Wisdom from John D. Rockefeller Bashny.Net

John D. Rockefeller - the first "dollar" billionaire in history, so it makes sense to listen to him. few quotations from the legendary businessman:

 - A friendship founded on business is better than business founded on friendship.

Friendship - it's not the best reason to create a common business. Money has an amazing ability to make differences even in the strongest relationship. If you do not want to destroy the material issues that you hold dear, do not mix business and personal life. This does not mean that all colleagues and partners, you should behave coldly and formally. Communicate, make friends, but at the same time clearly arrange the priorities - or in a relationship with someone important to you - the successful cooperation, or most importantly - it is a strong friendship.

 - Do not be afraid to sacrifice for the greater good.

Anyone, even a minor success requires sacrifice. You owe something to give if you want to get something. Just putting your strength, your ability and your precious time, you can achieve the desired results. Nothing in life is not given a reason - it is the truth that justifies itself over and over again for the past long time.

 - Every right implies responsibility; happy every opportunity implies the obligation; possession assumes the debt.

To pay for everything. By obtaining the right bonus is an additional responsibility and new opportunities confer on its owner the new responsibilities, and the possession of something implies a certain duty.

 - Your well-being depends on your own decisions.

No one can affect your destiny but yourself. You decide - succeed or fail. Take responsibility for your life and she generously thank you for it.

 - If your only goal - to become rich, you will never reach it.

You can not wish for money just for the sake of money. Your goal should be more global and noble. It must be for you the incentive that will inspire you. Think - you wondering what fascinates and excites you, then figure out how to use this, you can earn and you get what you need to strive.

 - I do not think there are other quality so essential to success of any kind as perseverance. Perseverance can overcome everything, even the laws of nature.

Never give up. Most people do not even know how many brilliant opportunities they missed and the reason for it - the lack of patience. If you have a goal, go for it and do not give up, perhaps it is much closer than you think.

 - The most important question concerning wealth - what do you do with it?

Before thinking about how to make lots of money, decide for yourself - why do you need a lot of money, then many will fall into place and it will be easier to plan a path to your goal.

 - I always try to turn every setback into an opportunity.

Life gives each person many opportunities, you just need to be able to see them. In everything that happens to you, you can find a reason for a change for the better. Fired from a job? Do not be discouraged. Perhaps your new job will be the beginning of a new, more happy and successful stage in your life.

 - It is not that people with immense wealth are always happy.

If you think that the size of happiness depends on the size of the bank account, you are wrong. Happy man doing emotions, memories, feelings, and close friends. If you replace all the work to find happiness will not help you no millions.

 - I'd rather hire a person with enthusiasm than the one that knows everything.

Qualities such as enthusiasm for business, open mind and curiosity is much more valuable than omniscience.