MY ADVICE TO TRUMP, or #MyAdviceToTrump

#MyAdvideToTrump: Big Picture leaders need to keep a focus on the small things.

It’s not about how much ground you cover, but how high you soar.

This isn’t the time to lay down and rest, Mr. Trump.

You may be sixty nine years old, but you have the explosive energy of a sixty eight year old.

If you need to be propped up, get a prop. Don’t lean on your extended family too hard. They might break.

After you pointed out Jeb Bush bringing in brother George and Mother Bush for help, you probably shouldn’t expose your wives and kids to the same hits.

#MyAdviceToTrump: Just make sure they’re all registered to vote in the NY primary. Registered. To. Vote. Wife and kids.

You’ve got that covered?

The path looks steep until you start climbing.

Like the great maple trees coming out of their winter slumber, you Mr. Trump will show new life.

The leaves may look a little yellow, or orange at first, but they’ll come in greener than green.

The new green showing is all people need to see, want to see. You know that.

#MyAdviceToTrump: If you need a little fertilizer to push the green, if you need a little outside backing for your self funded campaign, look for the green on the sly. Your biggest fans love your independence from the machine.

 

Voters are like a fern garden. Some fronds are old, some new, some you don’t know.

The thing with ferns is you get the whole plant.

Mr. Trump running for the White House means taking the whole fern with you.

Once you attract critics, you have to stop pruning.

#MyAdviceToTrump: Know you audience, know your message, and let your fans see the message develop. They see a fern, not a tumble weed. Plant it and water regularly.

 

Stone walls of your hardscape aren’t rocks to throw.

They aren’t waterproof, or permanent, but they’re all you need.

A permeable wall isn’t the same as a trafficking station.

What needs to get through gets through.

When the walls hold ferns, let them grow. They add character.

#MyAdviceToTrump: A wall can be a welcome mat directing visitors to the right gate. Same wall, different view. See how that works?

 

When something’s not right, stop and think.

Is it a sound you’ve never heard?

Water leaking from a turned off hose?

Smoke smell and no fire?

#MyAdviceToTrump: You can’t control everything, but you can trust your own work. If you’ve done the right thing, how bad can a problem be?

 

A clear path and strong support. What’s that sound?

You best effort and best staffers couldn’t prevent it.

The whole clean look of the campaign is smeared by one thing: birds.

Birds have built nests in your supports and you know what that means: messy.

First the peeps, then the droppings, then the little birds falling out of their nest.

And you’ll get blamed.

#MyAdviceToTrump: Birds and frogs are a sign of good health. If you’ve got them on your side you’re doing something right. Try not to kill them.

 

Why do policemen show up when you haven’t done anything wrong?

Repeat after me: “It’s not always about us.”

If you haven’t done anything wrong, no worries. But still be ready to get on the ground in a hurry.

The police are busy. If they arrive in force, be friendly. They’ll do their job and leave if you don’t get in the way.

If you do get in the way?

#MyAdviceToTrump: You are The Man, maybe not The Presidential Man, but man enough to show your hand, so relax. The only thing you have to fear is the mirror, and from the looks of things, you’re not afraid of that.

Yet. But the day is coming.