Posts Tagged ‘Wertigkeit’

“Spitzenleistungen sind ebenso wenig das Resultat einzelner Handlungen wie miserable Leistungen. Wiederholen Sie täglich nur ein und denselben kleinen Fehler, so führt dies in Kumulation zu einem äußerst miserablen Ergebnis. Wiederholen Sie jedoch täglich eine kleine, zielorientierte und effektive Handlung, so werden Sie nicht umhin kommen mit Spitzenleistungen Bedeutung in Ihrem Feld zu erlangen!”

Andrew Carnegie

Biography
Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. The son of a weaver, he came with his family to the United States in 1848 and settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. At age thirteen, Carnegie went to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill. He then moved rapidly through a succession of jobs with Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1865, he resigned to establish his own business enterprises and eventually organized the Carnegie Steel Company, which launched the steel industry in Pittsburgh. At age sixty-five, he sold the company to J. P. Morgan for $480 million and devoted the rest of his life to his philanthropic activities and writing, including his autobiography.