The Secret Of Wealth
132 total pages.
To the man, business is money comradeship, the respect of other men, a daily battle and daily victories or defeats; it extends into his friendships, his habits, and moulds his future and the future of his family. To the woman, business is love, marriage, social standing among the women of her acquaintance, the happiness of her household, and the up-bringing of her children. "Your business" is what you are and do-- whether you are a society belle whose most strenuous effort is dressing for a party; or whether you are a hustling blacksmith, working from daylight until dark, and strong enough to bend an iron bar across the muscles of your forearm. What are necessities in your business I Tear down all your present notions of what are necessities; begin again at the ground and build up a new idea of what you must have and what you merely want. Apply the test of "what is extravagance" to your house, to your way of living, to the habits of yourself and your family. Ruthlessly cut out everything that is unnecessary. Every dollar you spend for an unnecessary thing costs you two dollars--yes, it does! Here is the whole thing: "Between saving a cent and spending a cent there is two cents difference.'' Sir Isaac Newton humbly said that he had but one talent--the ability to look steadily at a problem until he saw it through. Most any of us can cultivate some of that talent, if we just turn our attention to it. "As much wisdom may be expended upon a private economy as on an empire." "I am made miserable if I discover thai in any business I do I have not extracted every dollar possible."--Henry H. Rogers.
CHAPTER XXIX "Time does not mean much to the sun or to the stars; Dollars do not mean much to a savage African chief; but Time and Dollars mean everything to civilized men and women--and Time makes Dollars."--Anon.
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The Secret Of Wealth