The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
by Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie's own telling, usually bound with The Gospel of Wealth: the bobbin boy, the mentors, the deals, and the philosophy that a rich man who dies rich dies disgraced. Charming and selective.
Read it if…
you want the self-made story in his voice.
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Skip it if…
you want the full picture; see Nasaw.
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Three things you will actually use
- Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket.
- Mentors made him; be one.
- Die rich, die disgraced.
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Read the early chapters and The Gospel of Wealth essay.
Our verdict
In his own voice.
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