Carnegie: Enlightenment from Poor People to Billionaires

Do you want to become a billionaire from a pauper? Of course, this is the dream of many people, but the people who can really realize their dreams are not those who dream all day, but those who really do things. This man is Andrew? Carnegie. The Carnegie family immigrated from England to the United States and lived in poverty. My father sells his own knitted cloth everywhere, and my mother washes clothes for others. Andrew had only one shirt at that time, so every night after he went to bed, his mother washed his shirt quickly. At the age of 22, when he saw his mother who worked so hard every day, Carnegie promised that he would never get married as long as her mother was alive. Carnegie showed the business wisdom of contact from an early age. Once, he caught a mother rabbit and soon gave birth to many rabbits, but Andrew had no money to buy feed. After a period of thinking, he finally came up with a good idea. He said to his neighbor's playmates, "I want to keep these rabbits." Can you help me pick some leaves of alfalfa or dandelion? It will definitely pay off. I will name one of them after you. " Sure enough, he successfully fed the rabbit. Carnegie worked as a telegraph operator when he was young, and his daily salary was fifty cents, but it was already a big income for him at that time. He is not familiar with the streets of Pittsburgh. He is afraid that he will be fired for this reason one day, so he memorizes the company name and address in downtown Pittsburgh. Later, he decided to become a telecommunication technician, studying telecommunication-related books until late at night every night, and rushing to the telecommunication bureau to practice keys the next morning. One morning, Philadelphia kept sending telegrams to Pittsburgh, but the technician on duty had not arrived at the company, Andrew? Carnegie had to receive the telegram himself and send it out quickly. Because of this, Andrew was quickly promoted to telecommunications technician, and his salary tripled. His ambition and efforts were highly appreciated. Soon, in order to set up the telecommunication cable, the Pennsylvania Railway Company hired Carnegie as a telecommunications technician and later served as the private secretary of the director of the telecommunications department. One day, because of an accident, Carnegie finally took the first step to become a billionaire. He was going somewhere by train, and the passenger sitting next to him was an inventor. During the chat, the inventor showed Carnegie a new sleeping car and told Carnegie that it was his new invention. The sleeping car of that era was just a simple sleeper nailed to both sides of the truck, but that model is quite close to the modern sleeping car. Carnegie saw at a glance that the invention had great development potential with the unique keen vision of Scots, so he borrowed some money to buy the stock of the company that made this new sleeping car. Sure enough, the value of stocks continued to rise. By the age of 25, Carnegie had earned $5,000 a year because of this investment. On one occasion, the wooden bridge where the railway passed was burned down, which made the train impassable for several days. At that time, Carnegie's position was director-general of the telecommunications department. He thought that the wooden bridge was out of date and the iron bridge era was coming, so he borrowed money to set up a company and began to manufacture the iron bridge, and the benefits he gained were immeasurable. In mythology, King Midas was given by God and had the ability to touch anything and turn it into gold, Andrew? Carnegie, like him, can succeed in whatever he does. He once bought a farm in the middle of an oil field in western Pennsylvania with a few friends for 40 thousand yuan. In a short period of one year, the price of the farm rose to 6,543,800 yuan. It is said that when he was 27 years old, his average weekly income was 1000 yuan, while before 15, his daily salary was only 20 cents. President Lincoln's reign 1862 was the most intense time of the Civil War. Prices keep rising, and major events happen one after another. At this time, the western development is also in full swing, even reaching the other side of the Mississippi River. In this case, the transcontinental railway is absolutely necessary. Emerging cities are also booming everywhere, and the whole United States is excited about this new era. Andrew? Carnegie's steelmaking furnace almost never stops smoking. With this prosperity, he created almost unprecedented wealth. Even so, he is not the kind of person who works all day. He spends most of his time in leisure. He often says, "There are many assistants around me who are better than my brain." By scolding or encouraging, he made these capable assistants create great wealth for him. Although he also has the stingy character of Scots, he definitely made his assistants earn what they deserved. Few people have made so many millionaires like him. Billionaire enlightenment