钢铁大王安德鲁·卡内基是19世纪美国三大富翁之一(另两位是石油大王洛克菲勒和银行家摩根)。可是,在他出生之时,家里穷得连医生和助产师都请不起。他是白手起家奋斗成功的典范。卡内基的父亲是一名织布工人,母亲靠为人洗衣贴补家用。虽然家中一贫如洗,但他从小就洞悉人的心理,聪颖过人。 Iron king Andrew Carnegie was one of the three richest Americans in the nineteenth century (the other two being Rockwell, the oil king, and Morgan, a banker). However, at the time of his birth, the family was so poor that neither the doctor nor the midwife could afford it. He is a model for successful self-made struggle. Carnegie’s father was a weaver worker, and his mother used to be a laundry supplement. Although poor at home, but he was an insight into human psychology, clever extraordinary.