How to get rich

"How to get rich" is the quintessential question that stares at you from thousands of 'matchbox bookstalls' across India. We all want to get rich quick, and what better way than our self established real estate mogul known as 'The Donald' to help us about it?

Donalds book is the first 'how to get rich' book I've ever read. I came across 'The Dummies Guide to being a Millionaire' and I was completely put off by the juvenile standards of American Self Tracking. The American Self Tracking System (AMSTS) is a system developed by many writers to judge your actual worth. Since Americans are bombarded with ads and fake news right from the time they get off their bed, the AMSTS serves as a 'reality check' to rein them back into their real lives.

All AMSTS usually follow a common path - Keep listing whatever problems you have and figure out a way to mitigate them yourself. Ofcourse, the AMSTS are designed to make a 50 page book fatten it's way to over 200. Advice is dispensed in such miniscule bits and pieces, that you have to make another chart that they never ask you to make.

Anyway, back to The Donalds book, Trump never goes about any of these charts and self realisation techniques. We're here to know how he became rich and gain insight into his intricate workings. We first begin with Trumps childhood. Little is said about Trumps father, who really jump started his career. Ofcourse he pays homage to him and his greatness, but the real meat is in how he created his wealth. Page after page flies by, you get detailed reports on how journalists have attacked his hair, his wife, and his financial losses. Trump goes after everyone - often by name - visciously like a KG kid with a plastic fork. He questions the journalistic prowess these petty humans possess - and also makes predictions to where they're headed. Where else could that be - anyone who attacks The Hair, goes down the drain.

We're told that we must be ruthless in business. Check.
We're told that we mustn't trust anyone. Check.
We're told that we must chase anyone who's ever chased us. Check.

Thats pretty much it. I didn't make a list of what Trump subconsciously projects once every 10 pages, but the above is pretty much the gist of it.

If you are a budding entrepreneur this advice is misleading to the extreme. You'd be blown to smithereens if you start to act pompously with nothing in your pocket.
If you work under someone, like most of us do - we cannot afford to go by any of this advice. You'd end up hearing what Trump has almost patented - "You're fired". This time it's for real and not on the telly.
If you're an established businessman, all of these points make sense. You're in control - you are the master of your ship. You've built it painstakingly, and people admire you for it. And thats why no one can question you when you choose to steer it whichever way you choose to. But that ship has brought you a lot of returns, therefore you can afford to steer it.
Would this businessman read a dumb book, most of which he knows without reading in the first place?

Real advice is what Trump provides in 30 succinct seconds on 'The Apprentice'. They come right after a basic flaw in one of the 'interviewees' is exposed. They're golden pieces of advice, and this is what a 'get rich' book is to be made of.

Anyway, the kind of false propaganda his program purports is astounding. Thank god for the Wikipedia article, it truly describes who the real Trump is. It's his dad - Fred Trump. Now did most of us know that?