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Feb 11

“11 Interesting Facts About Andrew Carnegie!”

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Andrew Carnegie was the richest man in America, may be even the richest man in the world. He inspired the #1 classic book on wealth creation: “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill.

Andrew Carnegie - millionaire and philanthropist

Andrew Carnegie

Read 11 interesting facts about Andrew Carnegie, the mastermind behind Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”. Andrew Carnegie donated most of his vast fortune to libraries (Carnegie-Libraries), schools, universities and many other organizations.

  1. Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland on 25 November 1835.
  2. He was the son of a weaver.
  3. Andrew Carnegie rose from a bobbin boy in a textile factory to become one of the richest men in America.
  4. He was the father of modern steel and was one of America’s richest men.
  5. Andrew Carnegie was extremely successful when it came to investing his money.
  6. He was one of the most intriguing characters of late nineteenth century America.
  7. And he was the wealthiest man in the world at the beginning of the 20th century.
  8. Andrew Carnegie saw a lack of education as a major downfall of society.
  9. Andrew Carnegie  was a philanthropist who donated the funds for lots of public libraries and they were named after him.
  10. Andrew Carnegie believed that one should keep only the money required for his family; the rest of the money one earns should be used for the betterment of society.
  11. Andrew Carnegie died on 11 August 1919 in Lenox, Massachusetts.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / Alexander Graham Bell / Elbert Henry Gary / Julius Rosenwald / Napoleon Hill / Stuart Austin Wier / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" — 2 Comments
28
Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill? (Part 8)

In this post: a steel-magnate (Elbert Henry Gary), an inventor (Alexander Graham Bell), a clothier and philanthropist (Julius Rosenwald), a lawyer, lecturer and writer (Stuart Austin Wier) and an author of a million-seller (Napoleon Hill and “Think and Grow Rich”)

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Four gentlemen from Napoleon Hill’s list in the Author’s Preface of “Think and Grow Rich”. Enjoy their interesting short-bios.


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7



Elbert Henry Gary

Elbert Henry Gary

ELBERT HENRY GARY (* October 8, 1846 in Wheaton, Illinois; † August 15, 1927 in New York City) was an American lawyer, county judge and businessman. He was key founder and chief organizer of the U.S. Steel Corporation. Elbert H. Gary was an authority on corporate law and became president of Federal Steel Co., Chicago, in 1898. By 1901, Federal Steel Co. merged with other companies to become America’s first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel Corp.. Elbert H. Gary became chairman of the board of directors and remained in this position for 26 years until his death at the age of 82. Even though he was a strict opponent of unions, he promoted profit sharing, higher wages and better working conditions.

Elbert H. Gary is being mentioned four times by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”. This is an interesting text-passage: “So Carnegie had his millions, and the Morgan syndicate had $62,000,000 for all its `trouble,’ and all the `boys,’ from Gates to Gary, had their millions.”


Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland; † August 2, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada) was an Scottish-American inventor, engineer and scientist. He invented the first practical telephone and founded the Bell Telephone Company. Bell had a very personal relation to elocution and speech, since his grandfather, father and brother worked in that field and both his wife and his mother were deaf. Alexander Graham Bell made several inventions, among them an audiometer, a metal detector and  the hydrofoil boat. Alexander Graham Bell became part oft the eugenics movement when his research showed that congenitally deaf parents were more likely to produce deaf children. Bel (B), a unit of ratio used in acoustics and electronics (mostly used as the derived decibel (dB) = 0.1 B) is named in honor of telecommunication pioneer Alexander Graham Bell.

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell is being mentioned two times in “Think and Grow Rich”. Napoleon Hill puts him on the list in the author’s preface and mentions him in chapter 13 “The Brain”.

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
Alexander Graham Bell


Julius Rosenwald

Julius Rosenwald

JULIUS ROSENWALD (* August 12, 1862 in Springfield, Illinois; † January 6, 1932 in Highland Park, Illinois) was a German-American clothier, manufacturer and philanthropist. Since 1895, he was part-owner and president (1908) of Sears, Roebuck and Company, an American chain of department stores, which merged with Kmart to form Sears Holdings Corporation in 2005. Julius Rosenwald also was a major philanthropist. In 1917, he and his family established the Rosenwald Fund for “the well-being of mankind”. The Rosenwald Fund donated over $70 million to public schools, colleges, universities, museums, Jewish charities and black institutions until 1948, when the Julius Rosenwald Fund was completely depleted.

