The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-11-09
From Freedly's Practical Treatise ou Business
a BARNUMs RULES FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS

So"oO"lcciy eAPtct 10 OHef anything new
on the subject proposed, but will name few
rules that am convinced from experience
and observation, must be observed in order
- toinsure success in business r'>s .'' ~
biirl LIST. Select the kind of business that suits
psnyour natural inclination and temperament.-
r. Some men are naturally mechaics; Others
ris have strong aversion to anything like ma
ID Shihrr, and so on; ore man has natural taste
- FOR ono Occupation in life. aud another for an.
"A other. Il am glad we dpnot all feel and think
u alike said Dick lIomespun, ''for, ii we did,
everybody would think my gal, Snkey Ships,
tho sweetest creature in all creation, aud they
wonld all be trying to court her at once.'
1 never could succeed as n merchant. /
have tried it unsuecessfully several times. |
mover could be content with n fixed salary, for
. mine'is purely speculative disposition, While
sothers are the reverse, and therefore all should
.f1 be careful to select those occupations that
. suit them best. nn. yirt ~
isy,, 2d. Let your pledged word ever be sacred.
Never promise 10 Go a thing without perform
la ingit.w;th the m isl rigid promplness Nothing
as, ss,morc valuable 10 maIi IN business than the
,- hame of always doing rs he agrees, and that 10
~, the moment. A strict adherence To this rule
A gives man tho command of half the spare
funds within tho range of his acquaintance
and always encirclcs him with a host of friends
who may bc depended uponin almost any con
cciyable emergency. f, .l,,l ,.ytf f.-. .,..-.>
- Work at il If necessary, early and late in sea
son or out of season rot leaving stonc nn-
t,Rned wand never sdefcrring for sing'e hour
rd, that which can just well be done now
The old provcrb is foil of meanine--" What
I eyer isworlh doing at all, is worth dping we'll
u Many . man acquires a fortune by do ng his
business thoroughly, while his noa bpory re-
- mains poor for lifo, bccau o he oJly half Dies
his Business. Ambition, energy, industry,
a.. and petseveTance--are indispen able REQUESTS
for success in business.
4th. Sobricty Use no description of intix-
/. icaiing drinks. As no man can succeed in
business unless he has brain to enable him
~ to lay his plans, and reason t. guido him in
their excciti0n so, no matter hoN beautifully
ga man may be blessed with Intelligence, if his
ne brain /, mulded, ana his Judgment warped by
intoxicating dr,uks, il is impossible, Cor him to
carry on bushes successfully Tow many
good opportnn ties have passed, never to re-
=, turn, while man was slipping a''social glass
- With his friend! How many foo ish bargain
las been made un Ter the i,nuence OF the nor
vine, which temporarily makes is victim so
r. rich! Hewmrny iuphtant chances have been
put off until t,rrorrow, and thence forever,
becausl the wine-cup has thrown the system
into state of lls<itnde, ncutralMing tho cner-
gics so essential to success in business. The
use of Intoxicating drinks as beverage is as
much an infara,ihn as is Tho smokinguf opium
trucive to the success OF the business inan rs
tho utter> Is tf -i,uJ "
Hr 9th Let hope prcdomnate, but be not too
Missionary. Many persons are always kept
poor because they are too visionary. Every
project looks to them like certain sncccss. and
therefore they keep changing from one busi.
n IS ttano her, alwtys "under the harrow
Tue Ian of counting tho CHECKERS before they
arc ha'ched" IN error of ancient date, but it
docs rot seem TO improve by are
9th DO not scuttcr your powers Engage
in enc Kind of business only, and stick to it
faitkft!y urt you succeed or until YOU con-
C udc TO aband it. constant hammering
81 on one nail will generally drive it home at last,
50 that IL can be clincbed When a nuns un-
Iii, ided fa,tentin is ccntcred on one object,
his mind will continually be suggesting i'm
provemcns of yalne, which would escape him
II his brain were occupied BY dozen different
tuhjects a; tnce Many fortune has slipped
through mems fingers by engaging in too
many occupations at o &C. '
9TH. Engage prrper employees. Never en-
Iloy man of bad habits when one whose hab-
its arc good can be found to fill bis SITUATION.
have generally been extremely fortunate in
having faithful and competent persons To fill
tie responsible situations in my business and
a man can scarcely be 100 grateful for such
blessing. When yon find lnau unfit 10 fill
is station, either from incapacity or peculiar
ihIs services, and do not drag out a miserable
cxistance in the vain attempt to change his ma
lure. is utterly impossible To 10 so. "You
cannot make "A silk purse, &C. lie has been
created for some other sphere; let MIN fad aud
fill IT,
sth. Advertise your business Do not hide
Your light under bushcl. Whatever your
occupation or calling may be. if il needs sup
port from the public, advertise it Thoroughly
and efficiently, in some shape or other, that
will arrest public, attention. freely confess
that what success nave had in life may fair
ly be attributed more to the public pros than
tn nearly all other CAUSES combined.
9th. Avoid all extravaganza; and Always live
considerably within your income, if you can
do it without absolute starvation! 1t neels
no prophet to tell us that those who live fully
up to their means, without any thought of re-
verso in life, can never attain a pecunisry in
dependence. A brief reference 10 my own
history may, perhaps, serve to illustrate this
part the subject. BY the death Of my faith
or in 1926, was thrown upon tho world at
the age Of sixteen, dependent solely upon my
own resources for support. l never found
any difficulty in making money, but the thought
did notoccur to me (during fifteen years) of
trying to save. At one time when lotteries
were lawful in my native State (Connecticut)
I was extensively engaged in the sale of tick
cts and my profits were enormous sometimes
hns high as FIVE hundred dollars per day-but |
thought sery little of trying to lay up money;
could always easily manage to expend my IN
come let it be ever so grea:. -
In 1s4I, IIpurcbased the American Museum
in New York, without dollar for was not
worth dollar in the world But, was never
dishcartened; always fell, ,tbatI could max o
money fast enough, il ], only SGT my mind to
it, Iremembcr meeting q friend in broadway
few weeks before came in possession of the
MUSEUM lsi I'd .aa.a . ifsH fH1ssl io