17# The fascinating story of the richest man on the planet at the time 🎙️ - Andrew Carnegie (1)

This time we're going to do it a little differently! Instead of a book, we'll look at the life story of the richest man on the planet at the time. The Steel Scotsman - Andrew Carnegie. 

What will you learn in the new podcast?

When the teacher at school asked him to say a saying from the Bible, he told her: Watch out for the pennies and the euros will take care of themselves.

He came to prominence

He became a messenger boy for the telegraph company. Thanks to this job he had the opportunity to meet various people, especially the rich and important. He always tried to remember them so that he could greet them later on the street and thus become known.

Two faces

Andrew Carnegie was a contradictory man. On the one hand, a pioneer and progressive-minded man, on the other a relentless capitalist and technocrat. His positive legacy only fully manifested itself towards the end of his life and career. Perhaps he was thus trying to redeem himself and his conscience. His soul.

Money is not enough

He moved to New York, already a wealthy man. Yet he felt he was not happy. He didn't like just making money for money's sake.

⚖️ He deducted expenses

He also differed from his rivals by cutting expenses when the going got tough instead of reaching for profit. Watch the expenses and the profit will take care of itself - he often said.

  One day off

He tried to establish a competitive atmosphere among his employees. The workers worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. They had only one day off a year, and that was the 4th of July.

In the podcasts, we cover money, productivity, investing, as well as living a fulfilled and abundant life. Sources of information are world-famous books, videos, biographies, quotes from successful personalities, as well as real interviews with successful investors, entrepreneurs and inspirational peoplewho are achieving remarkable results.

We are interested in how these people think about money, what habits influence their daily lives, what they attribute their success to, but also what their biggest failures in life have been. We select only the best for you, and together we'll take a peek into the secrets of how to live a more successful, wealthy and productive life.