Donald Trump, Bill Zanker Think big and don't slow down! Bill Clinton ate the president's daughter with his eyes at Trump's inauguration. You can't put an empty bag.

To my parents Fred and Mary Trump, my brother Fred Trump Jr., my sisters Judge Maryanne Trump-Barry and Elizabeth Trump-Grau, my brother Robert Trump, my children Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany and Barron, and my lovely wife Melania.

Donald Trump

This book is dedicated to my loving wife, Debbie, and my children, Ediva, Dylan, and Vera, who have always supported me in my pursuit of excellence, and to everyone at the Learning Annex who THINK BIG every day.

Bill Zanker

Over the course of many years of my business life, I have met people who have left a lasting impression on me. Bill Zanker is one of them. When I met him, I realized that he was not just a very smart and energetic person, but a dynamo in every sense of the word. I couldn't help but admire his ideas and his enthusiasm.

Creativity is an important element of success, no matter what you do. Bill is a creative person and he knows how to apply his creative energy to real work. Anyone who ever crossed paths with Bill is unlikely to forget him. He is a talented promoter and his positive outlook on life has influenced thousands upon thousands of people. He is an excellent mentor who knows his subject down to the smallest detail.

But besides that, he loves what he does - and for me this is one of the key indicators when it comes to how to achieve success. His enthusiasm has not waned over the years, and Learning Annex has achieved impressive results.

Thinking big is a credo I have practiced since my early youth, and it is a tried and true path to success. Bill also professes it, and the results are obvious. Working on this book was a good adrenaline rush for both of us, and we hope that it will not only be an interesting read, but also teach you a lot. We want each of you to realize your dream - and if you work tirelessly, your dream will come true!

Donald Trump

Until I met Donald Trump, Learning Annex was a small company. Now this is a big company - because I have learned the principle of Donald Trump: hit the point with all my might. Twenty-eight years ago, when I was a film student at New York's New School, I needed money to support myself. And then, in 1979, at the age of twenty-six, I took the $5,000 I was given for my bar mitzvah and founded Learning Annex. At first, I saw my company as something like an informal school, where experimental film professionals could share their experience with beginners. But my then friend, a teacher of artistic ceramics, convinced me to expand the range of subjects and create a training center of a different kind, where people could learn in a short time what is not taught almost anywhere. And so the Learning Annex School was born.

In those early days, at the very beginning of my journey, I would dress up in a clown costume and go out onto the streets of Manhattan, where I would hand out catalogs of our courses to passers-by. At the same time, I explained that they needed to call the number listed in the directory and say that they were sent by a clown. For this they were guaranteed a five dollar discount. Then I ran to the office and answered calls. To my delight, many of the callers told me that some handsome clown told them about the discount. I recorded the details of the future listener and sent a confirmation letter to his address. If there were no calls, I started looking for new teachers and lecturers. The entire business consisted of one person, and I ran it from my one-room apartment on the West Side of Manhattan.

My film career never materialized, but the Learning Annex did, and I was happy. I realized that I was born a promoter and that I had finally found my calling.

I completely changed the concept of "lifelong learning" into what I called edu-tainment. These days, everything happens at incredible speed. People don't have time for formal education. MTV and the Internet have created a generation that wants things done quickly and in an entertaining way. I decided that the lectures should be given by celebrities and stars. I wanted our lecturers and teachers to be people of enormous stature.

As our list acquired a certain glamor thanks to the inclusion of celebrities, the number of people willing to attend the courses immediately increased exponentially - and more and more prominent people agreed to my requests to give lectures. Sarah Jessica Parker, Harrison Ford, Richard Simmons, Henry Kissinger, Barbara Bush, Larry King, Renee Zellweger, Deepak Chopra and Rudy Giuliani are just a few of the hundreds of celebrities who have taken the stages at the Learning Annex.

How did I manage to attract them? Since I didn’t have a lot of money, I pressed another button: their feeling of guilt. I said, “You have succeeded. Why don’t you give back to society?” I remember movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. I whined and whined, whined and whined: “You can devote one hour of your time to the students of the Learning Annex - for charity.” In the end he agreed. It was amazing to listen to him talk, full of interesting details, about how to succeed in Hollywood. It all ended with him talking for several hours! That's how we got legendary music producer Clive Davis. He not only listened to the demo recordings of our students, but also signed a contract with one of them right in the classroom. Most celebrities didn't care about money.

