Think Like a Champion

Being good in business is the most fascinating

kind of art. Making money is art and working is art

and good business is the best art.

—Andy Warhol

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It’s Not

Personal—It’s

Business

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usiness is about making money. It’s about the bottom line. The
sooner you realize that, the sooner you’ll get a grasp about
what business is. I’m very often surprised by people who think
business is something else. They come in with lofty ideas and phil-
anthropic purposes that have absolutely no place in a business
meeting. It’s a waste of everyone’s time.
I remember when a group of businessmen wanted to build an
atrium on the ground floor of 40 Wall Street. It was a beautiful
idea. They wanted to make 40 Wall Street the downtown equiva-
lent of Trump Tower, except they forgot about something. What
would they do with the steel columns that support a seventy-two-
story building? That rather major structural component never en-
tered their minds. I hope they didn’t take it personally when I
pointed out their oversight.