Truly great people know that success is determined not by what you, but instead who you know, in a couple different ways.
- Building anything great requires a group of talented individuals working toward a common goal.
- Opportunities come from connections. It’s human nature to want to help the people we know.
In this story, we will explore the first point. Brilliant successes of the early 20th century America include Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Theodore Roosevelt. These three, and many other successful people, share many common threads including the ability to organize around them a group of people to achieve a vision.
- Andrew Carnegie built the largest steel company, and although he did not know how create steel himself, he organized the necessary parties to accomplish the vision.
- Henry Ford built Ford motor company to achieve the radical vision of a horseless carriage. He frequently admitted that he knew nothing in comparison to the many brilliant men who surrounded him.
- Theodore Roosevelt, like many U.S. presidents, organized a team for the purpose of accomplishing his political aims including Anti-Trust Law, the establishment of the FDA and the Hepburn Act, which increased the Interstate Commerce Commission.
It is important to notice that had these three gentlemen been able to craft their product through their own hands, and not instead by requesting help from others, that they would not have found even 1% of the success realized in their lives.
From this, we know that should we want to create something extraordinary that we should want to bring people together under some definite common aim. And! It’s more enjoyable to live life in this way. There is value in sharing in a mission with a team. of course, we should source happiness from ourselves, but having the added group satisfaction makes life magnificent.