John D. Rockefeller

Napoleon was one of the greatest workaholics in history, so much so that even John D. Rockefeller, probably the greatest entrepreneur of all time, said that, "...I have thought that if he had applied himself to commerce and industry, he would have been the greatest businessman the world has ever known." In preparation for this video, I read as much as I possibly could on Napoleon's work habits, his life, and his routine.

And let me tell you that as I've been studying him, I've come to realize that especially in the world of AI, when you have to be commanding agents, Napoleon is the most important person in history that you can study.

So in this video, we're going over the 15 work habits that made Napoleon bone apart, starting with the first one, compartmentalization.

And what's even crazier is that a lot of great men have this exact same stare that you just see people around them comment on this intense stare.

And it's because they're so focused on what they're doing.

John D. Rockefeller, Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson, everyone commented on this intense stare that he had.

Same with Julius Caesar and Napoleon, the conquerors.

Every one of these great men had this intense focused stare and everyone comments on it.

His jaw dropped.

It was a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, at that time, one of the richest men in the world.

He knew that check could erase his troubles in an instant.

But after thinking about it, he decided to put it in his safe at home, uncashed.

I am so sorry, she said breathlessly.

I hope he hasn't been bothering you.

He keeps slipping away from the rest home and telling everyone he is John D. Rockefeller.

And with that, the nurse led the old man away.

Three years later, a group of oil interests formed a close organization.

placing all their stocks in the hands of trustees, among whom was John D. Rockefeller.

The trustees, in turn, issued certificates representing the share to which each participant was entitled, and took over the management of the entire business.

Such was the nature of the trust, which was to play such a unique role in the progress of America.

So there's always a level of someone comparing themselves to the next person.

Elon Musk maybe compares himself to John D. Rockefeller.

I don't know.

But there's always a level.

One of the most successful men in history.

And his father, to teach him not to trust people, when he was a three-year-old... got John D. Rockefeller to stand on a table and jump off it, and his father caught him, and he caught him again, and they dropped him, and he said, son, you've got to learn not to trust anybody.

Cruel thing to do, a nasty thing to do.

John D. Rockefeller's father, I think, classifies as a bad man.

Shame he didn't kill him, to be honest.

That's just one example of it.

demanding that our economy run on the tariff was something that really made people angry especially when the economy was and so even in new york state where jd rockefeller could reasonably have presumed he had to veto power even in new york state they passed the tax so yeah so state by state campaign and that's why we have the income tax we have today

Is this the era, this sort of Rockefeller, post-Rockefeller period when we start to see loopholes and write-offs and all of these maneuvers come in to help the wealthy avoid paying taxes in varying ways?

Yeah, almost as soon as we have an income tax, there start to be loopholes, right? Or loopholes technically are supposed to be accidents, right? But intentional loopholes, to try and make it easier for people to not pay their share.

Absolutely.

Are you understanding me, people of God? We need to know this.

John D. Rockefeller, who founded Capital Oil Company in America in the 1800s, what he used his money to accomplish my goodness is a lot are you following me is a whole lot that

to date was still within

the construct that john d rockefeller built because he understood this thing called territorial warfare

I'm glad you asked it because a lot of people hear the word family office and they're like, what are people talking about? What does that mean? Well, the original family office was actually the Rockefellers and John D.

Rockefeller was very frustrated because at the time they were the wealthiest family in the world.

And it was a mess.

They had advisors all over the place.

Then it started going down market a little bit, and then individual families would get involved, and then that became the multifamily office.

They would cut costs.

Maybe they didn't have to have billions of dollars like the Rockefellers did.

And then that's moved more into, in the digital world, into the virtual family office, where it's more and that's where more of a virtual family office, kind of a loose knit virtual family office where you're going out and you're finding best in class resources, best in class advisors, resources, vendors, really from all not just around the country, but all over the world to all come together.