The industrialist Andrew Carnegie used these 10 principles to become the richest man in the world - Business Insider

Andrew Carnegie arrived in the US in 1848 with barely a dollar to his name. By 1901, he was the head of a steel empire and 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 he 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.

Here’s a synopsis of the rules, which appear in the collection “The Science of Success“:




1. Define your purpose.
Create a plan of action and start working toward it immediately.

2. Create a “master-mind alliance.”
Contact and work with people “who have what you haven’t,” Hill says.

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