10 rules of success, the Carnegie way

At the height of his power, Carnegie was approached by a young journalist who was interested in telling the stories of successful people. Here is what he found

Andrew Carnegie arrived in the US in 1848 with barely a dollar to his name. By 1901, he was the richest man in the world. At the height of his power, he was approached by a young journalist named Napoleon Hill who was interested in telling the stories of successful people.

Carnegie saw a special drive in Hill and in 1908, decided that Hill would document all of the strategies that made him a legendary businessman and philanthropist. Together, they helped pioneer the self-help genre, and Hill’s 1937 book Think and Grow Rich has gone on to become one of the top-selling books of all time.

When Hill began his career writing about success, Carnegie gave him his ‘10 Rules of Success’ that provided a foundation for much of Hill’s work.