Why Trump’s apprentices, and ultimately, Trump himself, will never succeed
Success is a funny thing. Everyone, including Donald Trump, thinks they know what it takes to be successful. The problem is, they aren’t all right.
It’s obvious from watching even one episode of “The Apprentice”, that the aspiring apprentices don’t think that humility is a characteristic that is necessary if you want to be successful. If they do, they don’t show it, because they are a bunch of huge egos walking around bashing each other because they HAVE to be right!
I think it’s sad. Unfortunately, their mentor, Donald Trump probably doesn’t have an ounce of humility in him either. He would probably say that humility is weakness, and that you won’t make it in the business world if you are weak. If they are trying to emulate Trump, they are doing a great job in the area of pride.
On the positive side, “The Donald” does seem to value leadership and teamwork, which are great things, crucial to success. But, I think that he needs to realize that the best leader is one that is able to humble himself before his team, and be kind, yet cast a strong vision for the team, and motivate them to action.
Also, a leader has to relate to people with kindness and gentleness, (show a balance of grace and truth, if you will). This is why Pamela was fired. She does have some good leadership skills of organization, delegation, and decisiveness, but ultimately, she doesn’t know how to treat people. If you are going to work as a team, you have to get along, and agree to put aside your differences and forgive each other for the sake of accomplishing your goals. NOT ONCE, has anyone on the show “The Apprentice” apologized to a team member for treating them wrongly, or for making a mistake.
The only one who showed an ounce of humility was Bradford, and he got fired for it. He decided to waive his immunity in the boardroom, to show his team that he was as much a part of the failure as they were (even though he did a good job, and their failure wasn’t his fault). But Donald saw that as a stupid move, not the humble, bold, courageous, and honorable one that is really was.
Donald, doesn’t know what success is. He might be “successful” in the cut-throat, selfsih, greedy business world, but in reality, in life, he will be a failure unless he learns humility.
1 Samuel 2:7 - “The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.”
Matthew 23:12 - “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Isaiah 2:11 - “The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.”
