According to Forbes, there are over 1000 billionaires in the world. Donald Trump happens to be one of them and he wrote a great book a few years ago on how to think like a billionaire. I recently got listen to the book on CD and there were a lot of great points that I plan to implement into the way I approach business and money.

Your Home

Where you live and how you take care of your home affects the way you see and think about yourself. So to start thinking like a billionaire does, you need to live in a home that reflects your ambitions and goals. If you aren’t planning on moving soon then doing day to day maintenance on your current house is a must. Letting little problems go gives them a chance to turn into big problems and takes away from living your best.

Thinking this way about your home is a big part of thinking like a billionaire because it will translate into the way you approach your business. Trump explains how important it is to be in the details of your business. Letting one problem slip through the cracks can make a big difference later. Your life philosophy needs to match your business philosophy.

Be Your Own Brand

The foundation of thinking like a billionaire starts with where you live, but the rest of this mindset comes from the way you approach your work. There are a lot of other great foundation idea on how to approach yourself and your job.

You are your own brand. If you own a business or work for yourself you own the brand of yourself and you need to approach your work that way. If you work a 9-5, you should approach your job as if you are your own business and you work for yourself.

Momentum

One of my favorite parts of the book was on momentum. I’ve noticed that momentum is what makes a difference in completing projects and making them successful. When a big idea or deal starts to lose momentum it often fails or never gets completed. You have to keep the momentum moving on your next big idea. If you let it lose steam it will often fall apart and never get completed.

Trump had lot’s of other great things to say about loving what you do and developing a passion for your work. He talks about loving what you do so much that you do not want to take a vacation because you’d rather be working. It’s probably rare that most Americans will find this kind of work to be passionate about but we all know that it’s easier to be successful when you spend your time working on something you love.

The Day to Day

So Trump lays a solid foundation about how to think to achieve billionaire status, but then he let’s you have a peak into the way he actually thinks by taking you through a normal couple of weeks in his life. It was very interesting to see how he lives and approaches his work. A lot of the things Trump thinks, says and does just wouldn’t make sense unless you were a billionaire and they can’t be applied to everyone.

Overall I took away a lot of great points on business and life, and how the two need to be joined together to reach millionaire, or billionaire status. You can pick up the book online at Amazon.com. Just do a search for the title. The full title is: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About Success, Real Estate, and Life.