The money isn’t always in working harder.

 

Back in the oil rush days, everyone was racing to drill faster. Burning time, money, and energy chasing wells.

John D. Rockefeller looked at the chaos and asked a different question: Not “how do I dig more wells?” but “how do I make the barrel cheaper?”

That shift cut barrel costs from $2.50 to $0.96. Ten years later, Standard Oil controlled 90% of U.S. refining. Rockefeller didn’t just chase the gold. He controlled the game around it.

Lesson? The money isn’t always in working harder. It’s in seeing what others miss.