Review: It's about building success from gound-up
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
'Andrew Carnegie's Life Changing Lessons: Andrew Carnegie on Money, Success & Life' is mostly a story of "determination, willpower, and the desire to destroy impeding barriers to become all that one can become."Striking is the description of how Carnegie built his knowledge systematically and from the ground up. The book details how working for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company laid the foundation for Carnegie to becomie the great steel magnate and one of the richest men in the 19th century. He never forgot that, which is why he made "lucrative donations for the building of libraries in an effort to afford others of what he did not have the privilege of, higher learning educational institutions. In sum, Andrew Carnegie gave away almost $ 350 million to his philanthropist works."One of Carnegie's life lessons is about humility.I loved Carnegie's quote: "The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%." In times of get-rich schemes it is an important quote to remember.The book also elaborates on Carnegie's thought about success, which he summed up with another quote:"There is little success where there is little laughter."It has long been my belief that the best way to learn life skills is by studying the ways of others, who have accomplished. This book is a neat addition for such a collection.Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger