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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

20 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can

Learn From The 2016 Election
by Patrick(http://www.patrickbetdavid.com/author/admin/)
Regardless of how you feel about the outcome of the election, there are lessons all
entrepreneurs can learn from it. Here are my top 20 lessons that entrepreneurs can learn
from the 2016 election.

1. Know when to keep your mouth shut and when not to.

2. Stick to what works with your personality.

Only one person can be like Trump and thats Trump. He wasnt acting. He wasnt trying to be
someone else. Even though he was annoying to half the population and to some even on his
side of the isle, he was at least being himself.

In contrast, Hillary Clintons team kept constantly trying to change her to be someone shes
not and people could see it. Hillary is a very serious person whos determined to win. They
kept trying to get her to be more likable which didnt work. Not because she cant be likable
but because no one is likable when they try to act like someone theyre not.

3. Hard work beats strategy

Trump campaigned four to six times a day and Hillary campaigned once every three days.
Trump constantly did Facebook Live in different parts of the country, and people eventually
started seeing him more often.

Hillary and her team by far has more experience when it comes to campaigning, but their
team tried to follow 100% of the strategy that Obama used that worked for him but not for
her.

4. Experience doesnt guarantee a victory.

Success is the biggest liar in the world. It makes you believe youre invincible which NONE OF
US, including Hillary Clinton, are.

5. Never underestimate an underdog

5. Never underestimate an underdog
There are two different types of fans in sports. One is the group thats always been a fan
since the team had nothing going on and then there are the fans that become fans because
the team starts winning. Almost every single supporter of Trump started off as a non-
believer. He converted people with his momentum into believers which would be considered
bandwagon voters.

Theres nothing wrong with that because as an entrepreneur youll have to do that when
launching something that no one believes youre capable of pulling off.

6. Avoid grabbing peoples private parts without approval.

This one is pretty obvious.

7. You never know who to trust and who not to trust.

When you start winning as an entrepreneur youll attract groupies. These are people who just
want to be around you when youre winning but not for the long haul. Its important for you
to keep a small list of people you trust and not give your trust away to NEW people too soon.

8. Start early and dont slow down. Its all about momentum.
Trump campaigned for 18 months straight and didnt stop a single day.

9. Energy won this election. You need energy to keep going and
going.
Trump may be the real life Energizer Bunny.

10. Stick to one message and keep saying it over and over again.
Trump started his campaign with Make America Great Again and he stuck to it the entire time
until people bought into it. He spoke about the same issues for 18 months and didnt allow
anyone or any media platform to change his ideas.

11. You dont need everyones approval. Some may even HATE you
and thats OK.
This is especially true if you plan on building something that may disrupt an industry.

12. Social media is more powerful than traditional media.

People made fun of Trump tweeting, but he used it as a tactic. He knew everyone was
watching his Twitter account like a hawk. Even during the last 60 days of the campaign when
the media no longer wanted to bring him on air because they felt it gave him more limelight,
he still won because he used social media.

Traditional media no longer has the in uence it once had.

13. Dont back down from bullies.

Trump was bullied by the media, Democrats, and the Republican party. He called out
everyone and anyone who was tied to them. They threatened him with many different things
but he didnt back down. And the reality part of it is that no matter how much we give them a
hard time, we secretly follow people who dont back down.

14. Dont wake up old enemies.

Hillary Clinton woke up some old enemies that hurt her campaign and so did Trump which
almost cost him the victory.

15. Take advantage of timing

In one debate, Trumps comment Because, youd be in jail got 40 million views on Facebook
the next 24 hours. Some say that statement alone created a ton of momentum for him.

16. Raise great kids.

If everything goes wrong, people will judge you based on how well you raised your children.

17. People have more power than the media.

Only one channel supported Trump Fox News and even that could be debated. Megyn Kelly
was never supportive of Trump but lets just say some of Fox supported him. Everyone else
hated him. Maybe morning Joe, from MSNBC was on his side, but every other channel
couldnt stand him.

This is for you to know as the entrepreneur that you dont need everyone to support you. You
need the people that matter the most which are your clients and your team. If you get
support from them, eventually youll win support from the media. But even then you wont
ever win them all.

18. Facebook new features changed the game.

Ill make a bold statement. I believe Facebook cost Hillary Clinton the election. Facebook
came out with the new angry emoji in February of 2016. This was terrible timing for both
candidates because now we can watch a Facebook LIVE and see how the people like the
person. Every time you went on Trumps Facebook LIVE, you would see a ton of happy faces
or thumbs up lled with a few angry emojis. But if you went on Hillarys Facebook LIVE, all
you ever saw was the angry emoji. The ratios were incredible. People started noticing this
and it affected the undecided voters. Thats where the election was won in my opinion.

19. Likability is more important than policies.

Likability is stemmed from being authentic. Obama was liked while MCain and Romney were
just respected. Trump was eventually liked but Hillary was disliked by both Republicans and
Democrats. Im not talking about the voters who have never voted the opposite side, meaning
theyve always voted Republican or Democrat. Quite frankly, this is the group that hurts
America the most because theyre not willing to be open minded to see the opposite side.
What does matter are the people who are open. That group wasnt attracted to Hillary for
some reason and they were to Trump.

Anderson Cooper, in the one famous debate asked, Whats the one nice thing you would say
about your opponent? Hillary complimented Trumps kids but Trump complimented Clinton
as someone who just never gave up. That was an opportunity for either to win the people and
Trump won some people with his comments.

20. If you say youre going to make America great again, you
BETTER DELIVER or else.
Trump better deliver or else the world will mock him and even worse, the history books wont
favor him. He will be the laughing stock of the media for a long time, no matter how many
billions of dollars he makes.

If you tell your company, your clients, your sales team, your executives or anyone involved in
your business that youre going to do something you BETTER DO IT or else they will leave you
for someone else who keeps their promises.

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