John D. Rockefeller

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• THOT 4 2 DAY — 12.21.09

  
  JonClaytonBizBlog — Authority: 134
  The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it — every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.– John D. Rockefeller III Share and Enjoy:
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• Ron Paul Calls for Competition in Money

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Many years ago, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. famously stated, “Competition is a sin.” He preferred a monopoly, the very antithesis of economic freedom, in order to increase profits. A monopoly accomplishes for its creator the opportunity to gouge the public, a consequence generally well-known, and generally despised. ...
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• How many things can you work on at once?

  
  The New Professional's Leverage Points — Authority: 128
  6 months ago in my private journal I wrote… I have come to think only 3 active projects at a time is sensible.  But how to divide them amongst so many areas of life? My good friend Joshua Seymour quoted this passage from a book we have both read: The "Do-Everything" Approach A key to success is to overload ...
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• Early Tycoons in America

  
  Quazen — Authority: 138
    Monopolizing the kerosene market during the civil war, John D.Rockefeller grabbed up the oil refineries like a marauding lion. Then when the big gas eating cars came along a few years later he was able to turn Standard oil into the biggest corporation in the world. Standard oil was described in 1880 as the most ...
  1 week ago

• Early Tycoons in America

  
  Quazen — Authority: 138
    Monopolizing the kerosene market during the civil war, John D.Rockefeller grabbed up the oil refineries like a marauding lion. Then when the big gas eating cars came along a few years later he was able to turn Standard oil into the biggest corporation in the world. Standard oil was described in 1880 as the most ...
  1 week ago

• Early Tycoons in America

  
  Quazen — Authority: 138
    Monopolizing the kerosene market during the civil war, John D.Rockefeller grabbed up the oil refineries like a marauding lion. Then when the big gas eating cars came along a few years later he was able to turn Standard oil into the biggest corporation in the world. Standard oil was described in 1880 as the most ...
  1 week ago

• Feudal Lords of Finance

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 141
  In some influential circles, these questions are now asked: What’s wrong with high levels of inequality in general, and with having very rich bankers in particular? After all, human societies have survived the presence of extremely wealthy individuals in the past--in fact, some now argue, the presence of such a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Switchmen Strike at Railroads in Northwest

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 418
  Switchmen from St. Paul to the Pacific Coast went on strike yesterday evening after railroad managers refused their demands for a raise of 6 cents an hour, overtime pay for work in excess of 10 hours, and double pay for Sundays.
  3 weeks ago

• If It Looks Like Poe and Sounds Like Poe . . .

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 418
  In the Saturday Review of Books, an article discusses "a curious and interesting Edgar Allan Poe item," sold at auction last Monday: a manuscript of a parody of "The Raven" inscribed under the name Harriet Winslow, sold along with an 1845 edition of "The Raven and Other Poems." The article offers evidence that the ...
  3 weeks ago

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