Julius Rosenwald is part Napoleon Hill’s list of 47 wealthy men in “Think and Grow Rich”.

“Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.”
Julius Rosenwald


Stuart Austin Wier

Stuart Austin Wier

STUART AUSTIN WIER (* August 21, 1894 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; † April 23, 1959 in Dallas, Texas) was an American lawyer, lecturer and writer. What does Napoleon Hill write about Stuart Austin Wier in “Think and Grow Rich”?
“The secret was passed on to Stuart Austin Wier, of Dallas, Texas. He was ready for it–so ready that he gave up his profession and studied law. Did he succeed? That story is told too.” (Author’s Preface). Later, in Chapter 5, Napoleon Hill writes: “Stuart Austin Wier prepared himself as a Construction Engineer and followed this line of work until the depression limited his market to where it did not give him the income he required. He took inventory of himself, decided to change his profession to law, went back to school and took special courses by which he prepared himself as a corporation lawyer. despite the fact the depression had not ended, he completed his training, passed the Bar Examination, and quickly built a lucrative law practice, in Dallas, Texas; in fact he is turning away clients. Just to keep the record straight, and to anticipate the alibis of those who will say, “I couldn’t go to school because I have a family to support,” or “I’m too old,” I will add the information that Mr. Wier was past forty, and married when he went back to school. Moreover, by carefully selecting highly specialized courses, in colleges best prepared to teach the subjects chosen, Mr. Wier completed in two years the work for which the majority of law students require four years. IT PAYS TO
KNOW HOW TO PURCHASE KNOWLEDGE!”

Napoleon Hill mentions Stuart Austin Wier half a dozen times in “Think and Grow Rich” (see above for some quotes).


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


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Arthur Brisbane / Edward A. Filene / Edwin C. Barnes / Napoleon Hill / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" / Woodrow Wilson — 8 Comments
22
Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (Part 6)

In this post you are going to meet four men that are mentioned in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill: A retail genius (Edward A. Filene), a man with definite desire (Edwin C. Barnes), an influential newspaper editor (Arthur Brisbane) and a Nobel Peace Price awarded U.S. President (Woodrow Wilson)

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Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


Edward Albert Filene

Edward Albert Filene

EDWARD ALBERT FILENE (September 3, 1860 in Salem, Massachusetts; † September 26, 1937 in Paris, France) was an American businessman, author and philanthropist. Due to his father’s ill health he had to give up his Harvard ambitions (he had already passed the entrance exams) to take over his family’s clothing business at the age of 19.  Even though Edward A. Filene had only little formal education, he became a retail genius and successfully developed the Filene’s department store chain. Filene also was a spiritual leader in the credit union movement, which he supported by public speeches and money. He planned and helped organize the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and served in World War I as chairman of the War Shipping Committee. Edward A. Filene corresponded with many leaders in economy, politics and culture. Among them were Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Mahatma Gandhi and Lenin.

Napoleon Hill mentions Edward A. Filene in the list of millionaires  in “Think and Grow Rich”.

“What is needed is that the American masses shall learn the art of constructive self-government in this machine age (…)”
Edward A. Filene


Edwin C. Barnes

Edwin C. Barnes

EDWIN C. BARNES (* 1878 in Wisonsin, † September 23, 1952 in Bradenton, Florida) was an American inventor and electronic engineering specialist. He was Thomas A. Edison’s business partner from 1905 to Edison’s death in 1931. Edwin C. Barnes is “The Man Who “Thought” His Way Into Partnership With Thomas A. Edison”. Napoleon Hill tells Barnes’ story in the first chapter of “Think and Grow Rich”. It is the story of a man with a big burning and definite desire to become a business associate of Thomas Alva Edison. He had travelled by “blind baggage” on a freight train, because he did not have enough money to pay the fare. Edison gave him a chance and let him work in the office at first. Barnes saw his opportunity when Edison’s salesmen disregarded the Edison Dictating Machine (later: Ediphone). Barnes knew he could sell the machine and he did it so successfully that eventually Edison made him his business partner.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill tells Edwin C. Barnes’ story in chapter 1 as “The man who “thought” his way into partnership with Thomas A. Edison”

“I came here to go into business with Edison, and I’ll accomplish this end if it takes the remainder of my life.”


