Golden Rules for Making Money

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• breck · Oct 9, 2008 · Recommends

  Recently there were 2 good posts from accomplished businessmen on how to get rich: Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum (1880): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=310056 And Mark Cuban on How to Get Rich: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=323540 Can anyone recommend any other sites/books that are…

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• superasn · Feb 23, 2018 · Recommends

  You are absolutely right, some articles are indeed timeless yet it's quite easy to miss them. This is a very good idea. A personal favorite of mine that gets posted here often is the Golden Rules for Making Money By P.T. Barnum (1880).

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• carapace · Nov 9, 2020 · Recommends

  …you you'll have to acquire wealth yourself. There is a wealth (pun intended) of information on this already, and it's beyond the scope of this comment, but I'll recommend "The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money" by P. T. Barnum (Yes, that P. T. Barnum!) esp. the last chapter: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8581/8581-h/8581-h.htm and "The Richest Man in Babylon" which "remains in print almost a century after…

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• andrewmcwatters · Jun 16, 2021 · Recommends

  …Cuban’s book. It has some very tangible and practical words of wisdom that aren’t just masturbatory feel good stories in there. It’s quite old and maybe overplayed but I enjoy THE ART OF MONEY GETTING or GOLDEN RULES FOR MAKING MONEY By P.T. Barnum. His insights might be about 200 years old, but they are in the exact same vein, and perhaps a bit more tasteful language.

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• okareaman · Feb 1, 2021 · Mentions

  …adopts the proper methods to be successful, "luck" will not prevent him. If he does not succeed, there are reasons for it, although, perhaps, he may not be able to see them." THE ART OF MONEY GETTING or GOLDEN RULES FOR MAKING MONEY By P.T. Barnum https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8581/8581-h/8581-h.htm

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• moron4hire · Jun 22, 2015 · Mentions

  I think P.T. Barnum wrote the prototypical "Self-help: finance/entrepreneurship" book in "The Art of Money Getting: Or, Golden Rules for Making Money" [0]. A lot of it sounds like the stuff you hear getting hammered to death on motivational TED talks. It's a pretty short book and he doesn't go into too much exposition on a lot of the issues he addresses,…

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• dang · Jan 20, 2023 · Mentions

  Related: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483313 - March 2019 (191 comments) Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11320169 - March 2016 (180 comments) Golden…

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• skmurphy · Jun 24, 2025 · Mentions

  P.T. Barnum wrote "The Art of Money Getting: The Golden Rules for Making Money" in 1880 at the age of 70 when he was already an accomplished businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author--after his hugely successful 1855 autobiography "The Life of P.T. Barnum: Written By Himself."…

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• sigmaprimus · Mar 25, 2019 · Mentions

  Just a small observation but I feel important: This article has two titles, "Golden Rules for Making Money" and "Art Of Money Getting". You can "Get Money" without being productive, to "Make Money" is inherently productive.

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