By Mark Frauenfelder / Source: Credit.com
P.T. Barnum, the great circus showman of the 19th century, is probably best remembered for saying, "There's a sucker born every minute."
That's a shame, because he never said it; his competitor did. And as a result of this misattribution, many people think Barnum was nothing but a brash huckster who wasn't worth learning from.
I counted myself among those who thought Barnum was a con artist, but fortunately my curiosity got the better of me when I saw that Amazon was offering a free Kindle version of his book, The Art of Money-Getting, and I downloaded it. (If you don't have a Kindle or tablet you can read it here.)
That's a shame, because he never said it; his competitor did. And as a result of this misattribution, many people think Barnum was nothing but a brash huckster who wasn't worth learning from.
I counted myself among those who thought Barnum was a con artist, but fortunately my curiosity got the better of me when I saw that Amazon was offering a free Kindle version of his book, The Art of Money-Getting, and I downloaded it. (If you don't have a Kindle or tablet you can read it here.)
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