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Charles Schwab
Notes
I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than anyone else on the job one is holding down.
To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work—just plain, hard work…Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one’s job as a matter of course.
Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.
The fellow who sits still and does what he is told will never be told to do big things.
The higher education for which these boys were giving up three or four of their best years holds no advantage of itself in the coming business battle. It will be valueless industrially unless it is accompanied by a capacity for plain, hard work, for concentration, for clear thinking.
If a man’s wife takes the part of a discreet helper, or co-director with him, he is that much the more valuable to us…I have seen more men fail in business through the attitude taken by their wives in their younger days than from all the vices put together.
All men need periods of relaxation, changes of environment, mental rest.
His values are similar to mine, making the book an enjoyable (and quick) read.