Books with author P T Barnum

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"The art of getting money" is the classic guide to achieve economic independence. Published in 1880 by P. T. Barnum, the archetypical American culture showman, the work synthesizes the wisdom accumulated by its author for more than fifty years of business ventures. In its pages filled with realism and good sense, but with great humor and candor, Barnum reveals the timeless principles that will help us achieve economic success and professional fulfillment.

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In this classic, P.T. Barnum shares his knowledge of business and teaches how to be successful in making money. It is an excellent motivational book which contains “golden rules” for making money. The volume includes topics such as: Don't Mistake Your Vocation - Select the Right Location - Avoid Debt - Persevere - Use the Best Tools - Let Hope Predominate, But Be Not Too Visionary - Do Not Scatter Your Powers - Advertise Your Business - Be Polite and Kind to Your Customers - Be Charitable - Don't Blab - Preserve Your Integrity.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

"The art of getting money" is the classic guide to achieve economic independence. Published in 1880 by P. T. Barnum, the archetypical American culture showman, the work synthesizes the wisdom accumulated by its author for more than fifty years of business ventures. In its pages filled with realism and good sense, but with great humor and candor, Barnum reveals the timeless principles that will help us achieve economic success and professional fulfillment.

Art of Money Getting: Sure and proven ways of becoming wealthy The 21 must know / must use commandments for personal and business financial success. by P. T. Barnum, Barnum, Phineas T. Barnum The full, complete, unabridged text. The well known and very successful showman explains his principles of wealth. A simple, straightforward, and proven system tha anyone can use to become financialy successful. 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. The road to wealth is as plain as the road to the store. It is, no doubt, often true, as Shakespeare says: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Use the Art of Money Getting: Sure and proven ways of becoming wealthy to bring you to a high tide. If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize. Remember the proverb of Solomon: "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich." Opportunity, is staring you in the face - are you going to take it ? CONTENTS OF Art of Money Getting: Sure and proven ways of becoming wealthy The 21 must know / must use commandments for personal and business financial success. DON'T MISTAKE YOUR VOCATION SELECT THE RIGHT LOCATION AVOID DEBT PERSEVERE WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT DEPEND UPON YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXERTIONS USE THE BEST TOOLS DON'T GET ABOVE YOUR BUSINESS LEARN SOMETHING USEFUL LET HOPE PREDOMINATE, BUT BE NOT TOO VISIONARY DO NOT SCATTER YOUR POWERS BE SYSTEMATIC READ THE NEWSPAPERS BEWARE OF "OUTSIDE OPERATIONS" DON'T ENDORSE WITHOUT SECURITY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS "DON'T READ THE OTHER SIDE" BE POLITE AND KIND TO YOUR CUSTOMERS BE CHARITABLE DON'T BLAB PRESERVE YOUR INTEGRITY

HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD. I. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. CHAPTER T. GENERAL A'lEAV OF THE SUBJECT.- HUMBUG UNIVERSAL.- IN RELIGION".- IN POLITICS.-- IX BUSINESS.- IX SLTKNCE.- IN MEDICINE.- HOW 13 IT TO CEASE.- THE GREATEST IIUMHUG OK ALL. A little reflection will show that humbug is an as-tonishingly wide-spread phenomenon - in fact almost universal. And this is true, although wc exclude crimes and arrant swindles from the definition of it, according to the somewhat careful explanation which is given in the beginning of the chapter succeeding this one. I apprehend that there is no sort of object which men seek to attain, whether secular, moral or religiousi in which humbug is not very often an instrumentality. Religion is and has ever been a chief chapter of human life. Folsc religions are the only ones known to two thirds of the human race, even now, after nineteen centuries of Christianity ; and false religions are perhaps the most monstrous, complicated and thoroughTable of Contents CONTENTS; I PERSONAL HEMIXISCENCES; CHATTER I- general view of the subject- humbug universal- in RFXIdlON- in politics- in business- in science- in medicine- how it is to cease- the greatest humbug OF all 11; CHAPT3JR II- definition of the word humbug- warren op; london- gen in the hatter- gosling's blacking 18; CHAPTER III- monsieur mangin, the french humbug 29; CHAPTER IV- old grizzly adams 37; CHAPTER V-the golden pigeons-grizzly adams- german chemist-happy family- french naturalist 46; CHAPTER VI- the whale, the angel fish, and the golden; PrGEON 68; CHAPTER VH- pease's iioariiouxd candy- the dure rebellion- the philadelphia alderman 67; CHAPTER VIII- brandreth's pills - maonificent advertising- power of imagination 66; 11 THE SPI1UTUALISTS; CHAPTER IX- the davenport brothers, their rise and progress- spiritual rope-tying- music pl