But not Donald Trump. He didn't even answer my calls. One day I called Trump's office and was put through to his personal secretary, Norma. I knew I wouldn't attract Trump's attention by casting my usual bait. He simply wouldn't talk to me. I decided to whet his interest with money, which is actually extremely unusual for me. But I really wanted to get him - and that’s why I dared to take such a step. I offered an amount that was fantastic for me: $10,000. His secretary responded: “And that’s all?”, immediately rejecting my offer as a bottle of cheap Chianti. After adding a short “no,” she hung up.

It took all my courage, but a few days later I called Norma again and said, “I will give Mr. Trump $25,000.” Norma replied: “No. He's not interested in that."

I was shocked. Then I finally realized that I was playing too carefully. A week later, I took a huge risk by offering $100,000. It was the largest fee I had ever offered to a guest speaker—but Norma was unimpressed. Without hesitation, she snapped: “It won’t work. Donald will not perform."

I sat down and thought: what to do next? Should we give up on luring Donald Trump - or should we keep trying? I didn't know what to do. Then I remembered what motivational guru Tony Robbins taught me: “If you want to achieve something great, you have to push yourself beyond your limits. You need to pump yourself up into a state of hyperactivity. And you have to do it yourself. No one will do this for you." I decided that I wanted to reach the maximum. Donald Trump was precisely the incarnate Mr. Maximum. Each of us has our own heroes. Mine was Donald. If I wanted to play on the same field as him, I had to push myself to the next level. I puffed out my chest, took a deep breath and gathered all my energy reserves together. Then I called Norma at Donald Trump's office and offered one million dollars for Trump to speak for an hour at the Learning Annex. At that time, our company's annual income was five and a half million dollars. Think about it for a second. I offered him a million, but our entire income for the whole year was only five and a half million! At the same time, there were rarely more than several hundred students in the hall. How I was going to get my money back - I didn’t have the slightest idea. But I knew I had to take this step. I just knew it. I listened to my instincts and called. And Norma said: “This is a very interesting proposal. I'll talk to Donald."

Donald Trump's inaugural address was not much different from his campaign speeches that brought the billionaire to the White House. The new head of state clearly expects that his vision for America will help him further. In Washington, immediately after the solemn oath, Trump said that he would transfer power to the people.

Donald Trump, US President: “Today’s ceremony is especially significant because we are not just transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, we are giving the power of Washington to you, the people.”

Trump said that America would now live in a new way, first of all thinking about itself and its problems.

Donald Trump: “For many decades, we enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, paid for the armies of other countries, allowing our army to degrade. We defended the borders of other states, refusing to defend our own. And they spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure fell into disrepair."

The words of the new US President are a clear departure from the statements of all previous White House administrations in recent years, and above all Barack Obama, who called America the defender of universal human values. Trump is not going to impose American ideals on anyone.

Donald Trump: “We will seek friendship with all countries of the world, while remembering that the right of all nations to put their own interests above all else. We will no longer impose our worldview on anyone, but let it become an example. We will shine for all who follow us."

Trump supporters who came to Washington from across the country cheered the new president's speech. The newly appointed head of the White House has moved from words to deeds, including several appointments and the proclamation of a new holiday, National Patriotism Day. And one more detail: from the official website of the White House, dedicated to the rights of sexual minorities and climate change.

However, attention was paid not only to the site. Social networks noted that Trump shook hands with Hillary Clinton during the ceremony. How it conveys NTV correspondent Alexey Veselovsky, Bill Clinton often glanced in the direction where the daughter of the 45th President of the United States, Ivanka, stood. This was not lost on Hillary. Many also noted the outfit of US First Lady Melania Trump, comparing her with Jackie Kennedy, who is considered a style icon.

If she herself, then behind the cordon the protesters tried to create problems for the authorities. There were even small clashes and tear gas. For real, but they attracted attention. Several hundred Trump opponents staged riots in the city. As a result, several shop windows and limousine windows were broken, and trash cans caught fire. The police stopped the riots using stun grenades and tear gas. More than a hundred demonstrators have been arrested.

The Women's March on Washington is also expected. It was reported that up to 200 thousand people would take part in it, including actresses, politicians and activists. For example, Scarlett Johansson, director Michael Moore and human rights activist Angela Davis, well known in the USSR in the 70s, are among the speakers.

Gates said Trump asked him to explain the difference between HPV and HIV, the human papilloma and immunodeficiency viruses.

“He wanted to know if there was a difference between HIV and HPV, and I was able to explain that they are rarely confused with each other,” Gates said. The owner of the TV channel that posted this video claims that Trump twice clarified the question of the difference between these viruses from Gates.

Exclusive footage obtained by All In… Bill Gates dishes on his meetings with Donald Trump. More tonight at 8PM ET. #inners pic.twitter.com/Zoehj1WTfk

It is worth noting that the Microsoft founder rejected Trump's offer to take the post of science adviser, which has been vacant since January 2017.

According to him, at the meeting with Trump the conversation was about the development of a universal flu vaccine. Gates previously said he would donate $12 million for this.

Trump was “super interested” in the idea, the billionaire said. During the conversation, a question arose about the vacant position of a scientific advisor.

“He asked if I wanted to be a science advisor,” Gates says. He said he turned down the offer, saying "it wouldn't be the best use of his time."

Previously, Bill Gates and his wife allocated 140 million for a new method of treating HIV. The fight against this virus is one of the key activities of the Gates Foundation.

Help: human papillomavirus ( HPV) is a group of viruses that are extremely widespread throughout the world. There are more than 100 types of HPV, of which at least 13 cause cancer (also known as high-risk viruses). HPV is transmitted primarily through sexual contact, and most people become infected with HPV soon after they become sexually active.

What Donald Trump advises you to do if your boss is a sadist, why Richard Branson is building a spaceship, what else Elon Musk needs from life, and what disappointed Bill Gates in life. Let's read and get inspired.

Donald Trump's rules of life

Entrepreneur, 45th President of the United States, 70, New York

If Hillary Clinton couldn't satisfy her husband, how can she satisfy America?

I do not like losers.

Anyone who thinks that my time has already passed is tragically mistaken.

The only difference between me and others candidates is that I am more honest and my women are more beautiful.

If Hillary Clinton couldn't satisfy her husband, how can she satisfy America?

Part of my appeal is that I'm rich.

I've always dreamed to be underestimated.

Money has never attracted me on its own. For me it's just a way to measure success.

I practice business as art. Some people paint on canvas or write poetry. And I make deals - usually big ones.

Sometimes the best investments are those what you didn't do.

A lot of people say I act like a gambler but I have never gambled in my life. A gambler is someone who revolves around slot machines in a casino. I prefer to own these machines.

Yes, I intend to build a huge wall on the border with Mexico. And since no one knows how to build walls better and more efficiently than me, I will build it cheaply. And I will make sure that Mexico pays for this wall itself. Mark my words.

How is it that I don’t like China? I once sold a house to a Chinese for 15 million. How can I hate his country after this?

Look at how we behave in Iraq. We build schools and we build roads, and then someone blows up a school and we build a new one, and then someone blows up a road and we rebuild it. But despite all this, we can't build a fucking school in Brooklyn.

I think, that when we started building the new International Trade Center building, we should have built the same building, only one floor higher, and not come up with stupid projects.

It seems to me that the main problem of the USA- this is the desire to be politically correct.

If I become president you will see Merry Christmas greetings in stores again.

I'm glad to say that I am against abortion.

We live in a world where people are sure that a good person has nothing to do in politics.

I always shake hands with pleasure. I don't think you can become a politician if you don't like shaking hands.

Some people think I have short fingers. But my fingers are long and beautiful - just like other parts of my body. And this is carefully documented.

I love beautiful women and beautiful women love me. The good thing is that it works both ways.

At Ivanka's(Trump's daughter) is a great figure. I would have started dating her if she weren't my daughter.

You should not put the burden of undeserved wealth on your children. This will ruin their life.

As long as you are able think, think big.

There's nothing more criminal than coming up with a good idea and not implementing it.

Never take a vacation. If your work doesn't give you pleasure, then you're not working in the right place.

My motto: hire the best and don't trust them with anything.

If your boss is a sadist - fire your boss and find a new job.

Victory Only losers enjoy.

I always apologize if wrong.

Quotes from public speaking.
Official photograph of the 45th President of the United States from the White House website.

Warren Buffett's Rules of Life

Entrepreneur, 86, Omaha

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

I'm not a businessman. I am an artist.

When I was 16 I had only two things in my head - girls and cars. But things didn’t work out for me with girls, so I had to settle for cars. However, I, of course, also thought about girls. I just had better luck with cars.

I always knew that I would be rich. I didn’t doubt it for a second.

If you are in this 1% of the most successful and richest people on earth, your responsibility is to think about the other 99%.

Someone is resting in the shade today, because someone planted a tree many years ago.

People are always talking about uncertain times. But, you know, I think that time generally works like that. On September 10, 2001, there was definitely uncertainty in the world. And October 18, 1987 too (the days leading up to the attack on the World Trade Center and the stock market's Black Monday.).

Wall Street is the only place on earth where people who arrive in Rolls-Royces listen to the advice of those who arrive by metro.

If you buy something you don't need, then soon you will start selling what you need.

All unwary investors should learn a line from a Bobby Bare song(famous country singer). She explains in full what might happen in the future with your acquisitions: "I've never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but I've woken up with a few."

I try to invest only in those enterprises which are so perfect that even an idiot can operate them. Because sooner or later it will happen.

Constantly putting off looking for a good job and sitting on the one that is killing you,- it's like putting off sex until retirement.

Honesty is a very valuable quality. You shouldn't expect it from people who are cheap.

Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.

I'm sure, that every day you need to spend some time just sitting down and thinking. For example, I think and read at the same time. This makes my decisions less impulsive.

I only buy the most expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

The most successful people- these are those who do what they love.

The ability to predict rain costs nothing. The ability to build an ark costs a lot.

If you find yourself in a leaky boat, then energy directed toward finding another means of navigation is likely to produce more results than energy directed toward patching up holes.

It doesn't matter how talented and hardworking you are - some things just take time. You cannot carry a child to term in one month by making nine women pregnant.

Dangerous to cross ignorance and stubbornness.

A horse that counts to ten is a wonderful horse not a great mathematician.

Always try to be with those who is better than you.

The chance comes very rarely but you must always be ready for it. When gold falls from the sky, you should have a bucket, not a thimble.

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Everything I need from life- is to know where I will die and never show myself in this place.

You can't put down an empty bag.

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Photo: KIZAZ.

Elon Musk

Engineer, entrepreneur, 45, Los Angeles

It's okay to make mistakes. The main thing is to make mistakes in something new every time

I want to be a part of it that changes the world.

As a child I was amazed how many different things can explode if desired. It's amazing that I still have all ten fingers.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy taught me that the hardest thing on earth is choosing what question to ask. But if you have already chosen it, then everything else will go easily.

I have my own graveyard of failed attempts. There are a lot of tombstones there, and somewhere in the depths there are a lot of freshly dug graves, waiting for something to be found in them. But I do everything to ensure that they remain empty.

It's okay to make mistakes. The main thing is to make mistakes in something new every time.

When you have your first million dollars, your life will change. Anyone who says this is not the case is talking nonsense.

Creating a good company is how to bake a good pie: you just need to take the right ingredients in the right proportions.

At SpaceX(a rocket corporation founded by Musk in 2002), we strive for a great philosophical goal, although we are in business. If we can build a company that helps humans become an interplanetary species, that will be the Holy Grail. But if we create something that can take people and technology to Mars, I will consider SpaceX's mission accomplished. At least at the current stage.

Yes, people have been to the moon, but haven't done anything comparable since then. I don't even hear about any really serious intentions to take the next step.

There is nothing really expensive in rocket science. The only problem is that those who were involved in rocket science in the old days did it with monstrously low efficiency.

You don't have to hire a lot of people to do complex work. Quantity never compensates for talent, and two people who don’t know something are no better than one.

Perhaps my greatest mistake is wanting to rely on someone else's talent, and not on someone’s personal qualities. But this is very important - when a person has a good heart.

Characters from my favorite books - "The Lord of the Rings" and "Foundations"(a series of science fiction novels by Isaac Asimov) - always felt the need to save the world.

Right now all of humanity - from the first to the last man - is participating in the most dangerous experiment in history: how much carbon dioxide we must release into the atmosphere before we realize that we are facing destruction.

When I talk about something, it definitely happens. Not always on schedule, but it still happens.

Not long ago I said that in the next 30 years, the majority of new cars in the US will be electric. And I don't mean hybrids. I'm talking about electric cars.

I've never paid people to pretend that they love my products.

Once upon a time at our headquarters in Palo Alto an entire wall was covered with Tesla patents. And then we filmed everything. We removed all this because we decided to open our developments in the name of the development of electric vehicles.

In four billion years of earth's history, no more than half a dozen truly important events have occurred: the emergence of unicellular organisms, the emergence of multicellular organisms, the division into the animal kingdom and the plant kingdom, the emergence of animals from water to land, the development of mammals and the development of consciousness. The next big step must be the idea of ​​interplanetary life - an unprecedented journey that will dramatically change and enrich us.

Many people don't like change but we must learn to accept them. Especially if the alternative to change is disaster.