Arthur Brisbane

Arthur Brisbane

ARTHUR BRISBANE (* December 12, 1864 in Buffalo, New York; † December 25, 1936 in New York City) was an American newspaper editor,  writer and real estate investor. Arthur Brisbane  started his career as a newspaper reporter in and editor in New York. He worked at The New York Sun and The New York World before he became editor of the New York Journal and the Evening Journal, owned by William Randolph Hearst. Arthur Brisbane was one of the most influential newspaper editors ever, since his syndicated editorial column reached a daily readership of over 20 million.

Arthur Brisbane is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich” in the list of the author’s preface.

“If you don’t hit the reader between the eyes in your first sentence of your news column, there’s no need to write any more.”
Arthur Brisbane


Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

THOMAS WOODROW WILSON (* December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia; † February 3, 1924 in Washington D.C.) was the 28th President of the United States of America from 1913 to 1921. President Wilson was the second democratic president since 1861. In the spirit of the progressive era, he established several social and economic reforms, e. g. the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act and America’s first-ever federal progressive income tax in the Revenue Act of 1913. Woodrow Wilson tried to keep the United States out of WW I, but had to declare war to Germany due to a threatening military alliance of Germany and Mexico and due to Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare. At the end of the war, President Wilson personally controlled negotiations with Germany and was mainly responsible for shaping the Treaty of Versailles. Based on this treaty,  the League of Nations, predecessor of the United Nations,  was created in 1919 and for this accomplishment, President Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. President Woodrow Wilson is considered as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

Woodrow Wilson is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich” as part of the list of users of the Carnegie secret.

“America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.”
Woodrow Wilson


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


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"Think And Grow Rich" / Cyrus H. K. Curtis / E. M. Statler / George Eastman / Henry L. Doherty / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" / Theodore Roosevelt — 12 Comments
16
Sep 10

Who’s Who in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”? (Part 2)

You will meet Mr. Statler, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Eastman and the other gentlemen in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. Grab your free copy on the right.

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Have you ever wanted to know, who the 47 millionaires on Napoleon Hill’s list are? Here is Part 2 of the list.

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


Ellsworth Milton Statler

E. M. Statler

ELLSWORTH MILTON STATLER (* October 26, 1863, † Somerset County, Pennsylvania; † April 16, 1928 in New York City) was an American hotel owner. He laid ground for the Statler chain in 1907, when he built his first major hotel in Buffalo, New York. Different from the standards at that time, every room had a private bath or shower and running water. The famous slogan “The Guest is Always Right” can be traced back to E.M. Statler.

E.M. Statler is being mentioned in the author’s preface list of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” only.

“There are three things that make a hotel famous – location, location, location.”

E.M. Statler


Henry Latham Doherty

Henry Latham Doherty

HENRY LATHAM DOHERTY (* May 15, 1870 in Columbus, Ohio; † December 26, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American oilman and utilities expert. Henry L. Doherty was 12 years old when he left school to work for the Columbus Gas Company. A homemade self-education program and his continuing diligence let him become chief engineer only 8 years later. In 1910, he founded the Cities Service Company, a New York-based holding company which ultimately controlled more than 200 utility firms. After a major company restructuring in 1983 Cities Service Co. was re-branded as CITGO.

Henry L. Doherty is being mentioned in the list of the author’s preface in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” only.

“Those who do the most for the world’s advancement are the ones who demand the least.”

Henry L. Doherty


Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis

Cyrus H. K. Curtis

CYRUS HERMAN KOTZSCHMAR CURTIS (* June 18, 1850 in Portland, Maine ; † June 7, 1933 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania) was an American publisher and major philanthropist. In 1866, his family home had burned down in the Great Fire of Portland and C. H. K. Curtis had to leave high school after the first year. For 6 years, he worked for several Portland and Boston newspapers. In 1872 he established his first publication. His first big success was “The Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper”, developed and edited by his first wife Louisa Knapp and later renamed as “The Ladies Home Journal”. Late on, Curtis also published several other newspapers and magazines such as “The Saturday Evening Post”, “The Philadelphia Enquirer” and “The New York Evening Post”. C. H. K. Curtis donated millions of dollars to hospitals, museums, universities and schools.

Napoleon Hill mentions Cyrus H. K. Curtis in his prefaces’ list of “Think and Grow Rich”.

“There are two kinds of people who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.”

Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Curtis


George Eastman

George Eastman

GEORGE EASTMAN (* July 12, 1854 in Waterville, New York; † March 14, 1932 in Rochester, New York) was an American inventor, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company and a major philanthropist. George Eastman invented roll film, which soon replaced conventional photo plates. Roll film, in combination with (Kodak) cameras, designed for non-expert use,  laid ground for photography as an affordable hobby for the average person. George Eastman was a major philanthropist and donated  to universities, institutes, museums and schools on a regular basis throughout his lifetime.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, George Eastman is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the list of wealthy men who used the Carnegie secret.

“What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.”

George Eastman


Theodore Roosevelt, ca. 1902

Theodore Roosevelt, 1902

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (* October 27, 1858 in New York City;  † January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York) was the 26th president of the United States. Unlike most of the other men on this list, he was born to a wealthy family. He graduated from Harvard in 1880 and attended law school before he decided to enter public life. Theodore Roosevelt was an outstanding personality and achieved his goals in life. Instead of listing his numerous merits, Napoleon Hill shall be quoted. In his book “The Law of Success in 16 Lessons”, the predecessor of “Think and Grow Rich” he wrote:

“Theodore Roosevelt engraved his name on the tablets of time by one single act during his tenure of office as President of the United  States, and after all else that he did while in that office will have been forgotten this one transaction will record him in history as a man of imagination. He started the steam shovels to work on the Panama Canal. Every President, from Washington on up to Roosevelt, could have started the canal and it would have been completed, but it seemed such a colossal undertaking that it required not only imagination but daring courage as well. Roosevelt had both, and the people of the United States have the canal.”

Napoleon Hill mentions Theodore Roosevelt in the list and writes in Chapter 1 – Introduction: “The business depression started in 1929, and continued on to an all time record of destruction, until sometime after President Roosevelt entered office.”

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7

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17
Apr 10

Hear Andrew Carnegie speak

This is a unique recording of Andrew Carnegie. He is reading passages from his essay “Wealth” which is also known as “The Gospel of Wealth” due to its last sentence. If you want to read the most famous book by Andrew Carnegie’s protégé Napoleon Hill, you can get your free copy of “Think And Grow Rich” on the right

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Rare recording: Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and major philanthropist reads from his essay “Wealth”, a.k.a. “The Gospel of Wealth”

“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced”


Andrew Carnegie


Andrew Carnegies essay, published in 1889,  was recorded in the Edison motion picture film studio,  NY in 1914.  Andrew Carnegie reads for approximately 6 minutes. The sound is a bit noisy but you find the transcript of his speech below.


Andrew Carnegie, millionaire and philanthropist on rich, poor, charity, and other issues. Recorded at Edison motion picture film studio, Bronx, NY., 20 January 1914. Record format: Edison Kinetophone cylinder

Andrew Carnegie:

(00:00 – 01:19)
“I quote from the Gospel of Wealth published twenty-five years ago. This then,  is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth:
First: to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community – the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience, and ability to administer, (…)”  [pp.661-662]

(01:20 – 1:56)
“Those who would administer wisely must, indeed be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. It were better for mankind that the millions of the rich were thrown into the sea than so spent as to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy. (…)” [p. 662]

(01:57 – 02:30)
“In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so; to give to those who (…) desire to rise the aids by which they may rise; to assist, but rarely or never to do all. (…)” [p. 663]

(02:30 – 02:59)
“He is the only true reformer who is as careful and as anxious not to aid the unworthy as he is to lead the worthy, and,  perhaps even more so, for in alms-giving more injury is may be done by promoting vice than by relieving virtue. (…)” [p. 663]

(02:59 – 04:14)
“Thus is the problem of the Rich and Poor to be solved. The laws of accumulation should be left free; the laws of distribution free. Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor; entrusted for a season with a part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering it for the community far better than it could or would have done of itself. The best in minds will thus have reached a stage in the development of the race in which it is clearly seen that there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable to thoughtful and earnest men into whose hands it flows save by using it year by year for the general good. This day already dawns. (…)” [pp. 663 - 664]

(04:15 – 05:57)
“Men may die without incurring the pity of their fellows, (…) sharers in great business enterprises from which their capital cannot be or has not been withdrawn, (…) which is left entirely at death for public uses, yet the day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away “unwept, unhonored, and unsung,” no matter to what use he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: “The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion is the true gospel concerning Wealth, obedience to which is destined someday to solve the problems of the Rich and the Poor, to hasten the coming brotherhood of man, and at last to make our earth a heaven.” [p. 664]

These passages, read by Andrew Carnegie, are from his essay “Wealth” which is also known as “The Gospel of Wealth” . For this recording, Andrew Carnegie made some minor changes of the text, compared to the printed version of 1889. Spelling and punctuation refer to the printed version.

