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. "A biography has to be really good to make read you all 800 pages. 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.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |