Archive for June, 2006
Friday, June 30th, 2006
Be Systematic - P.T. Barnum
Men should be systematic in their business. A person who does business by 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. By introducing system into all your transactions, doing one thing at [...]
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Do Not Scatter Your Powers
I was confused. There is an old adage that says you can’t ride more than one horse at one time, but I had been to the circus and had seen the performers riding on the back of the two horses. The statement was obviously not true because I had seen it for myself.
P.T. Barnum [...]
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
Learn Something Useful - P.T. Barnum
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes–of being rich to-day and poor to-morrow–they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means. [...]
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Thursday, June 8th, 2006
Don’t Get Above Your Business – P.T. Barnum
Young men after they get through their business training, or apprenticeship, instead of pursuing their avocation and rising in their business, will often lie about doing nothing. They say, “I have learned my business, but I am not going to be a hireling; what is the object of learning my trade or profession, unless I [...]
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Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
Use The Best Tools - P.T. Barnum
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. He learns something every day, [...]
