“Somebody lays down the following rules to young men in business. They will apply equally well to young and old. Let the business of every one alone, and attend to your own.—Dont buy what you dont want. Use every hour to advantage, and study even to”“make leisure hours useful. Think twice before you spend a shilling; remember you have another to make for it. Find recreation in looking after your business, and so your business will not be neglected in looking after recreation.—Buy fair, sell fair, take care of the profits; look over the books regularly, and if you find an error, trace it out. Should a stroke of misfortune come upon you in trade, retrench—work harder, but never fly the track; confront difficulties with unflinching perseverance, and they will disappear at last, and you will be honored; but shrink from the task, and you will be despised.” Excerpt From: Authors, Various. “Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846.”
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