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  • #26 Andrew Carnegie Autobiography & His Deep Promise

    #26 Andrew Carnegie Autobiography & His Deep Promise
    Feb 20 2026
    As a boy in Scotland, Andrew Carnegie watched his father carry the last of his hand-woven cloth to a manufacturer and wait to learn if there would be more work. The steam loom had made his father's craft worthless. A skilled man, a proud man, became a poor man. Carnegie never forgot it. He made a vow: he would cure that condition when he got to be a man. That vow drove everything. His family borrowed twenty pounds for passage to America, landing in Pittsburgh in 1848 with nothing. Carnegie went to work at thirteen — first as a bobbin boy for $1.20 a week, then firing a boiler in a cellar for two dollars, hiding nightmares about the steam gauges from his parents. He later said that none of the millions he earned gave him the happiness of that first week's pay. It meant he was no longer a burden. He was keeping the promise. A job as a telegraph messenger boy changed his path. He memorized every street, every business, every face in Pittsburgh. He taught himself the telegraph. At seventeen, Thomas Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad hired him as a personal clerk. Scott became his mentor. One morning, with Scott absent and every train at a standstill, Carnegie gave unauthorized orders in Scott's name and ran the entire division himself. Scott never praised him directly — but he never gave the orders again. During the Civil War, Carnegie oversaw military railroads and telegraphs in Washington. He saw the future in the supply contracts flowing through the wires: iron, steel, bridges, rails. After the war he formed the Keystone Bridge Company, built bridges that never failed, and visited England where he witnessed the Bessemer steelmaking process — a technology that could produce tons of steel in minutes. His father had been destroyed by ignoring new technology. Carnegie would not make the same mistake. He opened the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in 1875 and introduced what competitors mocked: a company chemist and rigorous cost accounting. He said the industry was operating like moles burrowing in the dark. Carnegie insisted on knowing everything — what was inside every ton of ore, what every process cost, what every worker produced. That knowledge became his edge. He shed outside investments and committed to one principle: put all good eggs in one basket and watch that basket. He acquired the Frick Coke Company for fuel, vertically integrated from the mine to the finished rail, and reinvested every dollar. By 1900, Carnegie Steel produced more steel than all of Great Britain and had cut costs from $56 a ton to $11.50. In 1901, J.P. Morgan asked him to name his price. Carnegie wrote $480 million. Morgan accepted without negotiation. Carnegie took payment in gold bonds and immediately donated $4 million to families hurt in the Homestead Strike — the one wound that never healed. He gave away over $350 million, including 2,500 libraries worldwide. The boy who watched his father beg for the right to work built a company where no one could ever tell him no. Then he gave it all away. Deeply Driven Books (Amazon Affiliate) - 100% of commissions will be donated to help support Children’s Literacy! Past Episodes Mentioned Sam Walton: Simple Ideas & Deep Business Impacts #16 How Jim Casey Turned Service Into UPS's Superpower E18 Harry Snyder: In-N-Out and the Power of “Keep It Real Simple” Estée Lauder: Divine Purpose of Beauty #22 Leonard Lauder: How Small Details Craft Business #23 Michael A. Singer: Saying Yes to Life & Watching Everything Change #24 Jim Casey: Heart of Service Fuels Business Growth (UPS Founder) If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review. It would greatly help the show and we thank you in advance for all your tremendous support. Deeply Driven NewsletterWelcome! Deeply Driven WebsiteDeeply Driven XDeeply Driven (@DeeplyDrivenOne) / X Substackhttps://larryslearning.substack.com/ Thanks for listening friends!
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  • #25 Isadore Sharp: The Work You Don’t See That Built Four Seasons

    #25 Isadore Sharp: The Work You Don’t See That Built Four Seasons
    Feb 7 2026

    This is the story of, Issy Sharp a quiet builder from Toronto who helped reshape the meaning of service, leadership, and workplace culture across the world.

    In this episode of Deeply Driven, we step inside the rise of Four Seasons and the steady, values-driven leadership of founder Isadore Sharp. What began as one small hotel in 1961 would grow into one of the most respected luxury brands in the world — and one of the longest-running companies ever named to Fortune’s list of the Best Places to Work, appearing every year from 1998 through 2020.

