Leadership and Business Wisdom - THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET.

• Author: Kazmi, S. Kamal Hayder
• Position: Andrew Carnegie - Biography

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish-American industrialist and the _: greatest philanthropist in this speech, is known to be the most influential person whose greatest contribution in expanding the American steel industry in 19th century makes him immortal. He donated his most fortune to establishing schools, Libraries and universities across the United States and Europe. He was a self-made man for his economic, cultural as well as intellectual developments. He is often considered to be the second richest man in the history after John D. Rockefeller.

From his young age he would love to listen about famous Scottish heroes such as Rob Roy, William Wallace, and others from his uncle. The inspirational stories, in his words, worked as driving force for his life and inspired him to keep looking for better opportunities.

The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.

Andrew Carnegie

Labor, capital, and ability are a three-legged stool... They are equal members of the great triple alliance which moves the industrial world.

Andrew Carnegie

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Andrew Carnegie

In 1848, his family immigrated to the United States, where he started working in a bobbin factory as an ordinary factory worker. Young Andrew worked almost all the day, 6 days a week as a bobbin boy to make only $1.20 a week.

His father was a weaver, and his mother bound shoes to make a living. He and his parents shared half of a considerably big, ground floor apartment with another poor family. After some time, he became a messenger boy in the Pittsburgh Office of the...