Thread by @RobertPLewis

I want to tell you a quick personal story to highlight what an absolute BEAST & baller @realDonaldTrump is re: Davos speech this am. Have a seat & stick around.

I turned 40 very recently, but I'm in pretty good shape- I exercise my body & brain daily. I'm a professional -

Public speaker, entrepreneur, consultant and wear a lot of different hats.

I got invited to pitch a tech idea to a group of Dallas investors last year, via a program affiliated with my MBA course.

I knew the company & pitch inside & out - I had been honing the idea for -

5 years, had used it as my MBA final project (entrepreneurship class) and had given the same exact pitch to a dozen investor groups previously.

But I had become accustomed to the time zone in CA (PST) where I had been since graduating from my MBA program.

I flew in the night-

before, prepped all night in my hotel room, got up early and pitched around 730am - which was 0530 in CA hours.

I blew it. Completely. For the first time ever, I was so tired that I jumbled words, timing was off and didnt even finish within the allotted time.

Now I was 39 -

years old, flew 3 1/2 hrs and got up a little early, in a timezone that was only 2 hrs different.

@realDonaldTrump left DC yesterday, flew to DAVOS (across the freaking planet), got up early (+11hrs time diff) and knocked it out of the park for a speech that was just one -

Of dozens of things on his plate.

He's over 70, and he's an absolute beast.

You can't help but have mad respect for that kind of skill & determination.