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““PT Barnum PT Barnum Speaks!”Speaks!”
Golden Rules forGolden Rules for
Making MoneyMaking Money
WorkbookWorkbook
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““Review these points Review these points and understand and understand
them, they will serve them, they will serve you well.”you well.”
“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
easilydone. 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.”
You find good businessmen who save all the old envelopes and scraps, and would not tear a new sheet of paper, if they could avoid it, for
the world. This is all very well; they may in this way save five or ten dollars a year, but being so economical (only in note paper),they think they can afford to waste time; to have expensive parties, and to drive their
carriages
How much wiser to be a "law unto ourselves" and say, "we will regulate our
out-go by our income, and lay up something for a rainy day."
Prosperity is a more severe ordeal than adversity, especially sudden prosperity.
"Easy come, easy go," is an old and true proverb.
P.T. says; “I know a gentleman of fortune who says, that when he first began to
prosper, his wife would have a new and elegant sofa.” "That sofa," he says, "cost
me thirty thousand dollars!"
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is
also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well
when he is sick. He has no ambition; no incentive; no force. Of course, there are
those who have bad health and cannot help it: you cannot expect that such persons can
accumulate wealth, but there are a great many in poor health who need not be so.
Many persons knowingly violate the laws of nature against their better impulses, for the
sake of fashion. They have got hold of a poisonous, filthy weed, or rather that takes
a firm hold of them.
To make money, requires a clear brain. A man has got to see that two and two make four; he must lay all his plans with reflection
and forethought, and closely examine all the details and the ins and outs of
business.
The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is
to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes.
Young men starting in life should avoid running into debt. There is scarcely
anything that drags a person down like debt. It is a slavish position to get into.
When a man is in the right path, he must persevere. There are some persons who
are "born tired;" naturally lazy and possessing no self-reliance and no
perseverance.
No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal
application and experience.
Men in engaging employees should be careful to get the best. Understand, you cannot have too good tools to work with,
and there is no tool you should be so particular about as living tools. If you get a
good one, it is better to keep him, than keep changing.
"There is no royal road to learning," says the proverb, and I may say it is equally true, "there is no royal road to wealth." But I think
thereis a royal road to both.
So in regard to wealth. Go on in confidence, study the rules, and above all
things, study human nature.
Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until
your experience shows that you should abandon it.
A person who does businessby rule, having a time and place for
everything, doing his work promptly, will accomplish twice as much and with half the trouble of him who does it carelessly and
slipshod.
Always take a trustworthy newspaper, and thus keep thoroughly posted in regard to
the transactions of the world.
If a man has plenty of money, he ought to invest something in everything that appears to promise success, and that will probably
benefit mankind.
I hold that no man ought ever to indorse a note or become security, for any man, be it
his father or brother, to a greater extent than he can
afford to lose and care nothing about, without taking good security.
A man who advertises at all must keep it up until the public know who and what he is,
and what his business is, or else the money invested in advertising is lost.
Some men have a foolish habit of telling their business secrets. If they make money they like to tell their neighbors how it was
done.
No matter how polite and pleasant and accommodating a man may be, none of us dare to deal with him if we suspect "false
weightsand measures."
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable,
provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to
humanity.
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““Answering these Answering these questions will questions will
solidify my valuable solidify my valuable knowledge into your knowledge into your
mind.”mind.”
Explain what the simple solution to understanding economy is, and how you
can apply it to your own situation.
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P.T. Say's: “A couple of dollars might have been saved by only burning one candle.”
What was truly lost?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What Does Dr. Franklin call this type of “economical living?”
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Name four instances where P.T. states you can make your money go further.
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In your own words, should we put on “airs” or not? What was P.T. Saying?
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How can the aristocracy be a negative influence on lives of people with a lower
income than them?
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If prosperity and wealth can be “easy come, easy go”, what steps and measures can we
take to avoid this pitfall?
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A “Thirty-Thousand Dollar sofa!?”How? Why?
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If, then, sound health is the foundation of success and happiness in life, how
important it is that we should study the laws of health?
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What are three of the “Perilous” features of tobacco that P.T talks about?
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“No man can succeed in business unless he has a brain to enable him to lay his
plans” and....____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited
to his peculiar genius,What could happen?
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Why is important that you do notcommence business where there are
already enough to meet all demands in the same occupation?
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What is the old Quaker “saying” about debt?
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When you have money mastering you, what happens?
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P. T. says; “What can happen if you lose your ambition or faith in yourself before
reaching your goal?”__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What four traits are indispensable requisites for success in business?
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Thus a man buys his experience, and ....____________________________________________________________________
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Those men who have _______ and _________ are therefore the most valuable and not to be readily parted with; it is better for them, as well as yourself, to keep them,
at reasonable advances in their salaries from time to time.
There is no greater mistake than when a young man believes he will succeed with
borrowed money. Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What did PT Barnum mean when he said “The road to learning is a royal one.”
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“ For you were born with a golden spoon in your mouth.” Does this mean you know
how to handle finances?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or
profession.Why does PT speak of this?
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Why should you not “count your chickens before they have hatched?”
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Many a fortune has slipped through a man's
fingers because of what?______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Why should we be systematic in our business?
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He who doesn't consult the newspapers will soon.....
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P.T Says; “Invested sums should be moderate and...
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If you had said in the first place, "I will accommodate you, but I never indorse
without taking ample security," what could not have happened?
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Why is advertising like “sowing and reaping?”
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How many advertisement insertions does PT state it will make before the buyer is
ready to buy?__________________________________
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What is a “P.T. Golden Rule” concerning customer treatment?
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Of course the only true charity is that which is from where??
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If you are losing money, do what??________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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The inordinate love of money, no doubt, may be...
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Shakespeare has truly said...________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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knowledge I have knowledge I have imparted to you and imparted to you and create the wonderful create the wonderful
life you deserve.”life you deserve.”
Thank youThank you
Be WellBe Well
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