‘ Fortune always favors the brave !’
Are you ready to master money? One of the richest and most famous men in the world, P.T. Barnum wrote, ‘ Money is in some respects like fire ; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master .’ This book contains his twenty golden rules for making money and living well .
Phineas Taylor ‘P.T.’ Barnum was the greatest American showman of all time , father of the sensational spectacle , ringmaster of the celebrity circus .
His ventures were many and varied, from orchestrating grand concerts to exhibiting lurid hoaxes , but they never failed to capture and hold the public imagination in an iron grip .
In his rollercoaster ride of a life, he made and lost millions — and then made millions more .
Few people in history have made such a lifelong study of making money or have possessed such prodigious experience and expertise doing so .
‘ The Art of Money Getting ‘ started as one of Barnum’s phenomenally popular lectures and was first published in book form in 1880. Its wisdom on the getting — and the keeping — of money is timeless. Every word is as valuable today as when it was written .
This new edition is fully annotated for the modern reader by publisher and author Rick Carlile with explanations , historical context , and commentary . It represents the ultimate way for the 21st-century reader to access and fully understand the most concise , simple , and effective guide to becoming and staying rich ever written.
This book is not for those blessed with generational wealth, born with a silver spoon in their mouths. It is a blueprint for the rest of us who know the value of money, having had to work for it, and who now seek a path to become its master . As Barnum wrote, ‘The poor boys get rich , and the rich boys get poor .’
Table of Content
Publisher’s Introduction
Preface
Rule 1: Don’t Mistake Your Vocation
Rule 2: Select the Right Location
Rule 3: Avoid Debt
Rule 4: Persevere
Rule 5: Whatever You Do, Do It With All Your Might
Rule 6: Depend Upon Your Own Personal Exertions
Rule 7: Use the Best Tools
Rule 8: Don’t Get Above Your Business
Rule 9: Learn Something Useful
Rule 10: Let Hope Predominate, but Be Not Too Visionary
Rule 11: Do Not Scatter Your Powers
Rule 12: Be Systematic
Rule 13: Read the Newspapers
Rule 14: Beware of ‘Outside Operations’
Rule 15: Don’t Indorse Without Security
Rule 16: Advertise Your Business
Rule 17: Be Polite and Kind to Your Customers
Rule 18: Be Charitable
Rule 19: Don’t Blab
Rule 20: Preserve Your Integrity
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