"Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way." John Stuart Mill

English: A post-concert photo of the main hall's stage inside of Carnegie Hall. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

His Challenges

• Born in Dunfermline, Scotland on November 25, 1835.
• His family and their neighbors lived together in a one-main-room house.
• Was educated about Scottish heroes by his uncle.
• In 1848, the Carnegies moved to Alleghany, PA in search of a better life.
• At the age of 13, his first job was as a bobbin boy 12 hours a day, 6 days a week at a cotton factory. He earned $1.20 per week.
• Urged by his uncle in 1850, Carnegie became a telegraph messenger boy for the Pittsburgh Office of the Ohio Telegraph Company, receiving $2.50 per week.