Henry Ford 3
weIn Henry Ford’s book, My Life and Work, he clearly relays his opinion on how success can be achieved. His thoughts can also be tied into the success of Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Although, the book is not at all modern, the basis of his opinions can be applied to modern times. During the time this book was written Ford was observing a clear change in society’s notion of success. He says, “It is no longer a distinction to be rich. As a matter of fact, to be rich is no longer a common ambition. People do not care for money as money, as they once did...” This idea helped develop his notion of success. He credits his business prosperity to a creed that is “the basis of all (his) work.” Ford was so confident in his ideas that he went on to say that “it is perfectly impossible, applying these principles, to avoid making a much larger profit than if profit were the main object.” The creed that he sets is compiled into four main ideas. Summed up, the first idea stated that “there is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.” Ford goes on in his second idea stating that “it is criminal to try to get business away from another man...because one is then trying to lower for personal gain the conditio
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Approximate Word count = 871
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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