Read Andrew Carnegie’s famous essay “Wealth” (“The Gospel of Wealth”) in The North American Review Volume 0148 Issue 391 (June 1889). You can switch between the facsimile, text or pdf version:

“Wealth” (“The Gospel of Wealth”) by Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill with writing a Philosophy of Personal Success without compensation. That was in 1908.

Napoleon Hill published the result of Andrew Carnegie’s commission in 1928. It had taken Napoleon Hill 20 years to interview more than 500 healthy people, millionaires and multi-millionaires about the achievement of personal success. The outcome was the book “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”.

Nine years and many interviews, analyses, case studies and steps of perfection later, Napoleon Hill published a book that turned out to become a multi-million world wide  super seller. Its title: “Think And Grow Rich”

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2
Apr 10

Mindmap: Andrew Carnegie – Millionaire and Philanthropist

Napoleon Hill heard what Andrew Carnegie and another 500 millionaires told him about becoming a millionaire. He wrote it all in his book “Think And Grow Rich”. Now you can read it yourself. Get your free copy on the right or see the mindmap.

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What did Andrew Carnegie know about becoming a millionaire?

“It is the mind that makes the body rich.”

Andrew Carnegie


Andrew Carnegie - millionaire and philanthropist

Andrew Carnegie

A one-room weaver’s cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland, 25 November 1835. A newborn baby takes its first breath. His name is Andrew Carnegie.

A 100 room cottage in Lenox, Massachusetts, 11 August 1919. One of the richest men in history takes his last breath. His name is Andrew Carnegie, the very same person.

Born in Scotland, grown rich in America, he donated US$ 350,695,653.- (US$ 4.3 billion in 2005 figures) to charity. He founded 23 educational, scientific and cultural organizations, 2,509 Carnegie-Libraries in several countries, universities, schools and museums.

Hear Andrew Carnegie speak (read the transcript, too?)

Andrew Carnegie, millionaire and philanthropist on rich and poor, charity, and other issues. Recorded at Edison motion picture film studio, Bronx, NY. 20 January 1914. Record format: Edison Kinetophone cylinder

This Mindmap gives you a quick overview of Andrew Carnegie’s Life and Philosophy. Please click once to enlarge, click again to zoom.

Mindmap on Andrew Carnegie

Mindmap on Andrew Carnegie (please click to enlarge)

Andrew Carnegie believed: “It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Money can only be the useful drudge of things immeasurably higher than itself.” And he is also quoted: “The man who dies thus rich, dies disgraced”.

Andrew Carnegie not only wanted to be rich himself. He wanted other people to get rich, too. He was convinced, that there was something existing like the “Formula of Success”. A set of rules easy enough, so that the average person would be capable to apply it.

In 1908 Andrew Carnegie met a young journalist for an interview. His name was Napoleon Hill. Napoleon Hill must have impressed steel-tycoon Andrew Carnegie, because Mr. Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill with a task that should finally take him 20 years to perform.

The result was a book: “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”. This book was a concentrate of  interviews with more than 500 millionaires and multimillionaires back then.  And it finally contained the Formula of Success, Andrew Carnegie had postulated.

Moreover, it was the first publication of a series of 12 book which can considered as a Secret of Success Philosophy. The most successful book in this series is Napoleon Hills 2nd book “Think And Grow Rich”. It sold more than 30 million copies and still sells today.

Andrew Carnegie initiated and contributed to Napoleon Hill’s Philosophy of Success. What he knew to say about getting rich and becoming a millionaire is contained in all of  Napoleon Hill’s 12 “money-get-on-make-money-get-rich-like-a-millionaire-books”.  By the way: you can have your own free copy of Napoleon Hill’s most successful book “Think And Grow Rich” on top right.


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Andrew Carnegie donated his millions and founded 2,509 Libraries. May I give you a free copy of a book that is inspired by Andrew Carnegie? It’s Napoleon Hill’s 7-decades-longseller “Think And Grow Rich”  (top right)
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