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His time working as a reporter gave him early experience in the press, and he carried that into his later career as a publisher and businessperson. Those years of education and early professional work in journalism preceded the wider activities that came to characterize his adult life.\n\nHearst's life extended well beyond publishing. He was active in politics, working as a politician alongside his other occupations. He pursued art collecting with sustained dedication, assembling holdings across his lifetime. As a socialite, he moved through American cultural and social life during the first half of the twentieth century. These different roles — publisher, politician, businessperson, art collector, socialite — existed alongside one another throughout much of his career, and none of them was entirely separate from the others.\n\nHearst died in Beverly Hills in 1951, having been born in San Francisco eighty-eight years earlier. The distance between those two California cities marks a biographical arc that ran from his origins in the Bay Area, through his schooling at St. Paul's and his education at Harvard, and forward through decades of work as a publisher and reporter. He was a citizen of the United States throughout his life, and his career as a publisher and businessman remained central to how he occupied that life until its end in Beverly Hills on August 14, 1951.","Publishing work that Hearst undertook during the latter decades of the nineteenth century established him as a figure whose career in print would continue for more than half a century. He operated as a publisher, a reporter, and a businessperson, and his activities in those roles shaped the professional life he pursued across the span of his adulthood. That work in publishing formed the core around which his other pursuits were arranged.","william-randolph-hearst",null,[],{"quotes":15,"pagination":92},[16,24,31,37,43,49,55,61,68,81],{"id":17,"quote_text":18,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":20,"author":21,"source":22,"quote_tag":23,"commentary":12},3998135,"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":25,"quote_text":26,"author_id":5,"source_id":27,"has_image":20,"author":28,"source":29,"quote_tag":30,"commentary":12},3513823,"It is a good thing that women are so easily manipulated. 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As a historian, I can attest that Hearst was known for his relentless pursuit of power and influence in early 20th-century America. During this time, he faced numerous obstacles, including financial scandals, newspaper rivalries, and personal controversies.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nAt first glance, the quote appears to be a simple motivation mantra. However, upon closer examination, it reveals a more nuanced psychological dynamic. The phrase suggests that Hearst, like many driven individuals, was prone to fixating on obstacles as a means of avoiding the anxiety associated with uncertainty and risk.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn applying this mindset today, modern professionals and creatives can benefit from recognizing when they're getting bogged down by obstacles rather than focusing on their objectives. By redirecting their attention toward the desired outcome, individuals can develop greater resilience in the face of adversity and make more deliberate progress toward their goals.\n\nAs a behavioral psychologist, I'd add that this mindset also requires cultivating a certain degree of emotional detachment from the obstacles themselves. By not investing too much emotional energy into the challenges, one can maintain a clear sense of direction and purpose, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable hurdles.",{"id":82,"quote_text":83,"author_id":5,"source_id":64,"has_image":20,"author":84,"source":85,"quote_tag":86,"commentary":12},1715581,"Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[87],{"id":88,"tag":89},4707449,{"id":90,"tag_name":91},326,"men",{"currentPage":93,"totalPages":64,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":94},1,10]