Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

Re:Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) by loudmax on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:16PM (#19483846)

Barnum himself spent much of his life in and out of debt. He was a great showman and many of the performances he arranged were extreme financial successes, but he was a profligate spender and he was always one disaster away from going deep into dept.

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Re:Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) by zeckalpha on Monday March 25, 2019 @07:48PM (#19487904)

Sounds familiar to my modern ears. I wonder who Barnum would be today?

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Re:Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) by gridlockd on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:07PM (#19484987)

"Do as I say, not as I do!"

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Re:Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) by dta5003 on Monday March 25, 2019 @03:24PM (#19485897)

More charitably, perhaps he is relaying advice he learned the hard way.

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Re:Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) by nathanvanfleet on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:46PM (#19484743)

Is this a good reason to go into debt?

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Re:Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) by stronglikedan on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:26PM (#19485233)

Strange inference of yours, but regardless, the answer is "no", and I'm sure Barnum could provide the anecdata were he still able to communicate.

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