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Rockefeller, self-made, is the richest man in America. From a poor boy, he became the first billionaire, oil king and richest man in the 19th century.

at the age of p>23, he started to engage in oil refining; At the age of 31, he became the world's largest refiner; At the age of 38, he controlled 9% of the refining business in the United States; When he retired at the age of 58, he was the richest man in America; When he died at 98, he was the richest man in the world.

Rockefeller left many famous sayings in his life, one of which was very domineering and impressive: "I would rather be my own tyrant and be bullied by myself than be bullied by others."

The root of many people's failure to succeed and achieve their set goals often lies in "being too kind, not focused enough, not strict enough and not cruel enough".

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Rockefeller was born in a small town in New York, USA. His family was poor and he lived in a house similar to a partition. His mother is a religious and thrifty woman, and his father is a businessman selling snake oil at best, and a charlatan who sells drugs by deception at worst.

Rockefeller's father is often away from home, and he comes back from home for weeks and months at a time. He also secretly married another woman outside and formed another family, which is notorious.

Therefore, Rockefeller has been estranged from his father all his life. When his father recalled the father-son relationship, he said, "I lied to my son every chance I got, because I wanted him to be smart."

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Rockefeller grew up in a fatherless environment, and he had to help workers and take care of his younger brothers and sisters since childhood.

at school, Rockefeller was not outstanding in all aspects, so that when he became rich, his classmates recalled the past and said, "I don't remember what he was outstanding in that year." However, although Rockefeller's "mind" is not smart, few words and no sense of existence, he is very diligent and diligent.

In order to leave his father and become independent as soon as possible, after graduating from high school, Rockefeller studied purposefully in a business school for three months, learned some basic knowledge of bookkeeping and banking, and then went out to look for a job.

Rockefeller's job search was not smooth this time, because the job market was depressed at that time, and various companies were not very interested in recruiting people. For six weeks, that is, a month and a half, Rockefeller was desperately looking for a job.

From "looking for a job", we can actually see that he is diligent, not discouraged and hard on himself. At that time, he was only 16 years old.

When recalling this job-hunting experience, he said: In those six weeks, my job was to "find a job". I worked six days a week from morning till night. I wore formal clothes and leather shoes, and the weather was very hot. I sweated every day and my feet hurt when I walked.

Six weeks later, Rockefeller finally heard the dream of "we will give you a chance" and got his first job in life: bookkeeper.

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In addition to his father's influence, Rockefeller's religious mother also had a great influence on him. When he was very young, his mother told him that only by controlling himself can he control others.

Obviously, he keeps this sentence in mind: be strict with yourself, be hard on yourself, and control yourself before you control others.

Many people are prone to lose their temper, strike the table and shout when their emotions come up. Rockefeller, on the other hand, has developed high-level skills to control his emotions through constant practice. Even if others are flustered and excited in a crisis, he can still remain silent, calm and calm.

When dealing with anyone, Rockefeller can keep calm and control his emotions, even if this person comes from the bottom.

A bottom-level oil refiner once said, "He is very friendly to everyone. I have never seen him unfriendly, unfriendly, not calm, and I have never heard him raise his voice, swear, complain and scold."

Because Rockefeller is hard on himself, strict with himself and always controls his emotions, he has won unanimous praise from others, and others think that he is fair, upright, kind and unassuming, thus controlling people's hearts.

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Although we ordinary people are not as rich as Rockefeller, we can get two inspirations from his two sentences: "I would rather be my own tyrant and be oppressed by myself than by others" and "Only by controlling myself can I control others":

1) Be hard on myself, and only in this way can I be strong and reach a certain height.

2) Be hard on yourself, be strict with yourself, control your emotions, and show yourself to be very advanced. In this way, others will naturally be completely convinced of you, so that you can control others from the most fundamental level-"people's heart."