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This Credo is displayed in bronze letters on the wall in the main lobby of the Rockefeller Library. I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. I believe that the ...
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Apr 22, 2013 · Rockefeller’s philanthropy was extensive. As his own personal fortune grew, so did the amount of money he gave to good causes. By the time he was 45 years old, he had given away $100,000 per year. At 53, he hit $1,000,000 per year, and at 80 he gave away $138,000,000. In total, historians estimate that he gave away $550,000,000 which is more ...
John D. Rockefeller had a very unusual childhood. His father, dubbed “Devil Bill,” was a smooth-talking snake oil salesman, while his mother was a very devoted and disciplined Christian who taught John to work, to save, and to give to charities. This often-demonized, so-called Robber Baron reshaped America, creating an industry centered ...
Download Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr PDF by Chernow Ron. Table Of Content. Table of Contents Title Page Dedication Epigraph Praise Foreword PRELUDE: - POISON TONGUE CHAPTER 1 - The Flimflam Man CHAPTER 2 - Fires of Revival CHAPTER 3 - Bound to Be Rich CHAPTER 4 - Baptism in Business CHAPTER 5 - The Auction CHAPTER 6 - The Poetry ...
- The Rockefellian Key to Success: Be Your Own Tyrant
- Practice Relentless Persistence
- Cultivate Unassailable Poise and Reserve
- Check Your Ego
- To Get Wealthy, Have A Purpose Beyond Getting Wealthy
- Pay Attention to The Details
- Live Frugally
If there was one overarching principle to Rockefeller’s success, it is contained within this maxim of his: Rockefeller’s most striking quality was what Chernow calls his almost “eerie self-control.” He relentlessly honed his will, training himself to be master of his emotions, desires, and schedule, so that he could direct all his impulses towards ...
There was little in Rockefeller’s upbringing that would portend his meteoric rise. He was born in a clapboard house in New York in 1839. His mother was a solid, religious woman, but his father, William Avery Rockefeller, was essentially a snake oil salesman, who was gone from home for weeks and sometimes months at a time, selling his “botanical” cu...
As a boy, John D.’s mother taught him: “Control of self wins the battle, for it means control of others.” He took that maxim to heart, adopting a far different leadership style than the stereotypical corporate tycoon, cultivating a power that relied not on loud, blustering displays and belligerent table-pounding, but quiet authority and a sphinx-li...
From the above description, it may seem like Rockefeller was a prideful man. But this was far from the case. Throughout his life he assiduously cultivated his humility. From the very start of his career, he keenly understood the way that power and wealth could lead to hubris, and intentionally trained himself not to be guided by ego. As his net wor...
From the time he was a young man, Rockefeller wanted to become wealthy, and he was certainly driven at times in his career by simple avarice. But importantly, his motivation in building his empire did not rest solely on the desire to be rich, but was rather undergirded by satisfactions and purposes outside the acquisitive. First, he simply enjoyed ...
Chernow writes that “Rockefeller seemed destined to succeed as much from his fastidious work habits as from innate intelligence,” and the man himself admitted to having “a passion for detail.” If anything, this was an understatement. In his personal appearance, Rockefeller always presented himself well-groomed and neatly dressed. His face was alway...
In looking back on the factors that most shaped the trajectory of his success, Rockefeller believed that one of the most important was his decision to track all of his spending and saving. Starting as a young man, John D. had kept a strict accounting of his finances in a small, red pocket notebookhe dubbed “Ledger A.” Even as an old man, he kept it...
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of Rockefeller’s father, a bigamist and snake-oil salesman, who so indelibly shaped his son’s life. Even the exhaustive Nevins showed scant interest in Rockefeller’s marriage or his three daughters. The feminist concerns of our own day have recently produced two books—Bernice Kert’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Clarice Stasz’s The
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Microsoft Word - Phil & City - stapleton-rose. Rockefeller, Religion, and Philanthropy in Gilded Age Cleveland Kenneth W. Rose and Darwin H. Stapleton, Rockefeller Archive Center. Religion is a well-compartmentalized element of modern American history, referred to and recognized as an aspect of culture, and even of politics, but today usually ...
