
14. The Art of Money Getting by P.T. Barnum
With the wild success of the movie musical The Greatest Showman in 2017, people were suddenly remembering the life of circus showrunner, P.T. Barnum. While that movie was great as a work of fiction, it barely scratched the surface on just how good P.T. Barnum truly was at making money. Throughout his lifetime, he made millions of dollars, only to lose it all. Then, he made it all over again, starting from zero. There are very few people who can say that they have accomplished that, and had their legacy live in years after they were gone. Lucky for us, he wrote several books, with one of them being The Art of Money Getting.
In this book, Barnum explains his essential principles to making money and growing wealth. They are very basic, which is great, because they can apply to nearly every kind of business. Since the book was so old, there is no longer a copyright, and you can actually access this for free on Google Books or Kindle Unlimited. Or, you can download the audiobook for just $1, and it only takes about an hour or two to listen to the entire book.