Industrialist, rags-to-riches tycoon, philanthropist and catalyst behind some 2,800 public libraries, Andrew Carnegie is the perennial inspiration to countless would-be and actual success stories. Born 171 years ago today, on Nov. 25, 1835, Carnegie still touches millions of people -- young, old, rich, poor, plus folks of all ethnicities, religions, cultural backgrounds, etc.One of Carnegie's most indelible marks -- at least in the heads and hearts of ProsperNOW fans -- was challenging Napolean Hill [of 1937 publishing classic "Think and Grow Rich" fame] to undertake his 20-year quest to uncover the secrets of success. What was Carnegie's secret to achieving staggering success? As Joe Vitale, author of the best-selling book, "Spiritual Marketing," reports in "The Attractor Factor," it was the ability to operate his own mind.
"I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need," Carnegie confessed to Hill. "But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest."
Before Carnegie's death on August 11, 1918, he'd given away most of his vast fortune for the establishment of libraries, schools and universities in America, Scotland and worldwide.
Photo credit: Marceau, New York. "Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left." Copyright 1913. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
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