I found that Chernow presented the facts simply and did not express judgment as to the morality of various monopolizing business actions (presenting both sides of the story) instead, he focused on the person and his evolution throughout his life.īelow are my full notes on the book. the person, and characterizing his human part was this writer's goal from the start. However, in beginning his research, he found that few writers really got to know John D. This book is a collection of the 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son, and we get a glimpse of his ideologies, life ethics, and grounded wisdom in these correspondences. The author initially did not want to write this biography because Rockefeller had been written about so much before. Rockefeller did neither of these things, he grew more open-minded the older he became, more generous, more pious, more dedicated to making a difference.' Most people get WORSE as they get successful, many more get worse as they age. I found Rockefeller to be strangely stoic, incredibly resilient and, despite his reputation as a robber baron, humble and compassionate. take away from someone like Rockefeller would not be business, but life lessons.

Since reading it earlier this year, I've since found out it is the favorite book of a lot of people I respect. Rockefeller 'Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be ones aim.' - John D. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.' - John D.

'A biography has to be really good to make read you all 800 pages. Rockefeller quotes, from the business titan and king of oil. He called it one of his 3 best books of 2012 (he read over 200 in 2012). Again at Ryan Holiday's suggestion, I recently finished reading Titan: The Life of John D.

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