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Book: Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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  1. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    John D. Rockefeller was the Protestant work ethic in its purest form, leading a life so consistent with Weber's classic essay that it reads like his spiritual biography.
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  2. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    He downplayed the significance of technical knowledge in business. "I never felt the need of scientific knowledge, have never felt it. A young man who wants to succeed in business does not require chemistry or physics. He can always hire scientists."32
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  3. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    What makes Flagler's ethics consequential for Rockefeller's career was that he was the mastermind of many negotiations with the railroads-the single most controversial aspect of Standard Oil history.
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  4. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    Another boy might have been crestfallen, but Rockefeller was the sort of stubborn person who only grew more determined with rejection.
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  5. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    When he exhausted his list, he simply started over from the top and visited several firms two or three times.
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  6. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    D. Rockefeller drew strength by simplifying reality and strongly believed that excessive reflection upon unpleasant but unalterable events only weakened one's resolve in the face of enemies.
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  7. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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  8. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    The issue is much more complicated than that, but there's no doubt that Rockefeller's achievement arose from the often tense interplay between the two opposing, deeply ingrained tendencies of his nature-his father's daring and his mother's prudence-yoked together under great pressure.
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  9. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    To ensure that he won, he submitted to games only where he could dictate the rules.
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  10. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    He made a cryptic statement to Hewitt that entered into Rockefeller folklore: "I have ways of making money you know nothing about.
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  11. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    His victory over the Cleveland refiners would be the first but also the most controversial campaign of his career.
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  12. Ron Chernow _ Titan: The Life of John D.

    Has anyone given you the law of these offices? No? It is this: nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it.… As soon as you can, get some one whom you can rely on, train him in the work, sit down, cock up your heels, and think out some way for the Standard Oil to make some money."25
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