What was the secret of Rockefeller's success from scratch?
First, he was so engrossed in Shi Shanye that he devoted all his time and energy to the oil industry, and Rockefeller's personal account book for the first year of his marriage contained some interesting things that somewhat illustrated, such as "I paid Laura xx yuan for coming home late for dinner," and so on repeatedly.
There's a little story about Rockefeller that will probably shed some light on the reader' story: One day, Rockefeller and a few friends were driving a country road when they saw a self-satisfied little boy driving a horse-drawn sled full of barrels and whistling happily in the warm weather. Some of them were infected by the child's emotions, but what impressed the friends was Rockefeller's life, and he thought that the child would never make a difference in the future, because he did not focus on his work.
From this short story, it is clear that Rockefeller was somewhat paranoid about his work.
Second, he spared no expense to update production equipment, improve production efficiency, and greatly reduce costs.
Only this approach made Rockefeller invincible in the competition.
Third, yan put his own standard oil "standard" word, so that people recognize his products as "high quality".
Fourth, the value of mergers and monopolies was recognized earlier than those of their contemporaries. Fifth, carefully choose partners and attach importance to talents.
The secret to Rockefeller's success is more than just the one listed above, and as the development of a huge career, many strategies are gradually manifested.