ART OF MONEY GETTING
or,
Golden Rules for Making Money

by P. T. Barnum
1880

�	�	ART OF MONEY GETTING
1.	�	DON'T MISTAKE YOUR VOCATION
2.	�	SELECT THE RIGHT LOCATION
3.	�	AVOID DEBT
4.	�	PERSEVERE
5.	�	WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
6.	�	DEPEND UPON YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXERTIONS
7.	�	USE THE BEST TOOLS
8.	�	DON'T GET ABOVE YOUR BUSINESS
9.	�	LEARN SOMETHING USEFUL
10.	�	LET HOPE PREDOMINATE BUT BE NOT TOO VISIONARY
11.	�	DO NOT SCATTER YOUR POWERS
12.	�	BE SYSTEMATIC
13.	�	READ THE NEWSPAPERS
14.	�	BEWARE OF “OUTSIDE OPERATIONS”
15.	�	DON'T INDORSE WITHOUT SECURITY
16.	�	ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS
17.	�	BE POLITE AND KIND TO YOUR CUSTOMERS
18.	�	BE CHARITABLE
19.	�	DON'T BLAB
20.	�	PRESERVE YOUR INTEGRITY