Rockefeller's Humble Correction

A story about how John Rockefeller demonstrated humility when an employee who didn't recognize him told him to move his exercise equipment.

"There's this famous story about how once his company got big, Rockefeller had this piece of exercise equipment and he was rolling the exercise equipment into the office. This accountant, who hadn't recognized Rockefeller, said 'Hey you gotta get that out of here, you can't have that here.'

Rockefeller just looked at him and said 'Oh alright, I'm sorry' and he politely took the exercise equipment out of that room and moved it to another room. He didn't snap back like 'Do you know who I am?' This showed you can be a polite guy and still be vicious in business - they're not opposites."