    Issy believed something simple but powerful. If you take care of your people, they will take care of your guests. And if you take care of your guests, the business will take care of itself.

    That sounds easy. It is not.

    Four Seasons built its name on trust, kindness, pride in craft, and steady day-by-day work. No shortcuts. No loud promises. Just clear values lived out through thousands of small acts — the way a guest is greeted, the way a team member is trained, the way leaders listen when problems show up.

    In this episode, we walk through how Issy shaped a culture that held strong through recessions, industry shifts, and rapid global growth. We also explore how Four Seasons earned one of the longest streaks ever on Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For list — proof that strong culture compounds over time.

    But this story is bigger than hotels.

    It is about the long game of leadership. It is about building teams that believe in the mission. It is about learning that service is not a slogan. It is a daily choice.

    If you lead a team, run a business, or dream of building something that lasts, this episode will speak to you. Four Seasons shows that true luxury is not marble floors or gold trim. True luxury is how people feel when they walk through your doors.

    This is the story of a founder who believed that the invisible parts of a company — trust, care, and purpose — often become the strongest parts of all.

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    Big Shots Interviews with Issy Sharp
    How Issy Sharp Built The Four Seasons and Transformed The Hospitality Industry Forever (Part 1)
    An Unfiltered Conversation With The Founder of The Four Seasons: Issy Sharp (Part 2)

    Past Episodes Mentioned

    Estée Lauder: Divine Purpose of Beauty

    E18 Harry Snyder: In-N-Out and the Power of “Keep It Real Simple”

    #16 How Jim Casey Turned Service Into UPS's Superpower

    Sam Walton: Simple Ideas & Deep Business Impacts

    #10 Fred Rogers: Deep Business Lessons for Entrepreneurs

    If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review. It would greatly help the show and we thank you in advance for all your tremendous support.

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  • #24 Jim Casey: Heart of Service Fuels Business Growth (UPS Founder)

    #24 Jim Casey: Heart of Service Fuels Business Growth (UPS Founder)
    Jan 30 2026

    Jim Casey built one of the largest companies in the world by holding onto a belief so simple it’s easy to overlook: service has no magic shortcuts.

    In this episode, we look at Jim Casey, the quiet, founder of United Parcel Service, and the lifelong philosophy that guided him from the streets of Seattle to the helm of a global enterprise. Casey started working as a messenger boy at a young age, driven less by ambition than by responsibility. From the very beginning, he learned something that never left him—anyone can move a package, but not everyone can be trusted to serve.

    Casey understood early that service isn’t glamorous. It’s repetitive. It’s costly. It requires discipline, honesty, and patience—especially on bad days. While competitors chased speed, scale, or clever tactics, Casey obsessed over something quieter: keeping promises, controlling costs, and empowering people to do their work well. He believed that real service compounds slowly, and that trying to rush it usually breaks the very thing you’re trying to build.

    Throughout his life, Casey repeated the same message to managers and employees alike. Service comes first. Not when it’s easy. Not when it’s profitable. But especially when it’s hard. He warned against shortcuts, tricks, and quick wins, insisting that the long road—done right—was actually the fastest way forward. In his view, putting reward ahead of service was like putting the trailer before the tractor. It might move for a moment, but it won’t get you where you want to go.

    This episode draws from Casey’s talks, his early experiences, and the culture he instilled at UPS over decades. It’s a reminder that the most enduring businesses aren’t built on hacks or slogans, but on habits—small things done well, day after day, year after year.

    If you’re building a business, leading a team, or simply trying to do meaningful work, Jim Casey’s life offers a timeless lesson: service isn’t magic—but it works. And when you commit to it fully, even the hard way becomes the right way.

    Past Episodes Mentioned

    #1 Henry Ford My Life and Work (What I Learned)

    #9 Sam Zemurray - The Banana Man (What I Learned)

    Kent Taylor and his Texas Roadhouse Dream

    Sam Walton: Simple Ideas & Deep Business Impacts

    #16 How Jim Casey Turned Service Into UPS's Superpower

    E18 Harry Snyder: In-N-Out and the Power of “Keep It Real Simple”

    Deeply Driven Books (Amazon Affiliate) - 100% of commissions will be donated to help support Children’s Literacy!

    https://amzn.to/45R6rxC

    If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review. It would greatly help the show and we thank you in advance for all your tremendous support.

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