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RE: The Art of Money Getting - Barnum Book Review Part 5

in #money6 years ago

Give a boy twenty thousand dollars and put him in business, and the chances are that he will lose every dollar of it before he is a year older. Like buying a ticket in the lottery; and drawing a prize, it is "easy come, easy go."

Now, these words are words of wisdom. They're uncannily like the experiences of lottery winners who decide that their riches have made them talented businesspeople.

Most lottery winners who went broke in five years, went broke that way.

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It amazes me how true these old lessons are and that is why I wanted to dust them off and share them now!