hire "bad" people, get poorly done job (which probably has to be redone by "good" people")). And most interestingly was how the book showed some details about his projects. All the different aspects in building projects. And it became clear that he really was a "builder guy", from early age. After working with a lot of buildings he got knowledge about different materials, the processes and more. The chapter that shows making the deal and building the Trump Tower, and the one showing the deal where he reconstructed the Rockefeller Ice Rink were interesting to read. The one with the Trump Tower was kind of cool as it sort of is his "life work/accomplishment", and the deal was also really hard as everything has to go right from start to end. And the rink deal was fun to read about as it was a "smaller" and more charming project. But albeit smaller, more complicated because he lack experience in building ice rinks. So pretty ok book 2/5, I guess.
Something completely different: I thought of changing my facebook quote (I used to have a quote from Edmund Burke: "Patience will achieve more than our force"). But I think it got pretty boring, so that's why I wanted a new. And I find some good quotes when I googled "freedom quotes" and also some good quotes from Edmund Burke and also from Ronald Reagan. I settled with a funny one: Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. -Ronald Reagan. Took it mostly because of the image behind it looked good
(when Tobbe chooses quotes
I also thought of using Burke's quote: To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. Because of the beauty of the quote and the image behind it, but idk, there was something convincing about that Reagan quote,
Also even though ridiculous. I think Alex Jones did a good job with summing up this epic 2017 year! xD One of few times where he nailed it.
