Art of Money Getting

By Barnum, Phineas Taylor

Book Id: WPLBN0000633398
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Title:	Art of Money Getting
Author:	Barnum, Phineas Taylor
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt: Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only to set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done. But however easy it may be found to make money, I have no doubt many of my hearers will agree it is the most difficult thing in the world to keep it. The road to wealth is, as Dr. Franklin truly says, ?as plain as the road to the mill.? It consists simply in expending less than we earn; that seems to be a very simple problem. Mr. Micawber, one of those happy creations of the genial Dickens, puts the case in a strong light when he says that to have an income of twenty pounds per annum, and spend twenty pounds and sixpence, is to be the most miserable of men; whereas, to have an income of only twenty pounds, and spend but nineteen pounds and sixpence is to be the happiest of mortals. Many of my readers may say, ?we understand this; this is economy, and we know economy is wealth; we know we can?t eat our cake and keep it also.? Yet I beg to say that perhaps more cases of failure arise from mistakes on this point than almost any other. The fact is, many people think they understand economy when they really do not.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Art of Money Getting, 1 -- P.T. Barnum, 1 -- DON'T MISTAKE YOUR VOCATION, 5 -- SELECT THE RIGHT LOCATION, 6 -- AVOID DEBT, 7 -- PERSEVERE, 8 -- WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT, 9 -- DEPEND UPON YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXERTIONS, 9 -- USE THE BEST TOOLS, 10 -- DON'T GET ABOVE YOUR BUSINESS, 11 -- LEARN SOMETHING USEFUL, 13 -- LET HOPE PREDOMINATE BUT BE NOT TOO VISIONARY, 13 -- DO NOT SCATTER YOUR POWERS, 13 -- BE SYSTEMATIC, 13 -- READ THE NEWSPAPERS, 14 -- BEWARE OF OUTSIDE OPERATIONS, 15 -- DON'T INDORSE WITHOUT SECURITY, 15 -- ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS, 16 -- BE POLITE AND KIND TO YOUR CUSTOMERS, 18 -- BE CHARITABLE, 18 -- DON'T BLAB, 19 -- PRESERVE YOUR INTEGRITY, 19