The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money - Chapter 1

Written by barnum | Published 2022/07/11
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TLDRThe 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. Parents and guardians are often quite too negligent in regard to this. It very common for a father to say, for example: "I have five boys. I will make Billy a clergyman; John a lawyer; Tom a doctor, and Dick a farmer." He then goes into town and looks about to see what he will do with Sammy. He returns home and says "Sammy, I see watch-making is a nice genteel business; I think I will make you a goldsmith." He does this, regardless of Sam's natural inclinations, or genius. via the TL;DR App

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Written by barnum | The Art of Money Getting; Or, Golden Rules for Making Money
Published by HackerNoon on 2022/07/11