I am currently reading Why We Want You To Be Rich from Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump. Honestly, I think it is terrible. I feel like they wrote the book in a week-end. It is just a rehash of their previous books. Each chapter starts with Kiyosaki stating something and then Trump repeating the same thing in his own words.
However, Donald Trump tells this story in the book and I found it interesting:
Being stubborn is a big part of being a winner. [...] My father used to tell us this story about a guy who loved soda, so he went into the soda business, with a product he called 3UP. It failed. So he started again with a product called 4UP. It failed, too. So he decided to name his product 5UP and worked just as hard to make it work, but sure enough, it failed again. He realized that he still loved soda, so he tried again with a product named 6UP. It failed, and he gave up completely. Then, a few years later, someone else came up with a soda product and named it 7UP, which became a huge success.
I think that is a cool story to motivate people who are thinking about giving up.
I love this story that I never new and I believe it is a true one. It is a great way to motivate people: do not quit and let somebody else grap the opportunity of a project that you took time to develop. Take the lesson!
The drink 7up was first called: “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime” and then “7up Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime” and then just 7up. I also think the book is terrible. Donald Trump rewords other people’s one line quotes to make it his own. He says stuff like: “The more you learn the more you realize how much you don’t know” and The biggest risk is not moving ahead etc. etc. The story he tells of his church camp is a load of *****. He spents two pages dramatizing a worthless empty story. The book is rubbish.
I also thought this story is very motivating but I’m not sure whether it is true.
Yea Pieter, taking advice or listening to stories from billionaires is bad, they know nothing
I heard about 7Up’s story for the first time earlier this week… it is inspiring