In the first years, people will live on Mars under a dome, but over time we will be able to transform Mars into the likeness of the Earth and walk on the surface without any protection. This will be an easy tuning of the planet.

Patience is a virtue and I'm learning to be patient. But these are difficult lessons.

I'd like to die on Mars- but not from hitting the surface.

Rocket science not digging trenches.

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Sir Richard Branson

Entrepreneur, 66 years old, Necker Island

Until now, my favorite character is Peter Pan. Growing up is not in my plans

Be careful: most things that make money will make your life incredibly boring.

My mother always wanted me to be able to fend for myself since I was a child. But I think today she would simply be arrested for some educational methods. For example, one day when I was four or five, she dropped me out of the car halfway home and told me to make my own way.

Nobody ever calls me Sir Richard. Well, maybe they called it that a couple of times in America, and each time these people’s faces looked as if they were participating in a Shakespeare play.

Still my favorite character - This is Peter Pan. Growing up is not in my plans.

In order to do business, There is absolutely no need to spend many years studying. Five or six years spent trying to start a business is much more rewarding than the same time spent learning how to do it. After all, children do not learn to walk from a textbook. Children learn to walk by trying to walk.

Without pure luck in business, unfortunately, not enough.

When I started, I was young and inexperienced. There were many difficulties. For example, for a long time I was not allowed to register a company under the name Virgin (English: virgin, virgin), because they considered this word to violate the bounds of decency. Then I sat down at the table and, in the handwriting of a 15-year-old teenager, wrote them a letter that began like this: “Without a doubt, the word “virgin” cannot violate the bounds of decency, since it is the exact opposite of any violation.” Here they, of course, softened.

My business model is simple: surround yourself with great people and give them enough freedom to create great things.

Virgin Airlines was born when I tried to fly from Puerto Rico to the Virgin Islands and the flight was canceled due to not enough passengers. I was then in my early twenties. I wandered around the airport for a while, and then I chartered a private jet, borrowed a cardboard somewhere and wrote on it: “Virgin Airlines, $39 to the Virgin Islands.” So out of my own frustration a business was born. This is also why I am building a spaceship today - because NASA is not interested in sending me or you into space.

I don’t understand why businessmen can’t learn to speak simply. But I was lucky. My dyslexia has shaped my communication style: if something can't be explained in a nutshell, it's rubbish to me.

I'm very passionate. When people tell me that something is impossible, I always try to prove the opposite.

The best investment I ever made didn't require a huge pile of money. For 125 thousand dollars I bought Necker Island - a real pearl of the British Virgin Islands.

In my life there are no “if only I then.”

I'm used to trouble. The barge I lived on sank, my London office burned to the ground, and the house on the Necker was struck by lightning and burned like a torch. I remember how we looked at the fire, and I said: “Things are not the main thing.” Luckily, I've never been a collector of art, wine or cars, so things don't really mean anything to me. And a couple of months later we played the wedding of Holly, my daughter, in the ashes. It was the most romantic place for a wedding that I had ever seen in my life, and everyone around said that if the house had not burned down, I should have burned it down for the occasion.

I once met a woman who was completely paralyzed from the neck to the feet. Despite everything, he was the happiest person I have ever met. She said: “Life is beautiful - because I’m alive.”

Want some advice on how to become a millionaire overnight? Take your billion and try to start a new airline.

All people are the same because they make mistakes.

Recorded by Ayesha Khan

Bill Gates

Microsoft owner, 61, Seattle

If the letter contains the word “increase” it is probably spam

I'm not arrogant. Quite the opposite. I'm disappointed. I am humble. I'm polite.

Suppose you added two years to my life, with the condition that I go to business school. I don't think I could have done anything better. Look at these shelves around - do you see business books here? That's it.

Spend money wisely is as difficult as earning them. In the future, I plan to engage in meaningful distribution of money, if, of course, I still have something to give away.

I'm combing my hair every time before I send an e-mail because I hope to look attractive.

Business - Great game: constant competition and minimum rules. And the score in this game is kept in money.

I must say that I feel sorry for the President of the United States. My name is often on the copy of letters that are sent to him. I think he has an even harder time dealing with his email than I do.

Success doesn't teach you anything. He only convinces smart people that they can't lose.

Recently I went to a restaurant. A man came up to me and started asking me for money. I'm confused. Then he asked me to go to his page on the Internet. I don't know if it was true or not, but I liked this alternative request so much that I gave the guy five bucks. Maybe it was a homeless person with his own page on the Internet.

Life becomes much more fun if you approach all its challenges creatively.

