Ivanka Trump

And I saw this a lot on job sites. I remember with the old post office building, there was this massive glass-topped atrium. So heating and cooling the structure was like a Herculean lift. We had the mechanical engineers provide their thoughts on how we could do it efficiently and so that the temperature never varied. And it was enormously expensive as an undertaking.

And I saw this a lot on job sites. I remember with the old post office building, there was this massive glass-topped atrium. So heating and cooling the structure was like a Herculean lift. We had the mechanical engineers provide their thoughts on how we could do it efficiently and so that the temperature never varied. And it was enormously expensive as an undertaking.

And I remember one of his first times on the site because, you know, he had really empowered me with this project. And he trusted me to execute and to also, you know, rope him in when I needed it. But the first time he visits, we're walking the hallway and we're talking about how expensive this cooling system would be. And heating system would be.

And I remember one of his first times on the site because, you know, he had really empowered me with this project. And he trusted me to execute and to also, you know, rope him in when I needed it. But the first time he visits, we're walking the hallway and we're talking about how expensive this cooling system would be. And heating system would be.

And I remember one of his first times on the site because, you know, he had really empowered me with this project. And he trusted me to execute and to also, you know, rope him in when I needed it. But the first time he visits, we're walking the hallway and we're talking about how expensive this cooling system would be. And heating system would be.

And he starts stopping and he's asking duct workers as we walk what they think of the system that the mechanical engineer has designed. First few, fine, you know, not great answers. The third guy goes, sir, if you want me to be honest with you, it's obscenely over-designed.

And he starts stopping and he's asking duct workers as we walk what they think of the system that the mechanical engineer has designed. First few, fine, you know, not great answers. The third guy goes, sir, if you want me to be honest with you, it's obscenely over-designed.

And he starts stopping and he's asking duct workers as we walk what they think of the system that the mechanical engineer has designed. First few, fine, you know, not great answers. The third guy goes, sir, if you want me to be honest with you, it's obscenely over-designed.

In the circumstance of a 1,000-year storm, you will have the exact perfect temperature if there's a massive blizzard or if it's unbearably hot. But 99.9% of the time, you'll never need it. And so I think it's just an enormous waste of money.

In the circumstance of a 1,000-year storm, you will have the exact perfect temperature if there's a massive blizzard or if it's unbearably hot. But 99.9% of the time, you'll never need it. And so I think it's just an enormous waste of money.

In the circumstance of a 1,000-year storm, you will have the exact perfect temperature if there's a massive blizzard or if it's unbearably hot. But 99.9% of the time, you'll never need it. And so I think it's just an enormous waste of money.

And so he kept asking that guy questions, and we ended up overhauling the design pretty well into the process of the whole system, saving a lot of money, creating a great system that's super functional. And so I learned a lot, and that's just one example of countless. That one really sticks out in my head because I'm like, oh my gosh, we're redesigning the whole system.

And so he kept asking that guy questions, and we ended up overhauling the design pretty well into the process of the whole system, saving a lot of money, creating a great system that's super functional. And so I learned a lot, and that's just one example of countless. That one really sticks out in my head because I'm like, oh my gosh, we're redesigning the whole system.

And so he kept asking that guy questions, and we ended up overhauling the design pretty well into the process of the whole system, saving a lot of money, creating a great system that's super functional. And so I learned a lot, and that's just one example of countless. That one really sticks out in my head because I'm like, oh my gosh, we're redesigning the whole system.

You know, we were actively under construction, so it was... But I would see him do that on a lot of different issues. He would ask people on the work level what their thoughts were, ideas, concepts, designs. And there was almost like a Socratic sort of mindset.

You know, we were actively under construction, so it was... But I would see him do that on a lot of different issues. He would ask people on the work level what their thoughts were, ideas, concepts, designs. And there was almost like a Socratic sort of mindset.

You know, we were actively under construction, so it was... But I would see him do that on a lot of different issues. He would ask people on the work level what their thoughts were, ideas, concepts, designs. And there was almost like a Socratic sort of mindset.

first principles type of way he questioned people, trying to get down to sort of trying to reduce complex things to something really fundamental and simple. So I try to do that myself to the best I can. And I think it's something I very much learned from him.

first principles type of way he questioned people, trying to get down to sort of trying to reduce complex things to something really fundamental and simple. So I try to do that myself to the best I can. And I think it's something I very much learned from him.

first principles type of way he questioned people, trying to get down to sort of trying to reduce complex things to something really fundamental and simple. So I try to do that myself to the best I can. And I think it's something I very much learned from him.