Think Big and Kick Ass

Think Big and Kick Ass
Book cover
Book cover
AuthorDonald Trump
Bill Zanker
Original titleThink Big and Kick Ass: In Business and in Life
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSelf-help
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages384
ISBN978-0061547836
OCLC946581955
Preceded byWhy We Want You to Be Rich (2006) 
Followed byTrump 101: The Way to Success (2007) 
WebsiteOfficial website
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Think Big and Kick Ass: In Business and in Life is a non-fiction book by Donald Trump, then head of The Trump Organization and later President of the United States, and Bill Zanker, The Learning Annex entrepreneur, first published in hardcover in 2007 by HarperCollins. Another edition was subsequently published in paperback in 2008 under the title Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life. Trump and Zanker had prior business ventures together before writing the book; Zanker's company helped gain Trump speaking engagements around the world with large audiences.

In Think Big and Kick Ass, Trump advises the reader to create large goals for themselves, citing his future political opponent Hillary Clinton as an example of success.[4] Trump focuses a chapter "Revenge" on the importance of retribution, recounting his feud with Rosie O'Donnell and criticism of Mark Cuban.[5][6] The book describes Trump's romantic exploits, and he muses that an unknown quality gave him success with women.[7][8] Coauthor Zanker describes Trump's history with The Learning Annex, saying his business partner gave a significant amount of earnings to charity.[9][10] Trump discusses his debt difficulties with banks in the 1990s, and criticizes the banks for unwisely investing with him.[11][12] Trump promoted the book on Larry King Live, at a cash giveaway in New York City, and in a speech at the Wharton School.[13][1][14] The book's 2007 printing was for 400,000 copies.[2] Becoming a bestseller in 2007,[15] the book was the highest selling personal finance work on Amazon.com in 2015.[16]

Vanguard wrote positively of the book,[17] and fashion designer Emilia Wickstead said it inspired her to become an entrepreneur.[18] Real Estate Weekly called the book "the icon of everything Trump".[19] London Review of Books wrote that it capitalized on consumers' dreams.[20] The work was negatively received by two reviews in The Economist,[1][15] and by Real-World Economics Review,[14] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[21]

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