If we reason in terms of use of time, religion is not very efficient. There are tons of things I can do on a Sunday morning.

Marvelous, but Melinda (Bill Gates' wife) made me want to marry her. This is very strange, because it absolutely contradicted my rationalistic considerations about marriage.

It's better if the child is attached to the computer than to the TV.

After few years Computers will have personalities and likely idiosyncrasies. They will understand spoken commands. They may even express sympathy when we are upset. But that doesn't mean they'll actually think... yet.

If the letter contains the word "increase"- probably spam.

I do not like conferences in all sorts of exotic places. It feels like the nicer the place, the less work gets done.

When I was young I wanted to become the best chess player in the world. I also wanted to be the best Go player in the world. I wanted the IBM-Microsoft partnership to continue, to everyone's benefit, but that didn't work out either. There are people I wanted to hire but couldn't. In general, I have had enough disappointments in my life.

Sometimes I envy those who programs. After I stopped writing programs for Microsoft, I often half-jokingly said in meetings: “Maybe I’ll come over this weekend and write this program myself.” Now I don’t say that anymore, but I think about it all the time.

If i knew, where is the finish line, do you think I wouldn’t have reached it years ago?

Recorded by Janet Lowe

Flavio Briatore

Entrepreneur, 66 years old, Monaco

I've never hit a paparazzi. Sometimes I could throw something at them, but that's part of the game

I never preferred fun at work and vice versa - everything came naturally to me. You need to feel very subtly what is more important at the moment - to negotiate or just drink a glass of champagne.

Luck - it is the result of a sequence of actions. There is, however, such a thing as fate - and if you need to constantly maintain luck yourself, like a fire in a fireplace, then you just need to be prepared for fate. It's not easy either.

I was growing up in the late sixties - then freedom, revolution and all that was in fashion. But I personally was just working hard in those years - I had to pay for training. I am not at all a revolutionary by nature. I prefer to keep my feet on the ground, work and have fun. In this sense, I have a typically Italian way of thinking.

I do not like the word "wealth". It doesn't mean anything. Quality of life does not always depend on money. I don’t want to become even richer - there is only one life, and you just need to improve its quality. Money can't buy this feeling, it has to be inside. If you have it, the money will follow.

Everything I do - be it Formula 1, a hotel or club business, or a clothing line - ultimately has one goal. I'm looking for a new lifestyle.

In my life I only communicated with two geniuses, but these were real geniuses. One was named Luciano Benetton, the other was Bernie Ecclestone. No one influenced me more.

Jeans I wear either Levi's or Billionaire. What I really like about the Billionaire brand are the shirts and slippers. And so, in principle, I am unpretentious in clothes - Zara will do if I’m in the mood.

I have a reputation as a playboy simply because I, unlike many, never hid the fact that I wanted to have fun. I had fantastic lovers, I am still friends with them. I always take any task seriously - and you also need to be able to have fun. At the same time, I worked like crazy. The playboy code of honor assumes that you have something to do in life. I knew a lot of rich people, and among them there was not a single slacker. I had a hell of a lot of energy. Eight in the morning - and I’m already in the office, although we’ve been partying all night. I am 29 years old. At least my spirit stopped at this point. Someone dies at 18, someone at 40, someone at 80 - I observed the first, and the second, and the third. We need to make you lucky so that you die later.

I made myself I am no one's heir. Everyone in my family was a teacher, and I personally didn’t want to teach anyone. When I was young, people had much more opportunities than now. How was it before? If you had brains, then the next day you got a good job. And now smart students are forced to work as waiters.

In young age I worked as a ski instructor at an alpine resort. It's like a movie: a young Italian man teaches rich American women how to climb a mountain. Actually, I didn't like it. I can't stand the cold. I love the sea. It’s just that I was born in the mountains, there used to be two meters of snow there - so I could not help but know how to ski.

I've never hit a paparazzi. Sometimes I could throw something at them, but that’s part of the game. The paparazzi have families, they need to be fed, I understand. I have an agreement with them: in the summer I set aside two days and allow them to film whatever they want - so that only then they will leave me alone.

Parties - It's basically always boring. Organizing a fun party is more difficult than making decent money. Parties depend on people, and people, by and large, rarely know how to truly have fun.

Money - it's about like body temperature, you should have it.

For me to fall in love a woman should be able to make me laugh. In the future, she must comply with two conditions: remain faithful to me and not get on my nerves. It's not that much I'm asking for, if you think about it.

Recorded by Maxim Semelak