The Richest Man in Babylon
To bring your dreams and desires to fulfillment, you must be successful with money. This book shows you how to amass personal wealth by sharing the secrets of the ancient Babylonians, who were the first to discover the universal laws of prosperity. Hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth, The Richest Man in Babylon is a timeless classic that holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. Through entertaining stories about the herdsmen, merchants, and tradesmen of ancient Babylon, George S. Clason provides concrete advice for creating, growing, and preserving wealth. Beloved by millions, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of, and a solution to, your personal financial problems. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money and making more. Financial principles covered in this book include: Pay yourself first. Don't trust a bricklayer to buy jewels. (Don't get caught up in other people's excitement. Go seek the experts instead.) Don't put all your eggs in a single basket. (Diversify your portfolio.) Control thy expenses. (Even the richest man has a time constraint on his life. Do what you enjoy, but don't overdo it.) Increase your ability to earn. Keeping these core principles in mind will help you through economic hard times and put you on the road to riches.
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- Is the advice from The Richest Man in Babylon, published in 1926, out of date?
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Richest_Man_in_Babylon
Avoiding greed, envy, the hedonic treadmill, etc, will never not be good advice.
- Read Richest Man in Babylon. It’s an easy read in story format. It’s not hard to understand. Money is not complicated. People make it complicated.
Forgot to mention - this book is now public domain, so it’s free and you can find a copy online pretty easily. Or, easy to buy as a book for about $5.
- IMO, the absolute best book is The Richest Man in Babylon. It's a story about a man who slowly becomes super rich by doing some common sense things (e.g. saving money). It's a super fun and motivating read. Perfect for high school/college kids.
- You’re lying to yourself kid. They’re doing what they’re doing because it works. You don’t like it because you’re not getting any. You say “corrupt” and yet you’re the one confused.
There is no once and for all solution for anything. Here’s the secret: the whole universe is falling apart and the only thing keeping anything together is someone/something paying for it.
You don’t need the whole pie. You might survive from the crumbs of a thousand pies.
You could read P.T. Barnum’s “The Art of Money Getting” and “The Richest Man in Babylon” to give you some insight into the classics. None of this will help your desperate sense of immediacy.
- And the Richest Man in Babylon.
- 1) The richest man in Babylon 2) The four agreement 3) Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
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